Kanye West has posted a flurry of philosophical messages on Twitter, saying they form a book he is writing “in real time”.
The rapper recently said he wanted to pen a philosophy book called Break The Simulation.
On Wednesday he posted a series of tweets sharing his musings on life, the internet and originality and told his 7.44 million Twitter followers his messages were part of the book.
“No publisher or publicist will tell me what to put where or how many pages to write,” he said.
“This is not a financial opportunity, this is an innate need to be expressive.”
West, father of three children with wife Kim Kardashian West, started with a post advising people not to “hop right on the phone or the internet or even speak to anyone for even up to an hour if possible” after getting up.
when you first wake up don't hop right on the phone or the internet or even speak to anyone for even up to an hour if possible. Just be still and enjoy your own imagination. It's better than any movie.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
He then told his readers to follow their own vision and not the crowd.
You have the best ideas. Other people's opinions are usually more distractive than informative. Follow your own vision. base your actions on love. Do things you love and if you don't absolutely love something stop doing it as soon as you can.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
Don't follow crowds. Follow the innate feelings inside of you. Do what you feel not what you think. Thoughts have been placed in our heads to make everyone assimilate. Follow what you feel.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
He also advised: “I don’t believe in the concept of an enemy.
“We have been conditioned to always be in competition. Stop looking for something to beat and just be.
“You don’t have to do all the work. Once you start moving in love the universe will assist you.”
He went on: “You will be a drop of water with the ocean as your army.
“If you move out of fear than your on your own.
“Then it’s just you and the money and the countless people you have to lie to and manipulate to build a man made path that will never lead to true happiness.”
I don't believe in the concept of an enemy. We have been conditioned to always be in competition. Stop looking for something to beat and just be. You don't have to do all the work. Once you start moving in love the universe will assist you.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
You will be a drop of water with the ocean as your army. If you move out of fear than your on your own. Then it's just you and the money and the countless people you have to lie to and manipulate to build a man made path that will never lead to true happiness.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
just stop lying about shit. Just stop lying.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
in life, we are all trained actors. When we're born we're ourselves and then one of the first things we're thought is how to act. If you see a kid screaming at a restaurant because he feels something and can't express himself in a conventional manner
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
everyone will say he needs to learn how to act. At home parental acting classes are one of the first steps to us loosing who we really are to "the simulation". Parents are our first acting coaches.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
West said the tweets form part of his book, adding he will work on it whenever he has something to express.
“Oh by the way this is my book that I’m writing in real time,” he said.
“No publisher or publicist will tell me what to put where or how many pages to write.
“This is not a financial opportunity this is an innate need to be expressive.”
West continued: “I will work on this ‘book’ when I feel it.
“When We sit still in the mornings We get hit with so many ideas and so many things We want to express.
“When I read this tweet to myself I didn’t like how much I used the word I so I changed the I’s to We’s.”
oh by the way this is my book that I'm writing in real time. No publisher or publicist will tell me what to put where or how many pages to write. This is not a financial opportunity this is an innate need to be expressive.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
I will work on this "book" when I feel it. When We sit still in the mornings We get hit with so many ideas and so many things We want to express. When I read this tweet to myself I didn't like how much I used the word I so I changed the I's to We's.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
West said people should “be in the moment” and that “too much emphasis is put on originality”.
me and my friend Anthony Schiller always ask questions about time. Is time linear? I recently did an interview where I placed a high value on time. Everything means nothing until you make it something. You are your validator.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
Be here now. Be in the moment. The now is the greatest moment of our lives and it just keeps getting better. The bad parts the boring parts the parts with high anxiety. Embrace every moment for its greatness. This is life. This is the greatest movie we will ever see.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
There's love stories. Pain happiness. It's 3 dementional. There's taste touch sound. It's the most entertaining for of entertainment. Just being. We believe time is a man made construct. Actually time and money are both man made currency. Because you can spend them both.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
too much emphasis is put on originality. Feel free to take ideas and update them at your will all great artist take and update.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
The star said people should feel free to take ideas and update them as “all great artist take and update”.
Adding a crying with laughter emoji, he said: “I find myself getting stuck in the idea of originality and letting my ego push me to say things like ‘this person stole this from me’ and the funny thing is it’ll be a reference I took from somewhere.”
I find myself getting stuck in the idea of originality and letting my ego push me to say things like "this person stole this from me" and the funny thing is it'll be a reference I took from somewhere 😂
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
let's be less concerned with ownership of ideas. It is important that ideas see the light of day even if you don't get the credit for them. Let's be less concerned with credit awards and external validation.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
“Let’s be less concerned with ownership of ideas,” he continued.
“It is important that ideas see the light of day even if you don’t get the credit for them. Let’s be less concerned with credit awards and external validation.”