your timeline is fake (but so is everyone else’s)

WARP SPEED! HYPERREALITY! WE’RE SLOWING DOWN TO SPEED UP!!!! A stroll near my home in nipaluna turns into a much needed debrief about time (yes, time), cultural identity, and Baudrillard’s whole thing about simulacra.

As a beautiful-sweet-boss-baby-princess-daughter of an immigrant who’s been in Australia for FOURTY YEARS, I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to keep your culture alive in a world that’s obsessed with stuff. Throw in Western ideas of time being all straight lines and clocks, compared to the Aboriginal Australian understanding of time as a CYCLE (everything, everywhere, all at once!) and suddenly I’m in philosopher mode.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re juggling a million versions of yourself—or just trying to make sense of it all—this one’s for you. It’s called No Deep Dives, but, uh… we might’ve gotten a little deep. If you like seeing me inject more personal musings, or perhaps you want to learn more about astrology, esotericism, metaphysics and witchcraft, find me on Patreon @moreflexmami

You can also watch this episode on YouTube!!!

 

Timestamps

00:00 is this … a guided meditation?

02:46 (simulacra) do you even know what’s real anymore.

10.38 role playing culture

24:59 time is not linear

43:23 I’m off to get hypnotised, bye!

 

Resources/Links

SIMULARA

DISSECTING AUSTRALIA'S BIRTH CHART

Editing Flex Note: If you came here looking for the video I referenced about Australia having no culture so the immigrants are lost … I’ve lost the link! If you know who said it, please let me know so I can credit them!