I just thought I'd share a laugh or two from one of my favorite comedians, Bill Hicks. What can be said about him? Only that he was one of the few who were able to bring transformation and evolution to mainstream media. Only that he was able to combine humor with spirituality, making the audience giggle and contemplate their own nature at the same time. "It's just a ride," he'd say, lifting the serious tone out of the topics when things got heavy, or in his case mad, ranting at the way mass media conditioned the masses to be satisfied with empty, fleeting distractions.
He was an advocate of psychedelic drugs, believing they were wrongly and ignorantly demonized by our culture. Hallucinagens forced us to question our own reality, shake us from our perspective, and through laughter - he showed us how to do the same. This bodhisattva would have giggled his way into fame and stardom, had he not passed away in 1994 after a battle with cancer. His death is a tragedy, but it may have made him a legacy. "Another dead hero," the painting on the top left is called, and that may be true. In his wake he left a legend that future comedians would come to respect.
Before his passing, he wrote, “I left in love, in laughter, and in truth, and wherever truth, love and laughter abide, I am there in spirit.”
Well, enough said. Let him do the talking,
He was an advocate of psychedelic drugs, believing they were wrongly and ignorantly demonized by our culture. Hallucinagens forced us to question our own reality, shake us from our perspective, and through laughter - he showed us how to do the same. This bodhisattva would have giggled his way into fame and stardom, had he not passed away in 1994 after a battle with cancer. His death is a tragedy, but it may have made him a legacy. "Another dead hero," the painting on the top left is called, and that may be true. In his wake he left a legend that future comedians would come to respect.
Before his passing, he wrote, “I left in love, in laughter, and in truth, and wherever truth, love and laughter abide, I am there in spirit.”
Well, enough said. Let him do the talking,
Positive Drug Story
Drugs and Evolution
Just a Ride
Note: The picture of Bill Hicks was done by the band Tool, paying tribute to him in their album Aenima.
Quotes:
“They lie about marijuana. Tell you pot-smoking makes you unmotivated. Lie! When you're high, you can do everything you normally do, just as well. You just realize that it's not worth the fucking effort. There is a difference.”
“Life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves.”
“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.”
“It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's just hilarious.”
“I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out.”
“Watching television is like taking black spray paint to your third eye.”
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.”
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1 comment:
Bill Hicks rules!
Hey man, it seems we have a lot in common: Hicks, Tool, Integral, etc. I'm enjoying your blog and it's great to see someone college-age digging into this stuff.
--Bob D.
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