The Chaos Artist
By Denis Murphy
The Chaos ArtistDec 04, 2017
#230: Characters
Where do characters come from? An unorthodox enquiry...
#229: The Dialectic
How are the quality of the dialogues in your life?
#228: What if Utopia is a Feeling?
Thoughts on the possibilites available when you perceive utopia as a feeling to channel.
#227: On Passion
"There is scarcely any passion without struggle." - Albert Camus
What is passion? Where does it come from? Is going through 'the struggle' the counterinuitive thing that will amplify the passion you feel in your bones?
#226: Lost - An Animated Short Audio
Video available on The Chaos Artist YouTube Channel.
#225: Think Different
If neurodiversity became the norm would it still be called neurodiversity?
Steve Jobs once said that computers were the ‘bicycle of the mind’.
How much has this bicycle facilitated the desire to think different?
#224: The Repetition Compulsion
A look at the Repetition Compulsion, first coined by Sigmund Freud.
He defined it as a desire to return to an earlier state of things.
#223: Surrealism
#222: Analysis
Can you analyse your life without the desperate feeling of needing to get to a better place?
Links:
https://www.youtube.com/c/joliartist
#221: INFJ
#220: Circles of Interest
Thoughts on following your tendency to become a generalist.
#219: Rational Madness
Reflections on the dangers of second hand rationality.
How not to become a senior developer (and what to do instead): https://youtu.be/T6Yr7htcbk4
#218: Self-Absorbed
Reflections on the self-absorbed state of mind.
#217: When Words Aren't Enough
Reflections on being in a space of not knowing.
The School of Life:
https://www.youtube.com/@theschooloflifetv
#216: How To Be Authentic?
A conversation with Skye Cleary the author of How to Be Authentic?
How to be Authentic: https://amzn.to/3W3XhGe
#215: NON SENSE
Does nonsense serve any sort of purpose?
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#214: Twilight Conversations
A conversation with Dublin-based psychotherapist and podcaster Jimmy Judge.
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#213: The Tortured Artist
Reflections on the archetype of a tortured artist and the purpose of processing your own personal pain.
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#212: IN SANE
Reflections on rediscovering sanity in the midst of insanity.
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#211: Committed Writings
Reflections on a series of essays by Albert Camus called Committed Writings.
#210: Serious Uselessness
Reflections on the fruits that are born from pursuing intellectual questions that are deemed as useless by the society you live in.
Lost in Thought:
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Taking My Life Back:
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#209: Escapism or Realism?
Are reading and writing forms of realism or forms of escapism?
Lost in Thought: https://bit.ly/3RRljmJ
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#208: Human Dignity
An episode about restoring a sense of human dignity.
Lost in Thought:
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Taking My Life Back:
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#207: The Myth of Sisyphus
Reflections on The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
The Myth of Sisyphus:
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#206: Alien Nation
An episode about feeling alienated.
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#205: The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
Stepping out from days spent living on repeat.
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#204: How to Write a Book that Nobody Reads
The philosophy behind writing a book for nobody.
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#203: OBJECTive Experience
Exploring the Objective side of life.
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#202: SUBJECTive Experience
Explorations into the Subjective side of life.
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#201: The Assumption of Death
A conversation with Anthony David Vernon, author of The Assumption of Death.
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#200: The_Chaos(Artist)
Today's episode is about learning to grow with and accept the chaotic nature of life.
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#199: A Room of One's Own
Reflections on A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf.
https://bit.ly/3Fm8db7
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#198: Zen & the Art of Motorcylce Maintenance
Reflections on Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Persig.
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#197: The Outsider
Reflections on some of the pros and cons of feeling like an outsider.
Episode inspired by Nausea by Jean Paul Sartre.
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#196: Autodidact
Thoughts on being an autodidact.
Episode inspired by Nausea by Jean Paul Sartre.
https://bit.ly/3DOUzMV
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#195: Intellectuals
Exploring the humanity behind being an intellectual.
Episode inspired by Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre.
https://bit.ly/3DOUzMV
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#194: Tear Along the Dotted Line
Reflections on the Italian animated series Tear Along the Dotted Line.
Illustration drawn by Davey Villalobos and coloured by @chopsueylol
Animations created using p5.js https://youtu.be/dQKYao-daYw
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#193: Is there an Essence?
Does existence precede essence or does essence precede existence?
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#192: The Serious Man
Today's episode is about dealing with a world that tells you "you're too serious".
My journey from Marine to actor: https://youtu.be/nCwwVjPNloY
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#191:The Ethics of Ambiguity
Reflections on The Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir.
The Ethics of Ambiguity: https://bit.ly/3JNlfQ0
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#190: Kafka on the Shore
Reflections from Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami.
https://bit.ly/3LcAymS
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#189: Mimetic Desire
The mimetic theory of desire is an explanation of human behaviour and culture which originated with the French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science René Girard.
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#188: Psychotherapy East & West
Reflections on Psychotherapy East & West by Alan Watts
Psychotherapy East & West:
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#187: Obsession
Reflections on using your obsessions
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#186: When Nietzsche Wept
Reflections on the book - When Nietzsche Wept.
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#185: The Edge
Reflections on the writing of my new book - The Edge.
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#184: The Doors of Perception
Reflections on The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley.
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#183: Ham on Rye
Reflections on Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski.
Ham on Rye:
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#182: Modern Man in Search of a Soul
Reflections on Modern Man in Search of a Soul by Carl G. Jung.
Modern Man in Search of a Soul:
https://bit.ly/3Co3MJB
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#181: Caroline Grace Cassidy
Caroline Grace Cassidy is an Irish film and television actress, screenwriter and writer. Today's podcast is about her new novel - The Unexpected Love Story of Lexi Byrne (aged 39 1/2)