The mass-media is so fake. They simplify things so much that they become silly. Their only purpose is to play on your emotions. It's fashionable to say the world is ending and we must be frightened, and the only way we can get any relief is to trust the System to protect us. That's scary in itself, as the System promises that we'll all return to our former state;
peace will return, and we will all go on living as we did before.

But what does before mean? Was it really all perfect before? Did everything work out before? Were we not imbalanced before? Were we living in peace before? Were we happy before? There, before, what were we like?

The before and after are complex places, maybe too complex to understand. But what is understandable is that the mass-media is too inadequate to give you any kind of answer whatsoever. You have to find the answer yourself. That's a reality too big to ignore and not take seriously.

And then, what have these weeks of war been teaching us? There's no fantasy-land before where we can come back to the good old days. Reality is harsh, the same old shit in a few words, as much before as after -- that has to be interpreted and understood completely every day. Without any palingenesis or apocalypse.

You're not a child who has to constantly be reassured; you're an adult who understands that things change and are changing. You know that change isn't any less traumatic or less welcoming than striving to keep things the way they were (aspiring for immobility), nor is the present less moving than any nostalgia for days gone by. Get it?

Tip of the week: Go and see Soderbergh's movie Solaris. Unless you've solved the mystery as much as 30 years ago, thanks to Tarkovsky.