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Prison Blog

In which Possum recounts his experiences as an offender in the system.

Possum Bones is autistic. He has identified as a dirty kid in the past, and he’s attended multiple rainbow gatherings. He has several years left to serve in the Washington Correctional system.

He has been making art since he could sit up. He communicates better in writing than speech. If you are interested in the experience of an autistic person doing prison time, check out his Prison Blog. If you are a fan of comic art, underground/outsider music, Lovecraft, Clarke Ashton Smith, Murakami, Cixui Liu, etc.

10/10/18 Mysticism Meditational Writing

Madness is a great danger to the aspirant mystic. All is Maya. It is crucial to apprehend the illusions (that make our world) but without falling prey to the enticements of their falsehood. To seek truth, first seek to recognize what is not true. That is the path to gnosis.

Among the illusions that male our world, it is natural to see patters. But those patterns are also illusions. The life of a mystic thinker is one of ceaseless interpretation. Peeling away the sin of the world. It is not a struggle, but a way of being. In that sense, it’s infinite - gnosis unattainable.

To apprehend the illusion/maya/symbol without losing sight of the fact that it is merely a representation…though it may have a contextual meaning…meanings and concepts (as well as sense data) are inventions of the mind.

Which is an invention of itself. Tautological. Writing is my way of meditation.

By apprehending these illusions maybe I’ll learn how to better use my art/words (illusions) to convey a purer meaning.

Elisa Carlson