This isn’t about haunted cities, despite the title. And a wonderful film, Spirited Away, would be one to watch if you like ghost cities in the paranormal context. But this is about real cities. Well, I say real cities, because that’s what they look like on the face of it. My starting point for this was finding about huge uninhabited cities that were built in China, and never used. Seeing vast towns and cities across places like Russia, Japan, and the Middle East. They looked like the future, all of those places.
And when you look around the world, there is a lot of abandoned ones. For various reasons apparently, financial collapses, disasters, a change in times and fortunes. Ancient and modern alike, apparently we are prone to the same predisposition for grandeur, opulence and wastefulness. But of these cities dotted around the world, I sometimes thought they looked like they might have been used as movie sets, and thought no more about it. Until certain propaganda videos started making their way over from China at the start of the pandemic. I grew up not knowing much about that place, understanding it was shut off from the rest of the world for hundreds of years from 1434, apparently opening back up in 1979. Although if you start to look at ‘history’ it can be confusing, as the silk road carried on until 1453, and there were a couple of ‘opium wars’ in between as well. So, although shut off, kind of still trading and doing business here and there when it suits, so just the population in general shut off then?
Back to the propaganda videos, the start of which was people just ‘dropping like flies’ in the streets. Used by the media over here to whip people into a terrified frenzy as best they could. To enforce the idea that there is something in the air that you can’t see, that could kill you. The air, something that you have to have, and is all around you. Very clever I thought, having given much though already to fear, its uses and why people would want to use it against someone or for an advantage. Taking something routine and everyday you can’t avoid and putting fear around it, as I talked about in my article Don’t fall asleep.
But the idea of cities with no people, sat around just waiting for a purpose didn’t go away. Then I thought about how easy it would be to have that city full when needed, of either actors, or unsuspecting people who think it’s a normal city like any other, because they know no other. Truman Show esque style. It is not out of the realm of possibility that they would have that type of thing at their disposal, public opinion and Consumerism seems to be extremely important to them, and having control over it them. And through the means of psychology (the depth approach), technology and marketing and propaganda, they have worked out exactly what they need to do, to get the desired results. And if it looks like they won’t get them with everyone, they will cheat, and make it ‘look like’ they did. Even now, we have well placed, strategic ‘leaked’ videos, showing what they want you to see. Every. Damn. Time. And even some of what have been deemed as false flag events, these get confused by some thinking they are faked events, whereas my understanding is that are not faked at all. They are orchestrated, and appear as a massacre by a lone individual or small group on a mission, or with such a deep cause within them it compels them to act. So, often the casualties would have to be real, the location real, the perpetrator real. But you can switch any of those for one to be conveniently placed, or faked, or manipulated to carry out such acts or react to them. They can fake entire lives on the screen, so if you haven’t met these people, you will never know for sure. And there used to be a time where it would be said, don’t believe what they say, believe what you see.
Well, that isn’t quite as it used to be anymore with technology, graphics, drones, CGI, robotics and animatronics, so much can be manipulated. The patents held for other intrusive technologies are also concerning, and ones they delight over. Of being able to ‘get inside your head’ and further down the lines, they want to put chips directly into your brain system, so they can literally be in your thoughts. Studying them, scanning them, deciding them ultimately. Sounds more than creepy doesn’t it, and it is. Like an obsessed entity that cannot deal with individualism, that wants to assimilate you into their central processing centre, so you can be a drone for them, feeding them your subconscious thoughts, while they feed you whatever they want to. And then it becomes a self-sustaining cycle, a co-dependency of sorts, but not a healthy one. Makes me think of The Borg in Star Trek, and of The Strangers in Dark City, covered a bit in my article The Hive. We are a visual creature, and although attached to an animal, we use a saying for humans as well, ‘Monkey see, monkey do’, and it’s not hard to see the route of it.
