From the Machine

The pain cave

Part 3/3 of our conversation about artistic creation and altered consciousness
Experiences in the pain cave † quitting † osu & limit experience † panic † mind/body dissolution
Words by Michael Hopkins, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Altered states

Part 2/3 of our conversation about artistic creation and altered consciousness
Mindset toward content/expression † Neurochemical minmaxing
Words by Michael Hopkins, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Ideation

Part 1/3 of our conversation about artistic creation and altered consciousness
Developing ideas † dark places † contrast † cliche
Words by Michael Hopkins, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Observations on cover songs

Novelty & recognition † the concept of authorship † suggestions † kairotic moments
Words by Matt Stretz, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Instrument maintenance

Care † ethos † quality vs quantity time † obsession
Words by Matt Stretz, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

How (not) to get cancelled

(un)Cancelability † seriousness † response † justification
Words by Matt Stretz, Zac Strum, & Conner TomlinsonMusic by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Beer frequencies

Outtake from our conversation about music taste
Sonic metaphors for flavor † embodied cognition † the world of sound
Words by Ethan Bowen, Douglas Stephens, Zac Strum, & Conner TomlinsonMusic by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Dream interpretation

Part 3/3 of our conversation about dream mechanism & analysis
Dream work † self-interpretation † elaboration & memory † the ego(s)
Words by Conner Tomlinson, Alli Winters, & Joshua Zamarron Music by Pithy Docco

Neural network unconscious

Part 2/3 of our conversation about dream mechanism & analysis
Weighting & continuity † AI & dream logic † dreams, science, & occultism
Words by Conner Tomlinson, Alli Winters, & Joshua Zamarron Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

On dreams

Part 1/3 of our conversation about dream mechanism & analysis
Meaning † lucid dreaming † abstraction † solipsism † unconscious agency † theories on dreaming
Words by Conner Tomlinson, Alli Winters, & Joshua Zamarron Music by Pithy Docco