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The Death of the Homunculus<\/em><\/strong> is the story of my encounters with two crazy people (one of whom I met in person, the other in a magazine article<\/a>) and the problem it caused me when I noticed that each of them had moments of self-interested lucidity in the midst of their crazy talk.<\/p>\n

Did that mean they were faking it? But they were so obviously seriously ill…<\/em><\/p>\n

I brooded over this problem for a year or two—a period in which I myself could hardly be described as stable and well-adjusted. Eventually, I came to a realization that, for me at any rate, solved the puzzle. This realization wasn’t all that profound—in fact it was fairly simple—but it involved a shift in perspective that changed a number of deep underlying assumptions about myself, the kind of being I was, and my place in the world.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Here’s my definition of homunculus<\/em>, transcribed from the fifteenth and final track of The Death of the Homunculus<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n

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…the homunculus<\/em>: the little person up there watching through the cameras of the eyes and listening through the stereo system of the ears, the ghost in the organic machine, the pilot of the ship…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

More about the project below. Here’s the complete audio playlist:<\/p>\n