Since 2002, Organic/Mechanic has been the weblog of Adam Harvey. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.
Contact Adam
aharvey@organicmechanic.org
AIM: caveat rex
About the Name
Just Organic/Mechanic. Two Adjectives. Not The Organic Mechanic. Just flip the switch.
Manifesto
“Isn’t every human being both a scientist and an artist; and in writing of human experience, isn’t there a good deal to be said for recognizing that fact and for using both methods?”
James Agee from Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
“The time of getting fame for your name on its own is over. Artwork that is only about wanting to be famous will never make you famous. Any fame is a by-product of making something that means something. You don’t go to a restaurant and order a meal because you want to have a shit.”
Banksy
A person comes forth to life and enters into death.
Three out of ten are partners of life,
Three out of ten are partners of death,
And the people whose every movement leads them to the
land of death because they cling to life
Are also three out of ten.
Now,
What is the reason for this?
It is because they cling to life.
Indeed,
I have heard that
One who is good at preserving life
does not avoid tigers and rhinoceroses
when he walks in the hills;
nor does he put on armor and take up weapons
when he enters a battle.
The rhinoceros has no place to jab its horn,
The tiger has no place to fasten its claws,
Weapons have no place to admit their blades.
Now,
What is the reason for this?
Because on him there are no mortal spots.
Tao Te Ching (50) (Tranlated by Victor H. Mair)
Colophon
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