VISUAL QUESTIONS TO WEI DING

READING IS WHAT? FUNDAMENTAL, EXACTLY. BUT WE LOVE IMAGES AS MUCH AS YOU MIGHT. DEAR READER, THIS A MERRY-GO-AROUND OF PERSONAL THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS AND A FEW STATEMENTS. YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WEATHER OR NOT YOU LIKE THEM, BUT I WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO READ WHAT YOU WE’RE THINKING, SO LEAVE A COMMENT AFTER THE BEEP…

HOW MANY DESIGNER CLOTHES DO YOU OWN? HOW MANY OF THEM ARE VINTAGE OR SECOND HAND AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY YOU’VE ALREADY SPEND ON DISPOSABLE CLOTHES PRODUCED BY EMERGING COUNTRIES?

a blue eyed woman with silver foil as hair

#COULDNTGOOGLEIT

wrapped in money, a blue eyed woman

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHO MADE YOUR CLOTHES, FOLLOW THE FASHION REVOLUTION.

MARIHUANA, MARIJUANA, NOUN:
cannabis, especially as smoked or consumed as a psychoactive (mind-altering) drug.

HAVE YOU EVER EXPERIENCED DRUGS, INCLUDING ALCOHOL, MARIHUANA OR NARCOTICS? AND IF, WHAT FASCINATES YOU ABOUT THAT DRUG(S)?

CRAZY QUESTION: DO YOU THINK MENTAL ISSUES ARE JUST AN ILLUSION PUT ONTO OUR PERCEPTION, IN ORDER TO MAKE UNS MORE LIKEABLE TOWARDS OTHERS?

I SMOKE WEED ALMOST DAILY AS MEDICATION FOR A LIFE LONG DEPRESSION, AS CREATIVE ENHANCEMENT AND FOR SOCIAL REASONS. ORIGINALLY MARIHUANA WAS USED I.E. AS OIL TO CURE INFLAMMATIONS OR LESSER CHRONIC PAIN. ACCORDING TO TRADITIONAL MIDDLE EASTERN AND ASIAN MEDICINE, IT’S BEEN IN USE FOR CENTURIES. THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, BLAMED OTHER ‘RACES’ FOR DISCONNECTED CRIMES, PROHIBITED IT AND THAN PARTLY LEGALIZED IT JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. IT HAS BECOME A HUGE INDUSTRIE AND HELPFUL TO CURE TRAUMATA OF ALL KINDS.’

rolling a broccoli joint
the artist with his head behind smoke clouds
IMAGE BY WEI DING

MORAL COMPASS, NOUN:
used in reference to a person’s ability to judge what is right and wrong and act accordingly.

two hands putting cigarettes into a melon
a hand holds a banana full of cigarettes

WHY IS CANNABIS ILLEGAL IN GERMANY, BUT NOT IN A NINE STATES OF THE USA AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, I.E. THE NETHERLANDS?

DO YOU LIVE A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE? IF, WHAT IS YOUR SECRET? WOULD YOU SAY IT IS EASY TO STAY HEALTHY?

DOES IT POLLUTE YOUR ENVIRONMENT OR EXPLOIT NATURAL RESOURCES, LIKE THE PRODUCTION OF SOY, AVOCADOS, WATERMELONS OR ANIMAL PRODUCTS DOES?

PROJECTION, NOUN:
an estimate or forecast of a future situation based on a study of present trends. the presentation of an image on a surface, especially a cinema screen.

HAVE YOU EVER ASKED YOURSELF, IF THERE’S A GOD OR NOT? MAYBE SHE IS A BLACK WOMAN?

WHAT DO YOU THINK COMES AFTER THIS LIFE ON EARTH? IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE BEYOND OR IS IT OUR BIGGEST EARTHLY DUTY TO BE AS HAPPY AS POSSIBLE IN THE PRESENT?

AND TAKE CARE ABOUT OTHERS AS WELL?

SAME, SAME BUT DIFFERENT

momento mori; a green eyed woman with a skull and a sunflower

In a general manner the alternation of black and white corresponds to the rhythm of day and night, of life and death, of manifestation and of reabsorption in the unmanifest. The “battlefield” which the latter represents cannot have a manifested centre, for symbolically it had to be beyond oppositions.

The Symbolism of Chess, Semantic Scholar
a red hand and white hand playing chess on a black and white head

DO YOU PLAY CHESS? OR SIMPLY MIND GAMES WITH OTHERS?

DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC? OR SOMETHING SUPERNATURAL?

‘I DO BELIEVE IN A HIGHER UNIVERSAL POWER, MAGIC AND HUMAN KINDNESS. AFTER MY ‘YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING’, I DISCOVERED WHO I AM AND THAT EVERYTHING I’VE EVER DREAMED OF, WILL COME IF I’M READY TO RECEIVE OR PERCEIVE IT IN MY OWN WAY (AND MAYBE SOMETIMES IN ANOTHER TIME LINE).’

the magician holding the cards, two red hands are covering his eyes
the artist wei ding with his hands over his head and a blurry face
IMAGE BY WEI DING

WHAT ABOUT UNCOMMON SOCIAL, HISTORIC OR ARTISTIC THEORIES, ARE YOU OPEN FOR THAT? DO YOU THINK WHAT WE DO IS MAGIC?

ARE YOU A PROFESSIONAL CREATIVE? DO YOU GET PAID PROPERLY FOR THE PRESSURE YOU HAVE TO FACE ON A DAILY BASE?

‘AGAIN; IT’S HARD TO BE CREATIVE EVERY DAY. ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE TO BE, DEFINED BY A BINDING CONTRACT.’

UNCONDITIONAL BASIC INCOME:
A basic income would vary with age, but with no other conditions. Everyone of the same age would receive the same basic income, whatever their gender, employment status, family structure, contribution to society, housing costs, or anything else…

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