The reason I haven’t felt like waxing political is that things are so utterly hopeless in that realm now.

Nevertheless. I went back after I wrote yesterday’s first paragraph and finished watching the rest of the DD stream. At the end of it the Google Overlords suggested I watch a video on a book called The Dawn of Everything. I did that.

The essential argument of the book is here:

A New Understanding of Human History and the Roots of Inequality | David Wengrow | TED

At the very least, it was compelling enough to get me to make my first vid of the new year. So that’s something.

Though … It reminded me that hopelessness is also the rational response to the situation on the ground, not just politically, but also … philosophically. Socio-economically … maybe not quite yet spiritually, but …

This post makes me sound more depressed than I really am. Maybe/Probably; I am no clinician. I don’t feel hopeless, even though I look out at the world and find it so.

I unbagged the camera. I shot some footage and I talked somewhat coherently. And the work is all that matters.

So at a minimum I fought the rainy day to a respectable draw, and I chose to call that a win.

Also, I made hummus yesterday and a big curry today. Both of which stock my fridge as we speak.

“Progress”.