BHA70: Existential Fury, Chaos Theory & Being Trapped in a Dark Timeline (feat. Eric Millar of ‘Outlet Press’)

November 20, 2023

For Black Hoodie Alchemy this Thanksgiving week, I have recurring guest, friend, and innovative mystic, Eric Millar on the show to talk about his latest work, ⁠⁠WOMBAT⁠⁠ and all that existential fury that it holds! A collection of several visual and literary artworks, I found particular fascination with the first two pieces: Operator’s Code and Flight Interpretations.

You can listen to it right here or wherever you stream your podcast action!

What does it mean to be spiritual as a person living at rock bottom? How do we find alchemy in the drudgery of dirty, underpaying jobs and lives that don’t provide us with what we need, let alone what we want? Where do we go when time and time again, the reward it seems we get for trying is actually getting completely fucked? How does one find peace in a world that feels like a dark, upside-down timeline?

For more food for thought along these lines, we bring up impressively daunting works like David Halberstam’s ⁠The Powers That Be⁠, Douglas Rushkoff’s ⁠Life Inc: How Corporatism Conquered the World and How to Take it Back ⁠and even Warren Ellis’ ⁠Marvel Ruins⁠.