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hardcore/skramz/metal, horror, meditation. Grumpy GenXer. he/his Cognitive science stuff at: https://bsky.app/profile/neuroyogacara.bsky.social

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𖤐B𖤐 @neuronaraka.bsky.social · 2h

Mustard maybe

𖤐B𖤐 @neuronaraka.bsky.social · 3h

It’s duḥkha in the sense of feeling the need to pursue or feeling the need to pull back. Being aware of just what you’re doing is always the hard part (as you know well)

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𖤐B𖤐 @neuronaraka.bsky.social · 3h

All day, I’ve been listening to Holy Terror and adjacent stuff, and doing scene dives and scene reminders is another way I love to spend my time with music!

𖤐B𖤐 @neuronaraka.bsky.social · 3h

Curious question 🤔

𖤐B𖤐 @neuronaraka.bsky.social · 4h

Second, I’ve always listened to a lot of music. But I ramped up the quantity to cope with changes to my body that made me give up running, lifting, and bike riding. The exploration helps me to manage my mood in ways that repeated listening never does. But I know it’s duḥkha whether I do it or not

𖤐B𖤐 @neuronaraka.bsky.social · 4h

There are two more things I’d like to add. First, deep patterns of human differences shape the urge to explore, and some people can and do listen actively to immense quantities of music. But it’s also easy to fool yourself into thinking that you’re listening actively when you really aren’t. +

Timothy™️ @posttim.bsky.social · 4h

I appreciate this post and the op, and others like it. I listen to lots of new stuff. It’s good to have people helping you ask yourself “why” and to think about other ways.

You can’t have every aesthetic experience. There is joy and community in connecting over new things. And, things you miss.

Eleanor Harper @lusthag.bsky.social · 5h

Y’all I am by no means saying you should stop discovering new music 😭 I’m simply suggesting being intentional about which albums you listen to. Don’t just let an algorithm make a playlist for you. Buy a damn cd/tape/vinyl. Listen so much that you want the t shirt

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𖤐B𖤐 @neuronaraka.bsky.social · 5h

I sort of agree. But I’m also a deeply curious person, I don’t trust others to do discovery for me, and I want to find new things that I’ll love. So I listen to a lot of new stuff. But I also make sure to make time to listen to older favorites often, and I frequently do runs through catalogs

𖤐B𖤐 @neuronaraka.bsky.social · 6h

I sometimes forget to add things to my list that are also released on fiadh…but it’s in my queue

𖤐B𖤐 @neuronaraka.bsky.social · 17h

We were pretty close to right next to each other!