guide for taking your ~pleasure~ body into the future

plunge your naked body into a cold creek water body

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when the ache moves to your centre and you can't stay any longer,

find a place in the sun,

let your bare legs soak up the warmth,

the light breeze land 100 kisses on your skin.

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fill your mouth with stones

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let the minerals and epochs,

seep into the insides of your cheeks,

rocks hold time in their air pockets,

swallow the stone's memories...

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remember forward to a time when you don't exist yet.

notice slippage, seeping cells, shifting composition

for future beings without bodies

see if you can feel

your edges

expand

.̷̡̭̜̳͚̯̞̲̣̯͓̳̝̭̣̩͕̝̯͉̟̖̾̈̉̈́̃̈́͌̽͐̿͆̀́̆͒̀̈́͒̄͛̑̎̌̂̍̽̈́͌͌̀̽͛̊͒̉̀̄̅̈́̅͗̕̕͘̚͘͝͝'̶̡̡̡͈̘͚͓͎̫̘̜͍̝͈̦̼͔͙̲͔͎̣̣̦̫̖͔̣̗͕̲̜̯̫̻̭̞͔̺͔̌́̐͌̓̽̿͒̅́̎͊̒̓͜͜ͅͅ.̴̛̛̼̿̄̅̎̿̔̂̆̊̀̔̔̈̀̎̀̑̄̆̑̎͋̐̓͊͗̓́̌͋̽̇̚͠͠͝͠͝͠/̵̢̛̦̗̺̋̑̈́'̷̢̛̟̘͚͉̭͍̟̲͙͇̲͎̙͙̞̫̖͙̥̽͑̂̑͂͒̀̄̽̽͑͋̀̃̆͌͐̔̆͑͑̓́͊̂͂̈́̒̋̄̚̕͘͜͠ͅ/̵̧̡̨̧̡͔̲̪̤̤̰̩̱͓̳̮̯̼͇̹̬̲̭̼̹̞̰͎̘̲̮͙̥̰̇̍̒̎̈̏̔̽͗̆͐̂̑̓͌̋̂́̿͂͌̈́̇͝͝͝.̸̧̡̛͔̜̣͎͓͕͕̥̞̭̯̬̻̖͔̝̤͍̗̩̥̺̗̗̞̲͎̣̳̞͚͇͈̻̱̥̭̗̼̇̂̓̆͋͒͑̑͋͌̉͒̿̾͊̓͊̔̊͛̓̽̓̽́̿̑̽̍̈́̐̈́͒̅͗̀̍͘͜͠͝d̸̢̡̨̧̛̜͚̹̲̖͈̤̹̞̞̗͍̮̲͈̫̩̉̓̂̎͒̑̇͂̍̓͌̆̎̑̃̍̓̎͆̋̈̈́̅́͐̆̕̕͝͠͠͠͝͝ͅi̷̲̱͎̩̠͝ṣ̸̨̨̡̧̡̱͕͎̬̗̗̟̮̙̪̮̞͙͇̘̤͙͚͇̼̺̻̝̳͇͖͔͍̹̯͔̩̹̗͇̳̟̠̥̱̰́͛̋͊͂̕͘͜͜ͅi̶̡̛̮̻͖̻̪̥̟̭͗̒̇͋͗̓͗̃̀̌̌̈́̄́͒̏̆̀̏͋̐͑́̐̈́̇͛̾̈́̾̐̅̏͐̈́̀͐̊́̓͘͘̚͘͜͠͝͝ņ̶̨̢̼͍͈͉̹̺̩͖͙̫̞͔͉̪̺̞̼̩̬̜̻̬̣̥͍̠̱͉̌ţ̶̢̛͚͎̹̟̫͔̲͓̥͇̗̭̲͙̖̱͊̎̄́̅͗̉͆̄͆̐͗̈́͋͆̇̈̓̅̔̌̈́̇́̀̄͊̎̆͘͜͝͝͝e̸͚͈̮̅͂̑̏͌̈́̑͂̈́͌͑̇̎̍̈́̋́͋̈́̂̅͛̊̈́̕̕͝͠ģ̴̡̧̡̢̢̧͖͉͇̝̭̼̙̭͚̩͍̟͕̜̠̜̺̤̺̼̩̣̟̝̫̳̘͈̬̩̜͉̜̥͍͙̺͍̠̘̲͂̈̀̆̂̌̄̀͘͘͜ͅr̴̡̢̢̨̛̛̳̳̖̣̠̫̦̖̣̥͓̗̠̪̦͔̣̭̪̠̖̣͖̹̤̳̬̼̦̤̳̞͉̬͎̝̉́͛̀́̓̔͌̊̋̅̇͋̇̈́̌̔̈́̅̋͆̀̚̚̚̚̕͝͝͝͝͠ͅă̸̧̨̨̧̡̨͕̩̮̘̙̞̺̖̲̜̪͔̦̖̣̩̺̬̱̼̦̙̺̭̬̰̫͇̩̜̪͙̙̫͎͈̟̌̈̈́́͌͂͗̔́̃̓̎̋̒̿̾͛͘͜͝t̸̡̧̨̛̪̜̪̖͇͈̙̱̜̰̞̘̤̣̟͈̬̹̠̪̞̹̓͂͌̈́̃͗̃͌̒̒̽͑̇̃̅̂͂͛͛͋͆͂̓̅̔̈́̀͆̕̕̚͜͝͝ͅͅȩ̸̛̛̦̟̟̻̱̮̜͖̝̦̹͙͙̮͎̪͔̪̠̙̝̱̲̰̩̟͔͉̺̦͈̩͖̫̫̂̇̈́̂͑̂̾̎̈́̈́́̅̓̇̏̌̄͋̀̽̀̋͆̉͗̓̈́̈́͊͊̈͗́̋̇̕̕͘̚͠͝͝͠͠͝.̴̧̧̹̟̫͎̙̘͎̻̹̰̗͓̘͖̯͈̤̻͍̳̝̭̺͎̗̒̑͂̄͐̕͜/̴̢̡̛̦̳̰̮̩̣̤̥͓̬̲̻̮͕̙̂̊̀̒̃̃̈́͊͐̎̌̑̊̒̈́̓̈́̒̂̃̋͘͘͝͠͠͝͠.̴̨̡̛̞̙͚̬͚̱̣̱̯̪̝͈̹̎͋̅̈́͂̾͗̈͒̓͑̽͗͌̄̈́͆̇̾̂̈̐̄̊̈́́̓̈́̄͑̀̓̕͘̚̚͘͜͝͝͝.̶̢̬̝̰̝͇͓̹̭̜͕̯̹̗͖̺̺̰̘̠͖̘̙̤͉̪̰̤̣̀͊̀͂̓̆͋͒͌̇̀̽̔̊͒̐́̈̅͆̐̈̿͒́͗̔̿̂̓̚͘̕͝͝͠ͅ.̵̢̨̧̛̛̛͍̝͓̘̗͙̼̻̙͉͈̰̣̟̱̜͔͋́̅̂́̊̌̆̓̈́͋̀̇̐̀̌̅͑́̈́͑̀̍̀̌̒͑̌͗̓̽͆̀̏́̈́͛͐̚̚͘̚͠͝͝ͅ