We learn well by observing others, usually. Picking up useful things throughout our life, watching to see how it’s done, then trying it ourselves. Which has served us well, but it’s quite possible that it is now being used against us for purposes of control. We are shown what is ‘happening to people’ if they disobey, or step out of line, just as they did here too during the propaganda drive. Showing you people being excessively fined, or in distress in the hospitals, being stopped from doing normal things and living. And in my mind that achieved two things at once, killing two birds with one stone as they saying goes. It instantly causes a divide, because some people would have taken the instant fear route, and wanted to avoid any scrutiny and indeed the threatened ‘punishment’, while others realised the stupidity of it and the dangerous slippery slope it would lead to, also knowing the ‘punishments’ were just the old carrot and stick methods. I’ll try and bribe you with carrot, then hit you with the stick kind of thing. Psychological warfare with an overtone of brutality, which is exactly what they have created with the strategic timing of video ‘leaks’, articles, daily press conferences, death stats and all sorts of other continuous tactics they used. Nudge, Nudge and The three d’s of conversion under coercion covered those too. They have thrown everything at this, they really have. Which is why I do think it’s not too outrageous to believe that there could be towns and cities, built for purpose and used as such, just not the purpose we might have thought they were for…
(c) K Wicks
And a reading of the article too, if you would prefer to listen instead…
For some, it may well be an unrealised youth, you hear the phrase ‘living through their kids’, to imply that someone missed the boat, and gets a second chance through their kids. A worrying concept. It could also be the case though, that they did realise their youth, and it was just fine, but the opportunity to ‘do it over’ sort of presents itself with your offspring, or just with time. We hear of people having a mid-life crisis and wanting to do impetuous things associated with youthfulness, but unfortunately many aren’t able to fund those ideas at the age we might want to do them. So, I can see why when you get to an age when you can, or maybe of a certain mindset, it can seem like a mid-life crisis, but maybe it’s just a normal life thing to happen. For some. But trying to have a life through others, is a dangerous game to play. There are various scenarios where it can manifest, not just with parents and children of course, partners, friends, colleagues, and even in the weirdest set-ups, strangers. Whether it is because they cannot form a proper life on their own, or they are dependent on others energy and attention I’m not sure, each case would be different.
In the worst-case scenarios those, we have Munchausen-by-proxy, and a well-known case of it here in the UK, where a nurse killed children, to get off on the drama and attention that then surrounded that child needing help. And there have been many cases, but on an individual level, where it’s just one mother and child, and a ‘mystery illness’, lots of attention through the other person. And perhaps there are men who do it too, but no stories spring to mind, so far I have only read about it being women, and that being said, only the ones that got caught.
With other relationships, it can be just as unhealthy, any kind of dependency on others like that. For attention, energy, validation, continuous emotional support and other things that, in the right dose, would be fine, and normal. But when it becomes a want for those things, or a craving that extends beyond normal human interaction, that’s when it gets weird. And not always as noticeable as you might think, because the person on the receiving end needs to able to firstly, spot what is going on, and secondly, have the strength of character to deal with it. Nipping it in the bud they call it, halting something dead in its tracks before it can go any further and mutate into a weirder version of itself. Knowing when someone is being entirely self-serving may seem like an obvious spot, but sadly, it’s not always so. And worse than that, are some who in some strange way, convince themselves that they are trying to help the person – on both sides. Desperately so in some cases, because it would appear they develop a severe attachment and dependency disorder, and then require the subject of their fixation, ideally, to return that dependency. For both sides, it gives them a sense of control, albeit a temporary and superficial one, and possibly even alleys some of the more outlandish behaviour that would reveals the instability in all it’s crazy glory. And perhaps, that is why some people on the receiving end, indulge that behaviour, or go along with it as best they can, for those seemingly calmer, more stable moments and to avoid ‘the drama’ or ‘the tantrum’. And sometimes it needs to be called out, and exposed for what it is, because in the face of scrutiny, often does not hold up as valid, and they know that, so will try to avoid having anyone else be able to speak against it or question it.
