The Mook Manifesto - Part 4
The fourth fifth of...
The Mook Manifesto - an antidote to success
Step 61
Speak before you think. See what bewildering levels of twat you can achieve.
Think before you speak. And meet those twats up close.
Step 62
'Yemen is miles away.
Unless you live in or around Yemen.'
Old Mook Proverb
'Where there's a wallaby
There's a person who knows the word 'wallaby'.'
Old Mook Proverb
"The written word is a lie." P.i.L. Rise
Step 63
Stop making your dreams a reality. It's weird.
All Romes lead to Roads
Step 64
Give up and Start the Revolution
'The art of living is far more important than the art of great painters.' - Krishnamurti
Step 65
We are but things with eyes
That need to eat
Don't overthink it
I like feet
Step 66
If you paint in the dark
Turn a light on or something
Step 67
Make a list of the things you are going to do and when you plan to do them. And do them.
Step 68
End the search for that shore on this shore and save yourself some time.
Step 69
Read no further
Step 70
Anything can happen from now. You ARE at the meeting!
Step 71
No reliance on words or letters or pictures or wotnot.
See the new day
Step 72
7.441.999 times out of 7.442.000 you are an example of 'what everybody else thinks'. Never underestimate your influence. You could get a job making people nervous.
Feel smart when you read genius.
Know that there is nothing between you and it. Not even air.
Step 73
If I annoys You
And You annoys Me
That makes three
If I delete You
And you delete Me
I is free*
*this might mean something but I doubt it
Step 74
It is not about good or evil. It is about not wanting to be punched in the head.
Stop being manipulated by dirty old men
Step 75
Religion is very bad
Step 76
When you own a castle you will feel exactly the fucking same. I guarantee it.
Paintings all make the same sound.
Step 77
Until we invent a new form of language we can be sure that everything has already been thought or said.
The best of us can only hope to catch up.
In the mean time you do not belong here.
Step 78
There should be no distance between you and the person looking at you. No distance between the work and the work one puts into looking at the work. No distance between twoo and them riddle tim twoo. No minnanum bitwim nin an nonanoo. Gurg. Nur. Nut. Froo.
Heeeeeem.
Step 79
Do one shit thing. That's just shit.
Do ten shit things and put them all together next to each other. There's your concept.
Step 80
It's the TV mums and dads that really fuck you up.
Remember you have nothing to sell.
T.B.C.
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