Weekly Zephyr #39: Pyramid Scheme

Amy Sherald, Miss Everything (Unsuppressed Deliverance), 2016

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

is the fastest way to sum up what's bouncing around in my consciousness this week  The pull of the collective keeps GOD DANG THE VERB "TRUMPING" is RUINED trumping superseding doing battle with counterbalancing calling PULLING, OKAY, THE PULL (of the collective) KEEPS PULLING ME OUT OF MY SELF-ABSORBED REVERIES AND ALSO AWAY FROM MY AMBITIONS AND TOWARDS THE PEOPLE. We recognize the need for each other so acutely these days, but our individuality is still a fact, and the fact that most of us are only ever seeing out of one set of eyes is still a fact, and we grapple with existence pretty much alone even though we gather ideas from each other about it and hug a lot   And so what I'm feeling is the urge to move up Maslow's pyramid like a fuckin' salmon, instinctive, GET ME UP THERE, but also the pull of the collective, down, WE'RE NOT OKAY, and my heart flies to where the people are, beloved and hurting, but that craving for transcendence kicks in, GOD, LET ME GO UP and so that's all going on. Possibly for you, too. Probably. I mean. That seems likely.

physiological  primitive technology

         new area starting from scratch pottery and stove  these are fascinating/soothing/cool/addictive

SAFETY

MARCH 24th

WHAT IF THIS WAS EVEN LARGER THAN THE 2017 WOMEN'S MARCH

LET THE KIDS SEE US RAGE FOR THEM IN THE STREETS

  LOVE & BELONGING

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Esteem

  I chose some sunglasses for us to boost our esteem feelings  

GO LOOK GOOD, THAT IS

cognitive

aesthetic sara khan
 Argument at the funeral, 2016

Self-actualization is just something I want to tell you, an exciting thing that happened for me where I've begun a writing project that's not like anything I've ever tried before, on a scale I haven't attempted, and it is everything I ever wanted to work on.

  transcendence batgap

I love you Zephyrs You and your families and friends possibly Your mail delivery people potentially many of the people six degrees of kevin bacon away from them It's a kind of actual love Even if it's a little abstract  Have a good week Hope you get to move up the pyramid as far as you want to