Cubism Part II

Beginners Guide To David Icke

All truth passes through three stages, first its ridiculed, second it's violently opposed, third it's taken as self evident. Arthur Schopenhauer wrote that and later on Mahatma Gandhi used it. 

David mentions in this useful interview that quite possibly nobody has ever been more ridiculed in public life and it's for that reason alone it's worth taking the time to listen to a more laid back discussion of his life and experiences here.

If there's one trait that is hard to deny with David it's his authenticity. It's worthwhile getting to know what he is about and what he stands for before making the mistake of following the knee jerk response that comes from following the herd. I'll say one thing that I sense about David and have observed on occasions, which makes me a little sad. Every time a new person approaches him for whatever reason he has to adopt a defensive manner that means he doesn't reject people without reason, but that he can't allow many people to get too close to him as many must have tried to gain his trust before betraying him for a cheap laugh.

Outside of his family I feel his job has been one of the loneliest in the world. That's worth hearing a man out on, and one day if I find the inspiration I'll try and find a new way to explain his most explosive information as he's not sharing it because he's delusional, or because he's daft or for a quick buck. He could have had a long comfy career in TV if he wished and few have walked away from popularity into ridicule so purposefully. Few if any at all in history or am I wrong?

Double Chocolate Chip (The Bill Hicks Story)

The Bill Hicks Story is double chocolate chip quality. It's actually made differently from most documentaries that patch a lot of footage together through the use of still shots and montages that bring the personal story to life in a comic book fashion or moving gif stylistics that I haven't seen done before and which I am sure I will see emulated in the future because it's that good.

The movie made me laugh out loud and shed a tear for this deeply talented and clever  man who departed too early, and in my mind, suspiciously early at barely past thirty years of age. Bill Hicks' comedy was too raw for the United States and was most appreciated in the UK. I knew he understood the psilocybin entheogen experience from his act but what I learned from his friend in this documentary is that he crossed over on one occasion into that transdimensional experience and asked of the logos. 

Who are you? 

I was blown away and its hard to explain quite why here, though I will say that the psychedelic experience effect in this movie is produced faithfully in a way that has only been achieved two times before in my experience. That is Ang Lee's Woodstock and Mitch Schultz' The Spirit Molecule. It's quite extraordinary to see film makers getting so close to conveying the 'feel' of what happens on these sacred medicines.