The Essentials of Life

               

A.    "NORMAL" PEOPLE

1. Food/Drink
2. Shelter
3. Breathable air
4. Safety
5. Sleep
6. Entertainment
7. Money (in most societies)
8. Sex (optional)



B. ARTISTS

(the above-listed but also...)


(partial list)

1. Camouflage
2. Lying (Equivocation, Ommission)
3. "Metamorphosers Anonymous" Local Chapter
4. Fortress of Solitude (fully wired)
4a.   solipsism
5. Fear (taffy, toffee or Toblerone)
6. Criticism (inflatable zebra-shaped flotation device for loss at deep sea)
7. Camaraderie (aerial reconnaissance missions)
8. Epistemological Void Key
9. Artificial Insemination
10. Paper (feels so archaic already, doesn't it?)
11. Mythologies
12. De-Precedenting Blinkers
13. Fuzzy Terry Towel Monkey-Shaped Critical Cynosure (with teeth)
14. Nature (online/tv)
15. Others (chatty hell)
16. Pets (if they come with critical essays/skills, even better)
17. Dialogic Binky
18. Hermeneutical Colostomy Bag
19. Irony Tablets
20. Benevolence (inflatable Hello Kitty-shaped flotation device for loss at deep sea)
21. Divorce (all kinds)
22. Heart (just kidding!)
23. Anti-helminthic Critical Pills
24. Blog
25. Transcendence (free minutes after 9 p.m.)
26. Bad Memory
27. Insistence
28. Rabies vaccine
29. Dead Friends