On branching the pursuit of happiness

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" Boutique L.U.I.S asks the classic question: "can one buy happiness?" Most theories within psychology believe the answer is no, still the experience economy has great success in selling various forms of happiness. Though it is paradoxical, many consumers will do anything in their power to attain happiness- thus they readily " buy" it. Does it make sense to pursue happiness? In doing so does one become happier? "

While pondering on the unique opportunity to acquire some happiness, Sam Renseiw, twiigged, caught a few glances from outside, editing the investigations with more inside information-footage. View glimpses of branching happiness-taxonomies, decoratively displayed, by clicking here or on he links above. (patafilm # 649, 02'20'', 14.7MB, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features yet another reflective decorum . (Lum # 168 " barber-shop reflections" 00'58'' , 5.7MB, Quicktime/mov)

On the love for concepts and images

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"Images and concepts are formed at opposite poles of mental activity: imagination and reason. A polarity of exclusion plays between them, in a way utterly unlike that of magnetic poles. In this case, the opposite poles do not attract , but repel. If one loves concepts and images, the masculine and feminine poles of the psyche, one must love mental powers with two different loves."

Everyone has within himself his own somnambulist, of whom he is the mesmerist... is Sam Renseiw's relevant paraphrase of J.W. Ritter while conceptualising The Poetics of Space in a corner of canteen footage. View the short dialectic moving visual, with scratch-acordeon accompagnement by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 395, 01'45'', 7.8 MB, quicktime/mov - flash version at blip.tv)