Being able to understand where people are coming from is incredibly important, to be able to grasp their motive and intention towards you, and understanding yours towards them equally so. It can help greatly, but between people hiding their true intentions, and people not always being confident enough to ask question, or fully interpret the answers, we are often left with confusing interactions and experiences. That isn’t anything new though, and why people talk about body language as a source of information to know what’s really going on with someone. Unfortunately, there is no hard and fast manual for it through, each person will have a slightly different version of a ‘tell’ or ‘giveaway behaviours’, which to people who have the gift, can see it straight away. Others need coaching, and some will never see it, despite trying. And just as there are varying degrees of being able to work people out for good or to help them, there are those who use it for nefarious purposes and to hold people back. To detect the fears and vulnerabilities in people, the easily led and the ones they can take advantage of, and use those fears against them. Mostly for their own gain, but sometimes just for the meanness of it, because they can. The spiteful type, you know the ones, who carry around so much bitterness and hatred, it seems to ooze out of them and spill over into normal life. There is so much to do, and think about, that there really doesn’t seem time to be hateful towards others. If they have done wrong, swift justice, no more thought. If they are awful, cut them out of your life, no more thought. Do you see a pattern there? Not only do some people waste a big portion of their lives doing something they hate, or being around people they don’t like, that when they do stop being around that, they forget to enjoy things, and keep that hateful attitude. So, they waste more time talking and thinking about something that has passed, and is gone, and is only being kept alive by their want to keep it so. Maybe it becomes so familiar, they don’t know how to leave it behind. Give time and thought to that which deserves it, and take action on that which needs it, and when it comes to interactions with others, work out whether it is you who is giving your time, or if it is someone or something taking it…
(c) K Wicks
It’s really strange
That some don’t see
Cause for concern
With died suddenly
Why so many people
Are now getting sick
But seemed to be fine
Through the ‘pandemic’
The healthy and young
And not of old age
Are now being used
To layer the stage
For further control
And they won’t relent
For their dreams of one
World government
But it truly is madness
And one they pursue
It’s more than your life
They are trying to screw
It’s time and the future
They are trying to steal
Deciding your thoughts
And what you should feel
But there comes a time
When deep in your soul
The alarm bell goes off
And you take back control
~
Of where this all goes
(c) MKW Publishing
Just a random article about cubes. The films I have listed below for reference, all have a cube as a heavy feature in the storyline. They make me think of other well-ordered geometrical things, like grids and systems, which run off of a power source. I will explain after each one.
Hellraiser (1987) – a puzzle of sorts, a box to be opened and tempt you into hell. But it is a cube with a dark secret, which feeds on human desire, curiosity and deviance, which activate it. So, that is its power source.
Star Trek First Contact (1996), The Borg – their ship is a cube, they search out and assimilate knowledge and other species. And this one runs on a very clear system, with the power source being the Borg themselves integrated with the technology.
The Cube (1997) – a strange film without a backstory given or answer of how or why. But a maze in a cube for unsuspecting occupants, more like a prison with boobytraps and mechanisms, yet still a system and design that serves a purpose.
Transformers – the allspark which was a great power source. Shaped like a cube, and part of the machine world, but still seems relevant here.
Tesseract – in the marvel films, a recurring item throughout the films, is again a cube, this one being an unlimited power source.
We always seem to be looking for the ultimate energy source, and therefore power. I guess it’s no coincidence that the word power is used for batteries, as well as for ruling. Maybe their power comes from us, literally. And when they showed us a field of human battery pods in The Matrix, maybe they weren’t far from the truth. But a cube is an easy shape to imagine, a box. And it’s easy to get stuck in one, mentally perhaps, ‘think outside the box’ they say. Maybe that’s also more than just a metaphor, but to think it’s only in mind keeps you trapped thus so, and is a self-perpetuating loop. Perhaps.
But we are definitely being viewed and treated more as a commodity rather than a consumer, so it makes me wonder if we are the ones now being consumed. Just as we have done with resources, for the system trying to unfold, it switches. We become the resource. And like with all the films mentioned above, there is someone or something behind those cubes, and a need…
(c) K Wicks
Another new digital painting, I think trees may well be a permanent theme 🙂
Blue Moon Tree (MKW-DA.22) Framed Art Print – link to buy
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(c) K Wicks
(c) K Wicks
Didn’t have any when needed, so thought I would see what the ingredients are and how difficult it was to make. Turns out very easy to make, and almost had the ingredients, but what I didn’t have, I had the substitutes for. It wasn’t quite the same taste, but it was still really nice, and after a bit of tinkering, I believe it will be better.
But here is the line up of ingredients.
4 tbsp Soy Sauce
2.5 tbsp Golden Syrup (should have been mollasses)
1 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar (should have been rice wine vinegar)
2 tpsp Light Olive Oil (should have been sesame oil)
2 tbsp peanut butter, I used crunchy, but some recipes called for smooth, which I might try next time
1 garlice clove minced, they said two, but were quite large so didn’t want to overdo it
3 tbsp Sweet Chilli Sauce (the recipe I read used Sriracha sauce)
1/4 tsp ground pepper – I just used black pepper
The recipes I read also use cornstartch and water, but I didn’t need it as it thickened up just fine on it’s own.
So, the method was, put in all in together and heat gently until it all combines and starts to thicken up. Took about 10 to 15 minutes, but you’ll just have to judge it yourself. It thickens further once cooled as well, and is sticky and sweet. Good first attempt I thought.
(c) K Wicks
An older saying, and one to point out that a person’s character is not defined by how they appear. The full quote from Arthur Ashe being
“Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.”
