tillin' the wasteland sands

You know who's inspiring? MF DOOM.

Go read his origin story.

After the death of his brother, Dumile retreated from the hip hop scene from 1994 to 1997, living "damn near homeless, walking the streets of Manhattan, sleeping on benches". In the late 1990s, he left New York City and settled in Atlanta. According to interviews with Dumile, he was also "recovering from his wounds" and swearing revenge "against the industry that so badly deformed him".

DOOM. The supa villain.

We have probably not been wounded as badly as he has. That does not mean we can't rise up and take (metaphorical) (lyrical) revenge.

Unrelatedly, I was talking with my therapist today about thinking about my PhD process like one might think about personal loss.