Instructing Modernity

1. Drop the prose, let if fall to the ground and shatter into thin shards of forgotten ore; no significance to be found in grabbing onto words and pieces of paper whose sole intent is to be erased or incinerated.

Take a step back to realize this is not the place, and certainly not the time to be typing and flexing your hand as if a marathon was in order and your fingers had been assigned a number.

2. Then, keep books well shut and on their shelf – Wait, you didn't notice the warning label in all good literature?

"Contents might overflow and result in permanent traces of personal growth and the blossoming of a number of humane qualities in the reader. User discretion is advised.". 

3. Unplug that polluting tune you've been trying to grasp and wrap your head around, after all, there is no point in widening horizons and discovering what combination of frequencies resonate exclusively and/or especially with your ears.

4. Instantly erase from your memory, well and thoroughly, the plot of the next movie you catch a glimpse of and do not insist in pointing out even the slightest hint of individuality in each shot and camera angle – they matter not.

5. When near a painting, pretend to tie your shoe and go back to safety. You wouldn't want to accidentally peek at the middle of the frame, or its edge, or any of it really. Aesthetics, as we know, is a class already covered in most IKEA catalogs.

To simplify:

Write nothing, read less than nothing, stray from music and films, ignore all sensorial mediums, avoid existential considerations and do not commit to anything that stimulates your soul or subconscious. Sleep eight hours, work eight more, go home to a lake house you broke into just so you could dive into a perpetual state of self-loathing and be constantly reminded of how even then, after giving the world exactly what it demanded, you cannot afford to put your death on hold in order to live for five lowsy minutes.

Rinse and repeat for optimal results.

Bajo el sol II, Oil on canvas. Niels Reyes