But I have thought of it a few times recently for todays society, but an updated version in my mind.
The clothes do not maketh a woman.
And the same can be said of any appropriation, whether it be cultural or gender. On a personal level, I don’t actually mind anyone wanting an external shell that they feel represents their internal self, as I have written before in my article What are we? about it, and I guess even touched upon it in Perceptions of Self. And we are all part of society which is geared up towards expression of self and being unique, while we slowly have a severe lack of individualism creeping in though, it’s all getting a bit weird.
For many generations now there have been men dressing as women, and living as them. All sorts of relationships have been had, as well as women now and again passing for men, and dressing as such in public too. Social history and rules also play into these, as without such expectations of gender and the role they play, we are led to believe that people would have had more freedom to choose. I am not so sure, given that choice is sometimes part of the problem, and if you are making a decision without all the information, and lack of forethought, then is it really a choice? What we have now, is almost like someone saying, “Here, you can have pandoras box. Oh, you haven’t heard of Pandora? No matter, have it anyway, it’ll be fine”. It may well just be a box, but what comes with it is not. I did a small piece called Pandoras Asylum, for a closer look at that story, but I can’t help thinking that a can of worms has been opened, and only time will tell the ugly truth of it all, with people caught in the middle of it, as does always happen.
So, the problem appears to be multi-layered, and is causing very real issues. Because as with most situations, if there is an advantage to gain for an opportunist, they will jump upon it. Which is why I believe we have issues surrounding prisons, women’s units, hospitals, schools, changing rooms, toilets, etc. They all have something in common as places, you either find vulnerable people there, or people at a vulnerable moment in their lives. That is not an accident these places are being used as a ‘hunting ground’ – same with where you used to know paedophiles would try and gain access to children – schools, playgroups, care system, youth clubs, youth sports, scouts etc. Now you have online too. But that does not mean that the physical approach has diminished in any way, and opportunists will try to find a way to get what they want. They are schemers and always on the look-out, so would have understood the implications of a change in attitude in society, and how that would create its own opportunity. And you must understand, we are talking about people of a severe sexual deviance and mental dysfunction, who were always like that, that have just found a way to try and ‘blend in’ and allowing their behaviour to flourish, ironically, it’s by standing out, which for some reason now makes you immune to consequence in many cases. And people being either shouted down, or called names because they try to highlight very real concerns, is a warning in itself. People who look to abuse others, often have a charming streak, and will have others on their side in advance of any revelations, ready to discredit or dismiss any accusations that may come their way. But what of the ones who are rumbled before they even get to their goal, the ones who aren’t so charming and make it obvious there is something very disturbing about them? It seems they can be spotted, but without any action, just a feeling. Sometimes you just know when something isn’t quite right, your internal spidey senses start going off, so you know, and no-one else telling you otherwise will change that. Because when you think of it, how many people thought Jimmy Savile was great? In fact, nearly every high-profile person validated him, his outrageous behaviour, his garish clothes and demeanour, all part of the act to make that type of person acceptable, in the public’s eyes at least. And when it came out, and the shock subsided, turns out many knew, and were silenced, or it was covered up. So, just because celebrities and the media want you to override your own instincts and believe what they say over what you see and feel, may not be the best road to follow.
Imitate to infiltrate. That should be a phrase to remember. They will try to be like you, to get at you. That applies to all sorts of situations and people, and it’s always been the way that we have to work out people’s intentions, as they aren’t always forthcoming with them, or their honest ones. Unfortunately, there are some very caring and trusting people out there, who are often the ones to fall victim of this type. Because just as they exist, so does their opposite, the mean and callous people who are only out for themselves. Lots fall in between, knowing to not be too trusting, to check people out, trust your instincts and so on. And it doesn’t always mean dressing or looking like you, as we know from the list of above, those adults don’t dress like children to gain access to them (or maybe in some cases they do), but they come down to their level on some point to gain trust from them. Which in itself isn’t the issue, it’s what they then do with that trust is the problem. Luring and baiting spring to mind too, if you want to catch a fish, you can’t just sit there, you need a hook, and some bait. That’s where I think the drag hour story time problem comes into play, covered in Face of a clown, in story town. It’s an odd thing to me, to see the actual safety and decency disregarded for many, for the feelings of one. Whether they be male or female, whether they be vaccinated or unvaccinated, it seems to be a strange thing being encouraged. Ignore your own physical safety, instincts and feelings, and place those of someone else above yours (sometimes a complete stranger or unknown), of whom you have no knowledge of motive or intention, and who has no regard for you. You would do it right? No, you wouldn’t, and if you would, ask yourself why. But that is what appears to be happening, lots of people being told how to feel when their own instincts and feelings are telling them perfectly well what is going on, yet is being dismissed. Possibly because some people are naive to different types of people, or don’t fully understand what is going on, unable to view the bigger picture. Or they don’t want to be seen to be as different from the public attitude, the one being pushed in the media, so they conform to parroting the latest spin, or ‘acceptable thing’ so they seem to be keeping up with the times, it’s hard to know for sure.
