At 4:50am this morning, one of my heroes, Robert Anton Wilson, let go of his monkey body and moved on to the next cosmic giggle. RAW may very well be the person who has had the most influence on my worldview, on the very makeup of my mind and being. To him I am forever in debt for passing along the notions of freedom, positivity and subjectivity.
I plan on writing more about RAW very soon, but for now, let me share his last public words that were posted to his blog on 1.6.07:
Various medical authorities swarm in and out of here predicting I have between two days and two months to live. I think they are guessing. I remain cheerful and unimpressed. I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without dread. I love you all and I deeply implore you to keep the lasagna flying.
Please pardon my levity, I don’t see how to take death seriously. It seems absurd.
For now, I’m going to go medicate myself and watch some sci-fi. He would have wanted it that way. We’ll miss you, RAW. Thanks for all the profound absurdities. All Hail Eris!
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