consequenceofsound.net/2018/04/kanye-west-is-writing-a-book-of-philosophy/ archive.li/3WMoY >We all know Kanye West is a big thinker. Sure, he may take a dip in the deep end of his own sanity every now and then, but the rapper/producer/entrepreneur/fashion designer is a pretty unequivocal genius. Now it looks like he’s going to let us all into the workings of his madcap mind with his very own philosophy book.
>West revealed his work on a book of philosophy during a discussion with interior designer Axel Vervoordt for The Hollywood Reporter. Much of the discussion was about how fashion and creation shouldn’t live within a particular time period — inspiration should come from the past with an eye toward the future, breaking free of the ego of “now.” “I do believe that all time is now. The future is here now, the past is here now,” as West explained it.
>He went on to say he plans on explaining the idea even further in a book called Break the Simulation. He explained that he’s “really big [into] be here now, now be here,” and the philosophy tome will explore that. “I’ve got this philosophy — or let’s say it’s just a concept because sometimes philosophy sounds too heavy-handed,” West expounded. “I’ve got a concept about photographs, and I’m on the fence about photographs — about human beings being obsessed with photographs — because it takes you out of the now and transports you into the past or transports you into the future. It can be used to document, but a lot of times it overtakes [people]. People dwell too much in the memories.”
>“People always wanna hear the history of something, which is important, but I think it there’s too much of an importance put on history. One of the things that I thought was interesting was how far people go in the past when you’re working on clothing. There’s people who will go and reference something from the 1920s or reference something from the ’40s, especially dealing with sportswear. My sports wear is athletic wear. I was working with a guy named David Casavant and we were looking at a jogging pant from the 1940s and we were looking at a jogging pant from the 1980s, and I thought it was interesting that he refused to go all the way back to the ’40s as a reference, that he wanted to keep the references close to now, to be here now. So I’m not saying that, you know, it’s bad to go all the way back. (Laughs.)”
>Yes, it seems we will be given a lesson on time and timelessness from the one true Yeezus himself in the near future. West’s whole conversation with Vervoordt is actually completely fascinating, especially if you have an fondness for any sort of design, so head here to read it all.
Yup, have you watched the two speeches? The ones during his last tour right before he got hospitalized?
Anthony Kelly
Kanye pretty much sacrificed his career when he had his "meltdown," in an attempt to redpill the massive crowd of people at his concert. He then had a secretive meeting with Trump, after which both parties seemed really sullen and quiet. Fast forward a week or so, and Kanye is hospitalized, and put on "psychiatric hold" which prevented him from leaving. After that event, Kanye was acting weird and his friends say he's still regaining parts of his memory. There's no doubt something fucky going on here
Nah man, Trump told him to lay low. His career is fine and he'll come out with new music once the swamp is drained shortly. There's enough connectivity now that his album would sell through the roof without proper marketing through word of mouth and just by being Kanye.
It's a nice thought! I've always felt that Kanye is one of the good guys, even though his ego out of control
Jordan Ross
it is our light not our darkness that most frightens us Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, Our presence automatically liberates others.
—Marianne Williamson
Jeremiah Lewis
Thanks for this. Seems to be a fitting message for the dregs to rise up.
lol pol has a true idol the frog and a falsre idol a gay fish
he went to one illuminati ritual and thinks hes God
inb4 we are all God
Jacob King
>married to a fat ass ugly fucking jewish princess I don’t think so, kike
Bentley Young
>he went to one illuminati ritual and thinks hes God he's against the illuminati, retard. they tried to lobotomize him
Caleb Young
thats what I mean checkereno
Camden Cooper
We are all God, though.
David Foster
checked again so another reply hence the Inb4 we are all God tho in the original post. lol if you can't see it than fine
Joshua Walker
yaaaa no.
Parker Price
Armenians are Jewish also?
Bentley Davis
kanye is a good man
Hunter Gutierrez
Wasn't it Kanye who had dem Jewelz snatched out da hotey?
David James
>>>Kanye West Just Released His YEEZY Jewelry Collection: Made in collaboration with Jacob the Jeweler.
Josiah Powell
If you didnt already know this, hes written a philosophy book before and it is a fucking joke how terrible it is. I can't believe it was written in earnest. Kanye is an empty-headed fool. He was doing an interview about his book to promote it this is circa 2009 maybe or 2008. and during that interview he was asked what inspired him what his favorite book is and he responded 'books are stupid, i dont read them'.
dont care about his 'music' but seen his writing and ideas and it's clear he's an original thinker, which I respect
Ayden Young
>obsessed with photographs — because it takes you out of the now and transports you into the past or transports you into the future Injun say no to photograph white man, you steal soul and imprison injun body in time. Running Elk no want to go phantom zone with Zod.
Michael Gomez
Well if energy (universe/everything) cannot be destroyed just transformed you could argue for everything being now (no past or future). Time is how we measure changes in energy (movement) and on a macroscale the total sum of energy doesn't change. However that's not relevant or practical for us in our daily lives so we're going to stick with the notion of linear time and not think of it as (re)cycles of energy.
Grayson Murphy
I don't understand why /Pol isn't riding on Kanye's dick. He's the Trump of popular culture. Whatever you think about him as an artist or as a loud-mouthed narcissist, the guy has achieved more and created more than 99.99999% of humans currently living on earth.
Speaking of Trump. "there's things I liked about Trump's campaign … There's methods, non-political methods to speaking, that I like – that I feel were very futuristic. That style and that method of communication has proven that it can be a politically correct way of communication. And I fuck with that."
He gets it. And he has the balls to come out and say it.
Genius gets thrown around a lot but, if you were to rarify it so that there were only 10 or 20 in the world at any one time, as of right now, could you really exclude the guy?
Christopher Jenkins
Nah, Kanye is definitely a genius.
Leo Nguyen
You're not far off... Humanity is not ready...yet.
