On Chaotic Action

A Pro-Chaos Playground

Gather round, my friends, for a very important announcement

You are never behind in Memory Cult

Someone called us a “learning hub” and I loved that

Hub is the right word; an intergalactic place where lots of things hover

The way I’d like you to use it may surprise you: I would like you to be as chaotic as possible

I’d like you to engage, then recede as life calls you away with it’s loud voice, and it does

I would like you to get locked and loaded for creation then forget then remember then forget again then slide into home base at the last second, God willing

Memory Cult is your playground

A Shifting Feast

My presence & all content is right here, steadily, demanding nothing, inviting much

The Featured bar at the top contains the most recent content; log on and start there

It is self-paced and self-starting by design

For the one who is hungry and available, a feast

For the one with small children or who is traveling or enduring burdens or transitions, a snack waiting in the fridge for only you when you get a moment of rest

Are there deadlines? Yes

I believe structure is profoundly helpful; not because it demands compliance but because it generates chaotic action

You determine your level of commitment, and that can change day to day, week to week, month to month; you could commit then miss it

To that I say: who cares?

Open At Will

Be free; be inconsistent; be released; be choatic; I truly believe more work and better work gets done with that mindset

Think of it like a magazine subscription; it comes to your door and you can open at will

I’m one of the most productive people I know, and also one of the most chaotic

Nothing is done in the same way twice, at the same pace or intensity

I print photos randomly, as I get the urge; they are not in order, there is no method

But god damn if this house is not full of photos, prints, books, framed pieces, polaroids & negatives

Devotion > Discipline

We love the idea of a consistent practice, don’t we?

Being “disciplined” – and we imagine this will bring us to many, many good acts

Devotion is the only discipline that has ever mattered to me

I am committed in my soul and do as much action as I can, in no particular order, on purpose

When I feel like it, when the demands of motherhood pause for a second (and they only pause, never sleep)

My subject matter also never sleeps

Always calling to me, crying like a baby in the background, getting louder and louder until I feed it

But this baby knows how to fast

And knows how to feast when the time is right

It's a very understanding baby

I’m a good mother to it; no guilt in sight