Philosophical Idiot truly exists in a world unto itself. For a long while now Beach Sloth has been fascinated by the unique universe it inhabits. Upon learning that Philosophical Idiot is going to take it to the next level in 2018, Beach Sloth thought they could help. That is why, for the next several weeks, Beach Sloth is going to review everything currently on their website, and then periodically henceforth. Of particular interest is how Philosophical Idiot never seems to overstay its welcome. Strongly adhering to the concept that brevity is the soul of wit, they deliberately pick punchy potent little poems.
Begun not too long ago in July of 2017, Philosophical Idiot has been going strong ever since. Poetry, literature, they do it all with that little morose looking cartoon character nicely adorning their website. Truly a labor of love, it is exciting to see something done so strikingly well. Over the course of reviewing these many pieces Beach Sloth is doubly impressed by the wide range of artists chosen, from some nice familiar faces to a lot of new names. Hopefully Beach Sloth will be able to do them all the right level of justice. Interesting from just the sheer swath of writers Beach Sloth also realizes how much of the website shall be updated on a regular basis, ensuring to a large degree that it really will never end, potentially. Considering how long Beach Sloth has been striving for it only makes sense to embrace such a project.
Literature and culture in general live online. Nobody experiences culture in person anymore. That is so last century. Essentially a person can live anywhere and filter out the culture they are most interested in, of course keeping in mind that not every place will exactly have a large home-grown focus on a particular person’s interest. Rarely has Beach Sloth been to many places where a culture simply grew up adapting to the infinite weirdness that is the online life. Rather, one has to seek it out throughout a wide variety of websites.
With this ‘deep dive’ of all things Philosophical Idiot, Beach Sloth hopes to accomplish two things: 1. to get people interested in the celebration of the shockingly well-run and frequently updated site. 2. to find some new writers to call friends, whose works become some new favorites. Over the course of however many weeks this will take up, Beach Sloth wants to accomplish both, to see what writers exist on the fine online realm.
