WritingsJan 27, 2025Source article

The Party

and the Mind

Fourteen days of parties and Greek heat become an experiment in how the mind separates, labels, and finds patterns in the world.

I will write extensively on what makes a good party.

I don’t “throw” parties, I simply attend. Some are better than others.

The Art of the Party is an anthology of such experiences.

But this post is about the mind, not the party.

But the Party is helpful in understanding the mind.

Are you following?

It was on the 14 day of straight partying, walking in the hot Greek sun on an island in the middle of the Aegean sea that I realized something.

My mind was melting.

I’ve known this for around 3 years now, that the Brain has an optimal operating temperature. Mexico taught me that. We need AC has intelectuals, there simply is no other way.

Back to the Party.

It was on day 14 that thoughts began to mix. Melting. Someone walked up to me and said “hi i’m july." All I could think was what a nice person that July was. But who is Shayan Arman?

At that point I realized that the mind makes separation and patterns, even when there really aren’t any. For example a tattoo, blotched ink blobs on an arm. Our mind tells us “that’s a face”. When the mind shuts down, it’s just ink, blobs.