ok, so while looking at the "An Open Secret" thread, I began to wonder what the writer/producer Amy Berg IMDB had worked on recently. Her most recent Executive Producer credit was from an Italian doc about some famous editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine called "Franca: Chaos and Creation. Upon opening the page I was immediately greeted with a familiar name listed first among the 'stars:' Marina freakin' Abramovic (i realize her name is listed first because of alphabetic order, but still..)
Perusing her page reveals a quote i haven't seen pointed out yet in this investigation (forgive me if this has already be covered):
Personal Quote: [2012] "They are investigating my brain and finding out about brain function. They are going through the data now and, in November, we will have a huge symposium on the results. I have a brain that functions completely differently from other people's brains. I produce some kind of shooting energy. It's not just some hocus-pocus. It's scientifically proven."
What in the sam hill is she babbling about? Apparently the quote is from her 2012 doc "Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present" (has anyone watched it and could comment? i don't think i could stomach it..)
Also check out the top user review: "I can't even find words to describe the emotion, the feeling of peace, serenity, harmony that we feel as watching this beautiful documentary. It simply shows us the essence, the genuineness and purity of this fabulous artist! GREAT WOMAN, no doubt! I wish I was one of those that had the opportunity to sit in front of her! This is art, and anyone can't say that it's not! Certainly you'll never find someone so much present, so much human, so much given to the feelings of others, such as Marina! And that's for sure!!! Thank you, thank you so so much! You're simply UNIQUE! I truly wish to know her better now!!! And her institute, oh the institute!!!! Maybe one day, one day, who knows? :)" (emphasis added) w..t..f...
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bdiminishedminor7 ago
Don't you get it? This is how power works. You claim some supernatural, superhuman power/knowledge/lineage etc. etc., like, for example, having a brain that shoots laser-beams, and lo and behold! Before you know it, sycophants crawl out of the woodwork, longing to be in your presence, cherishing your every word and obediently waiting in subjugation for your commands.
The power-trick is mindbogglingly simple. All you need is a narcissistic conviction that you really are the superhuman you project yourself to be, and your minions will automatically appear. Anyone who even had to deal with a true narcissist will understand this phenomenon, and will have pulled the hairs out of his head in rage and staggering disbelief at how an entire entourage of disciples will come to the narcissist's defense, in complete denial of any ratio or truth.
The speed at which a considerable portion of the human race is able to completely hand over its brain, intellect, mind, ego, body, fate, faith and money to a posing alpha-monkey, is probably one of the most problematic aspects of life on this planet.
blumeanie ago
tfw this is a perfect overview of religion in a nutshell.