# ABOUT THIS SITE this is amateur internet philosopher robert what's example playthrough of open source imagination network and media arcology 'republic of bob' and your source for all '#rob' related news === **how to play** first take a look around and check out the view; the air is fresh and alive with rare magic to the western border lies the 'desert mirage network luxe' orbital data center for a working codex of informal scenic observations see the "republic field snapshots" folder ![[republic-of-bob-background-(nick-rickert-dmOd1T9gdj0-unsplash).jpg|600]] **welcome fellow travelers** to my rapidly overgrowing digital garden / tawdry pigeon's nest here ye shall find rest and oddly interesting vaguely artistic artifacts "current rnd projects" folder at left details what i'm up to for recent updates see "changelog" file ideas through play; love is always the message  === **old site reviews** > fascinating rambling deranged > ~ single day 'reddit effect' review > (..) the images reveal the surrounding voidspace that always lingers just out-of-sight beyond the veil of vidyagarm worlds. the way he frames this emptiness is often striking > ~ chris priestman, beyond the veil of counterstrike (kill screen) > a mix between performance and architectural critique this is in-garme photography documentation at its best. it also indicates a possible way for critics artists and garme developers to engage in a fruitful collaboration > ~ matteo bittanti via garmescenes > also this guy who hates andy (warhol) has a clever interesting website > the 20th century salutes ir > ~ mondo 2000 (ru sirius) via twitter === **rob's goals and motivation** i want to 'find my tribe' hook up with fellow artistic oddballs and have intense strange fun i also need to start earning the tiresome filthiness of money(tm) in order to stop renting and buy a house alas this stuff isn't mainstream market friendly however yet it's not what you can grab it's what you can give === **rob site notes** **+** text in lowercase to engage with notions of linearity authorship and professionalism **+** without full stops to suggest opening out into imagination and desert silence **+** don't read everything; forget the fomo - you're not missing out on anything so just casually skip around at will **+** with few hyperlinks to reduce cognitive load / encourage free-form discovery & extrapolate from incomplete information **+** [[a critique about licencing]] === **on movement as the principle** stasis is undeath: lively up yourselves dear researchers this site / the republic - strongly recommends viewing it's rich strange virtual landscape while moving rather than merely / passively sit or slouch-stand explore and study while moving & flowing dynamically with one's full relaxed expansive attention mobilize your full mobility potential - basically do whatever you have to in order to move that ass for movement's sake; get all your daily 'movement vitamins' and retune yourself back into the felt presence of the immediate experience this is in accordance with the playful 'markour' holistic bodymind movement principle as currently under rnd - largely rsi-bound myself (directly due to literal socioeconomic-physical _stasis_ and the often unacknowledged intense labor demands of art-work) === **robert what contact details** i'm robert what a uk based amateur philosopher [[on hiring robert what |currently available for hire]] a biopsychic energy photo: ![[researcher-robert-what.jpg|379]] for corrections improvements suggestions for more odd r&d andor to collaborate projects (yours or mine) reach out today and say hi; polite intelligence reciprocated **+** email: robertwhat (at) proton (dot) me **+** bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/robertwhat.bsky.social\ **+** other obsidian vaults: https://vaults.obsidian-community.com/ > i am diogenes the dog; i nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels > ~ [[diogenes of sinope]] === **shoutouts** abc: always and forever my darling c0de blue: where are you, brother? what's the l8est? pete from virgina: i been takin' care of my shoes big hair: yo call me you weird smelly goth that cool short haired college student who changed ir name half way through the course (everyone thought they were 'weird' except me) and became my friend: we'll meet again someday riot gurrl === **diversity and inclusion statement** as an informal absurdist immaterial panpsychic nondual zen philosophy project of and for marginalized voices and based in the collective imagination 'republic of bob' is open to everyone supports and champions racial justice and equality; willful ignorance and hated cannot survive within it's weird possibility field of chaotic-good effect (bosses gods kings and ai exist without imagination and are unable to understand it.) as a safe shared communal space inclusive welcoming and representative of the beautiful organic spectrum of gender expression sexuality physical ability appearance neurological diversity and ethnicity 'republic of bob' actively promotes cool social creativity - a community of resistance and empowerment rooted in representations of a slow diasporic sensuality that glows with a positive slow-paced phase-shifting paracosmic ambience of mystical biopsychedelic hyperalien strangeness [[om mani padme hum]] ![[mahakala.png|396]] **recommended reading** desert solitaire - edward abbey the search - geoff dyer // republic of bob