QUESTIONS ONE TO ONE HUNDRED...

BLAME:
What is blame?
What is blame for?
Are you to blame?
Were you born to blame?
When were you first to blame?
When were you last to blame?
Am I to blame?
What am I to blame for?
Who is to blame?
If we can blame the past, can we blame the future?
Is there more to be learnt from blaming others or blaming oneself?
If it is acceptable to blame our parents, is it acceptable to blame our children?

CHILDREN:
What are children?
What are children for?
When were you first a child?
When were you last a child?
If you could, would you choose to be a child again?
Do you learn more from your children than they might ever learn from you?

LEARNING:
When do you stop learning?
When do you think you have learnt enough?
When do you accept that what you learnt in your youth has no value in the modern world?

MODERN WORLD:
What is the Modern World?
What is the Modern Word for?
Does Paul Weller know what the Modern World is?
Has the Modern World always existed?
Or does the Modern World only exist in the now?

EXISTANCE:
What is existence?
What is existence for?
Why do you exist?
Why do questions exist?

SHAME:
What is shame?
What is shame for?
When were you first shamed?
When were you last shamed?
Are you ashamed?
Should I be ashamed?
Is there more to be learnt from shaming others or shaming oneself?
If ‘pride comes before a fall’, what does shame come before?
Should there be a movement called SHAME?
Should I start a movement called SHAME?
What would the SHAME flag look like?

FLAGS:
What is a flag?
What are flags for?
Do flags create division?
Do flags unite against the other?

OTHER:
What is the other?
What are others for?
Are you one of the others?
Can I be one of the others?

FOOTBALL
What is football for?
Why support a football team?
Should the owner of a football team pay you to be a supporter of their football team?
Should your agreement with the owner of the football team just be for one season or for the rest of your life?
Would you rather be a football of a goalpost?

POWER:
What is Power?
What is Power for?
Is all Power abusive?
Is there only a finite amount of Power in the world at any one time?
If so...
Does that mean, if you gain more Power, someone else has less Power?
If so...
Does that mean the act of Empowerment is the act of stealing Power from others?
Is Male Empowerment worse than Female Empowerment?
Why are people drawn to other people that have Power?
Why do we spread our legs for people who have Power?
Why do we say ‘Yes’ to people who have Power?
Why do we let those that have Power be the winners?
Or...
If an individual’s Power can be measured in their looks, charm, height, charisma, strength, wit, intelligence, fame, strength, talent, wealth, creativity, is it our job to destroy their Power over us?

Yeah but...

What is Winning?
What is Winning for?
Is there any Winning without someone else Losing?
Are you a Loser?
Does Losing taste different to Winning?

TASTE:
What is Taste?
What is Taste for?
Can trees Taste the wind?
Can the sea Taste the sky?
Do you have Taste?
Why is your Taste better than my Taste?

BEAUTY:
Why do we keep telling ourselves the lie that beauty is in the eye of the beholder when all the algorithms know this to be false?
When and where was the Algorithm first invented.
Are we all just spending our lives making content for the Algorithms?
Should you tell someone they are Beautiful when you don’t think they are?

QUESTIONS:
Is it better to ask questions or answer questions?
Why does two and two always make four?
Are we trapped forever in causality?
Is freedom of choice just an allusion?
Are we all just dominos waiting for our turn to fall?

GOD:
Did we create God?
Or...
Did God create us?
I mean...
What is the point of Atheism when you can create a God at the same time as a God can create you?

FEAR:
What is fear?
What is fear for?
When did you first feel fear?
When did you last feel fear?
What were you last in fear of?
If fear exists to help animals survive, why do plants not feel fear to help them to survive?
I mean...
Why don’t trees run away when they see the lumberjack approaching with his axe?
Why do people not run away when they see the Grim Reaper approaching with his scythe?

PEOPLE:
What are people?
What are people for?
Would the world be better off without people?
If so...
Should we get rid of all the people on the earth so that life on earth could survive?

MEN:
Are men born to be baddies?
Or...
Are men just better at being baddies than women?

WOMEN:
Is the word ‘women’ short for ‘men with wombs’?
When did the last women scrub her doorstep with a Donkey Stone?

I mean...

WAR:
What are wars for?
Who starts wars?
Would you start a war?
What would make you start a war?

I mean...

Is it men that start wars?
If the answer to the above questions is ‘yes’ should we kill all men?
If we killed all men, would there be no more wars?

HUMANS Versus TREES
Are humans the worst thing that ever happened on this Earth?
Would you rather be a Human or a Tree?
Why would you rather be a Tree than a Human?
Why would you rather be a Human than a Jellyfish?
Do Jellyfish believe in God?

WRITERS Versus AUTHORS
Are Writers the people that write the words in their head?
Are Authors the people who want to see their name on the cover of books?
Would you rather be a famous Writer or a failed Author?

PAINTERS Versus ARTISTS:
Are Painters people who paint pictures?
Are Artists people who want to have exhibitions that change the course of Art History?
Are these the wrong questions to ask?
Or...
Would you rather paint pictures or change the course of Art History?

HISTORY of ART:
What is the History of Art for?
Why does Art need history?
Is History different to Herstory?
Have you ever told a good story?
Do you believe my story?

BELIEF:
Why do we believe?
Why do we not believe?
Why do we believe that one and one will always make two?
Do Jellyfish know they are alive?

DOING GOOD:
Is it good to be Good?
Is it Good to be an Activist?
Are Activists better if they are famous Activists?
Or...
Can Activists become famous for being Activists?
Is being an Activist something that looks good on your CV?
Should all Activists have to work in a local charity shop for 12 months before they are allowed to call themselves an Activist?
Are you Good?

SHARE WITH FRIENDS
How has the meaning of the word ‘share’ evolved in your lifetime?
How many meanings does the word ‘with’ have in your head?
How has the meaning of the word ‘friends’ evolved in your lifetime?
Who was your favourite member of the cast of Friends?
What are friends for?

WORLD WIDE WEB
If I had the switch to switch off the World Wide Web, how much would you pay me not to switch it off?
If you had the switch to switch of the World Wide Web, how much would you charge me not to switch it off?

One Last Question (for the moment):
Do the Questions I am asking say more about me, than the answers you may give say about you?

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