Space Patrol

Our body is basically a tool for processing energy and releasing it back into the world. When the body processes nutrients it must exert the energy it receives back out into the world. Human beings do not simply emit raw energy though. Our bodies must find some context in which to put this energy. Athletics is one such context. It provides high rates emission, and is composed largely of simple repetitions, thus requiring little complexity. Social engagements are another method. Creative expression is my personal favorite.

All of these contexts rely on contraction and relaxation of the muscles. Contraction is the withdrawl of energy and relaxation is the release. With mental contexts such as creative expression and social engagement, it requires the contraction of the brain, which is a muscle just like any other, followed by the relaxation that releases the energy. We refer to contraction of the brain as thought. This is why one cannot simultaneously try to remember the names of all seven dwarfs while holding a conversation about Walt Disney's career. One cannot think and engage simultaneously.

Private thought, masterbation, fat conversion, are all internal methods of energy use. They recirculate the body's energy inside the individual. Thought requires high levels of complexity, while fat conversion requires no complexity. Obesity is generally observd to be a negative trait in humans because we identify a fat person as someone keeping all of his energy inside himself.

School provides humans still developing their methods of contraction and emission with ways in which to organize their energy into forms that will lead to a life both productive to society and satisfactory to the individual.

Eventually, the agent will find a method of energy use he feels comfortable with, and will allign himself with this context for the duration of his life, settling into its patterns and rhythms, while becoming more and more familiar with the nuances and details of his chosen emission path, thus increasing his skill at navigating these patterns. This is what we call a career.

The energy exerted must allign itself with methods previously identified for productive energy emission. If a person reads a lot of books, he will want to write his own. If a person talks to a lot of poeple, she will get good at interacting herself. This is a basic input/output function. The creator needs to put what he is expressing into contexts similar though distinct from the content he has consumed.

The point of all this is, I have been eating a whole lot, and then sitting a desk for the entire day exerting minimal energy. This is why I have been arting like a madman during my free time.

Here is a picture.