Alan WallerVideo games in the living roomI’m fascinated by the idea that video games used to be played in the living room, very often. I mean in the ’90s mainly, when the TV in the…Aug 14, 2021Aug 14, 2021
Alan WallerMeaning is foodWhen people say that all forms of meaning-making are an escapist illusion, because true life is “hard suffering”, and should be accepted as…Sep 16, 2018Sep 16, 2018
Alan WallerOccult as counterculturalColin Wilson quotes someone (maybe Ouspensky) as saying that what got them into the occult was, precisely, the forbidden nature of it in…Sep 12, 2018Sep 12, 2018
Alan WallerThe effects of writingI have only been writing on Medium for a few days now, but I’m already noticing the effects. Yesterday, for instance, I was walking down…Sep 11, 20181Sep 11, 20181
Alan WallerMilitaryIt seems like a lack of teleology leaves an empty, unsatisfied desire for “direction” in one’s life (or a repressed need, even?). The goals…Sep 11, 2018Sep 11, 2018
Alan WallerGOAL!!I want to make videogames, but I’m not sure why. I already have comics-drawing, video making and this writing on Medium to create worlds…Sep 11, 2018Sep 11, 2018
Alan WallerCulture is trapped inside subjectivityCulture is trapped inside subjectivity. The only window frame in which culture exists, the only thing greater than it, that engulfs it, is…Sep 9, 2018Sep 9, 2018
Alan WallerPsychosisI think psychosis is the absolute shadow of culture. Our culture is rooted in the idea that only outer life is real, and not inner life…Sep 9, 2018Sep 9, 2018
Alan WallerBrexochasmMomus here sings of how, despite current events being gloomy and apocalyptic, one can still enjoy one’s life. The apparent contradiction…Sep 8, 2018Sep 8, 2018
Alan WallerI don’t want to see things!Let’s write without glasses again. I have noticed one more thing about my “problems” with glasses (those quotes were completely…Sep 7, 2018Sep 7, 2018