Full Metal Ox Day 1930
Friday 12, June 2026
Abundance Year Episode 1995
Noxsoma Life Camp:
There’s a thin line between genius and madness. And the individual touched by the fire of either designation is not in control of either designation.
TGI Friday Fam. Looks like we’ve made it to another end, of another roller coaster ride of a week.
“In Touched With Fire, clinical psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison explores the long-suspected link between manic-depressive illness (bipolar disorder) and artistic creativity.
She builds a compelling case by blending biographical studies, medical evidence, and scientific research. The book examines the lives of iconic artists, poets, and composers, such as Lord Byron, Vincent van Gogh, and Virginia Woolf, demonstrating how their intense creative periods often aligned with manic episodes, followed by devastating depressions. Jamison argues that this isn't a coincidence; the heightened emotional states, racing thoughts, and unique perceptions during mania can fuel extraordinary creative output, while the illness also brings immense personal suffering.”
I have known several of these types, intimately. There’s a line in one of the Batman movies where Batman tells Robin, that The Joker attracts certain types of minds. Of course, the implication is that such minds are damaged. This was a “level up awareness” moment for your humble vagabond, as we flashed back to 6th grade where the kid we hung out with the most, (during classes), was, “weird” like that. (Using the vernacular of the day) .
But back to the idea of “control.” Apparently these specimens have no control over the tides of their psychic oceans. They certainly don’t have any control over how they are remembered, or characterized, either alive, or especially dead. Nikola Tesla is a good example. In one era his “obsession” with 3, 6, & 9, is evidence of a divine connection to Source. Yet in another era, where the “psycho’archy,” (a clumsy word, but it must do for now), dominates, Tesla’s 3 6 9 is an obsessive-compulsive, “dis-order,” — as if any human can judge what is “ordered” and what it not.
The frontier between genius and madness is subjective. “Free energy” is a Utopian dream to some and dystopian nightmare to others. There will “always,” (at least for the foreseeable future), be humans that are going to go along for the free ride, while apparently doing nothing for the betterment of the herd. And there will be those who, while not actually laboring themselves, enable, and or compel a large “middle class” to labor on behalf of the capitalists. What these two poles have in common is physical labor — they are not doing any of it. And they, idealistically at least, dislike & distrust each other. Each side engages in campaigns targeted at the middle, (proxies), against each other.
Certainly it’s much more complex than this example. But, it’s a digression. As usual.
It might be 18 months since we arrived on Substack. We learned about an option we’d heard about but never explored, and we are going to use it through the end of this year. As with any “new” discovery, we will no doubt abuse it, until we settle into a useful and functional application for it. Our “personality type” is rare. The hearts & minds we attract are even more rare, but, they are out there. Usually exploring Wabbit Holes, or swinging on vines from one conspiracy theory to the next. We are building something just for Us. It’s a long-term project. We are going to engage and adapt a strategy that the homies & I used back in the day to practice our eye-hand coordination.
Step one. Secure an empty 40 oz malt liquor bottle, which were plentiful in the park down the street from the house.
Step two. Set the bottle, (not completely empty, by the way), on a post.
Steps 3 & 4. Grab a handful of stones, and step back, to a challenging distance.
Step 5. Throw the handful of stones towards the bottle.
Step 6. Evaluate the results.
This is how we find our tribe here, and there. Average sheeple know that they are average. Those touched with fire, know they are outside of the regular orbit of the masses. Orbit is a good image, for what used to be called, “bi-polar,” but now seems to be called, “neurodivergent.” A cool-sounding term that brings to mind one of those quasi-dystopian films of the early 21st century. Humans don’t mind referring to themselves as “neurodivergent.” That is until the “diagnosis” is used to keep you literally penned up in a sty for the “neurodivergent.” Outliers. “Special.” (The new word for “weird.”) When our orbit is closest to the sun, that’s when we’re on fire. That’s when the magic happens. And when we are away from the sun, at the furthest point. Darkness. Confusion. “Brain fog.'“ Nothing seems to work. And some humans, those intimates mentioned earlier, just want to end it all.
Should our orbits cross, drop a wink, or a nod. We’ll holler back.
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