I’m a middle-aged man so I’ve had sex a fair number of times, but I’ve wanked off heaps more. Could masturbation be important to philosophy? Of course! Have a look at the work of late twentieth century philosopher, Gilles Deleuze. I’m not saying he was a complete tosser, but for Deleuze there was a clear answer to the question, to jerk or not to jerk?
The act of creation Deleuze explained as reality blowing its load. Pure orgasm. Straight away you’d think fucking is a cool way to describe it – two coming together to be one and all that shit. But there is too much going on, too much distraction in that definition. But when you’re all alone, you can lose yourself in the moment, close your eyes and just become a bunch of feelings building up to that moment of climax. Boom! There goes the universe.
The importance of this becomes pretty clear when we realise we’re talking about joy. Creating stuff creates joy. And you don’t need other people to feel it. Deleuze wanted everyone to know they could be creative and experience joy themselves. How do you be creative? Deleuze says add a little chaos to things. Not randomness, but unpredictable order. Don’t look for perfection; instead let in a little chance. Say yes when you’d normally say no and try new things. Don’t go fucking silly, of course, but get it right by pushing your boundaries a bit. When something amazing is created as a result, you’ll share in the universe blowing its load!
The act of creation Deleuze explained as reality blowing its load. Pure orgasm. Straight away you’d think fucking is a cool way to describe it – two coming together to be one and all that shit. But there is too much going on, too much distraction in that definition. But when you’re all alone, you can lose yourself in the moment, close your eyes and just become a bunch of feelings building up to that moment of climax. Boom! There goes the universe.
The importance of this becomes pretty clear when we realise we’re talking about joy. Creating stuff creates joy. And you don’t need other people to feel it. Deleuze wanted everyone to know they could be creative and experience joy themselves. How do you be creative? Deleuze says add a little chaos to things. Not randomness, but unpredictable order. Don’t look for perfection; instead let in a little chance. Say yes when you’d normally say no and try new things. Don’t go fucking silly, of course, but get it right by pushing your boundaries a bit. When something amazing is created as a result, you’ll share in the universe blowing its load!