But it is a bit out of control, and is no longer about some people wanting to seamlessly blend into society as themselves. Publicly, it’s turned into something quite exposed and ugly, and is about parading a certain aspect of someone life, in sometimes quite a grotesque display, out there for everyone to be made aware of. But to do that, they aren’t just being themselves are they? They are taking something away from someone else, and it didn’t appear to start that way. Men in women’s sports, jobs, politics and so on. We now have boys and men, who decide they are female, taking medals, funding, placements, jobs away from actual women. And if people think this isn’t a problem, I do wonder why. Because if women weren’t at such a disadvantage for so many years, why would we even need our own spaces, and categories and groups? There was a reason for that. Men have been openly favoured over women in many situations, jobs, in many religions, households and so on, so it really is an extra insult to have men still being put a cut above, but this time they are dressing like women and taking on what they believe are ‘traits’ of woman I guess. I only have a few example to go on, recently the US has put some real gems out there, using two men who say they are women, to discuss women’s beauty products and healthcare. It was over exaggerated, camp, and extremely cringy, everything you would expect from a pre-scripted, acting role. Trying to make us believe that this is a representation of ‘women’ and people think it’s great. It’s really quite strange. Because it’s not just about men dressing, acting like and living like a woman, it’s got a very sinister pharmaceutical underbelly, that is really the ugly side of what they are doing. Because while they allow the media stories of grown men calling themselves women once they’ve been arrested for violent sexual crimes, they seem to sidestep the stories of what is happening to people on the ground, the ones who are encouraged change themselves to ‘be who they really are’, but in some cases, becoming neither who they were, or thought they were, but something entirely new.
I have to say I was quick shocked to read about young teenage girls having mastectomies, and the drugs they put children on to stop puberty so they progress in the trans-agenda. Shocked about what it does to the body, which I already knew goes through massive changes through the teenage years, mentally and physically, so to think that was being halted and subverted, was heart-breaking to be honest. And will have serious consequences, both mentally and physically down the road. Add to that the pretty much guaranteed constant medication needed thereafter, to keep your hormones in line I guess, and stop your body doing what it naturally should. Suppressing normal functions, instincts, thoughts, in place of synthetically enhanced ones, but forever dependent on them, and whoever dispenses them. Because to me that’s the real goal for them, the ones who pull the strings and set the agendas, who never before cared about our happiness and wellbeing, or ability to feel complete, unless it can make them money, or give them power. So, when all departments follow suit you know something is up. Employment, education, medicine, law enforcement, media – all branches of the network of society got on board at the same time to make this new thing suddenly acceptable and accessible. It’s not new anymore, and has been going for some time, but it’s only in recent years have I started to see personal stories on social media of people going through it, and of the treatments, and studies, and medications etc. Focusing mainly on how people must feel inside to go down that route, trying to work out the psychology of it. Then I noticed I was missing something, the glaringly obvious in fact. Who was making money off this? If it was being pushed to the mainstream, to adults and kids of all classes and ages, then there was money in it. Or something else they stand to gain. Suddenly education and healthcare had funding for it, it was everywhere – gender studies, diversity, trans, etc. I could see there must be a lot of money to be made, but that particular one, would continue to make them money, as they would have a customer for life. Because even if they changed their mind, or it went wrong, they would still need medication in most cases. Similar with the vaccine, if you had a reaction, then it seems an awful lot of medical care can be required, immediately and thereafter if you make it though, so looks like a win win all round for the pharma companies and all those with shares and investments in them. No liability, maximum profit, forever. You can see why maybe anyone heading that might not want that gravy train to end. In fact, they just diversified their portfolio, so looks to be with us for a while yet.
Just remember the following industry saying, because we are all patients and customers to them, and it really does serve a profitable purpose for us to be sick, and confused, and in need of mental or physical medical assistance…
~ A patient cured, is a customer lost ~
(c) MKW Publishing
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