Ecstatic Meditations: Love
Love
To mark Valentine’s Day it is only fitting that “Love” be our second release of the breathtaking series: “Ecstatic Meditations“.
“Ecstatic Mediations” centers around a selection of stunning short films by filmaker, TV personality, futurist and epiphany addict Jason Silva. These explosive films delve into the human condition. We will be releasing one of Jasons’ shorts a day for the coming week. Consider them the online equivalent of a caffeine jolt, a metaphor which Jason embraces, aptly terming them “shots of philosophical espresso”. He says:
“These ecstatic meditations explore various facets of the human condition through the lens of imagination, ecstasy, love, beauty, etc. The idea is that each vignette immerses you in a feeling, a concept, a way of seeing the world. Similarly to my techno-utopian rants, these are meant to ‘epiphanize’ and provide an artful antidote to existential despair. I think Urban Times is just the kind of media enterprise to push forth this memetic content! So thank you!!”
Whether you are spending this strange romantic holiday alone or with a loved one striving for the sort of transcendent immortal sensations that Jason describes, you will find “Love” a worthwhile meditation – even if you do consider Valentine’s day to be merely the inauthentic corporatised red-washing of romance.
Jason dedicated these videos to: Carl Sagan, Ray Kurzweil, Timothy Leary, Buckminster Fuller, Stewart Brand, The Imaginary Foundation, Chris Anderson from TED, Linda Mishkin, Richard Feynman, and all the curious and the wonderful…
About Jason Silva
See the Previous Post: “Ecstatic Meditations: Imagination” for an overview, or check out Jason’s vimeo
Platitude upon platitude upon platitude, "big" words that many persons don't understand, and with "Comptine d'un autre été" playing in the background, even more reason to be wary of its appeal to popular irrational, ignorant emotion. An, unfortunately, meaningless and trite, appeal-to-emotion video--which I suppose is appropriate for the superficial event for which it was posted. As Bill Maher eloquently stated, "this horse trading of sex for gifts" and "flowers for blowjobs exchange program" is truly what Valentine's Day is, as is reiterated within the article. Perhaps an even more interesting question isn't, "what is love?", but "what isn't love?" That would require thought.
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