vibrate

collect cognitions

tether to an-other's body for a moment.

will we augment our bodies for production or for pleasure?

in researching for this writing I collaborated on some images with the AI program 'Midjourney' to imagine future bodies. Here are some of the images we created.
augmented bodies, soft fleshly
when our human and non human bodies collide
our human and non-human bodies in the future
these are some future bodies designed for production
when our bodies are no longer fleshy when we are atomised
when our cells become vegetal

when we dream of future bodies...
...do we imagine wombs outside of our bodies?
...augmented bodies, soft fleshly
...human and non-human bodies collided
...designed for production
...merged for production
... or softened for pleasure, cells consumed becoming vegetal beings
... bodies no longer fleshy, atomised, cosmic radiation

When I type in future bodies designed for production, the AI produces an image of three bodies, impregnated while incubating, producing, while being produced. When I imagine a future body designed for production, I visualise a mechanised body, capable of a speed I am not, able to connect disparate and distant cognitions, to calculate efficiency, to tether to other bodies. How else can we imagine a future body designed for production? can we imagine a life of pleasure for a machine body?

my mouth still filled with stones

I am thinking about how these stones

have been here for so many millions

of years and how I will only

be here briefly

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what will the world smell like, how will it feel, will we be able to exist in outdoor spaces, will it be too hot, will we be able to breathe, will we take baths? will we swim in cold creeks, in freshwater bodies? will there be clean water? who will have access to water? will olives be able to grow plentifully, so that we might use too much oil in our cooking for pure pleasure? will we be rested, will we take the time to lay in the sun in daydream? will we augment our bodies for production or for pleasure?

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Written by Merinda Davies at Burleigh Beach, Australia on Kombumerri Country.

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