Inconvenience 5 - Morbid Restlessless
Inconvenience 5 encourages morbid restlessness.Most convenience scholars assert that this means encouraging dissatisfaction with every aspect of life.The Inconvenience notes that this continuous and morbid restlessness almost certainly leads to a profuse depression in the client which is, in this case, something to be sought and cultivated.
Inconvenience 5
sometimes, profuse depression is a desired effect
habituating chronic and acute morbid restlessness
is an astonishingly rapid treatment

Inconvenience 4 - Privilege and Criticism
Inconvenience 4 speaks to the insidious and destructive natures of privilege and criticism.Assuming privilege, and assuming the practice and right to criticize, can create the other: the other person, other class, other race, other gender, the other [pick any characteristic].This is not to say that criticism and critique are not valuable for many inequitable situations and for instigating change.But Inconvenience 4 is not about civil discourse. This Inconvenience describes the evils of dissatisfaction, projection, and a sense of superiority.The practitioner using this Inconvenience is certainly sowing seeds of discontent and discord. Making some people feel superior to others and encouraging negative criticism creates a crooked worm, as the Inconvenience states.The writer's use of the word worm tells the reader what the practitioner really thinks about the client.Notice the classic indicator of an Inconvenience, the upside-down heart. In this rendition, the writer has used the word heart and has placed it into position at the bottom of the figure.
Inconvenience 4
the simplest
the most dangerous and directest method of construction:
esteem privilege
inoculate with the virus of criticism
and the worm will be crooked enough
Deadly Sin Inconvenience 1 - Covetousness
I've been avoiding introducing this topic for a while because it can be a difficult subject to discuss.As indicated, The Conveniences are positive statements about how to help people.The Renegade Conveniences are statements that are not particularly helpful, but are still primarily benign. They may encourage some greed or may try to profit from the dreamscape, but they are not intentionally harmful.The next category within the dream realm is that of The Inconveniences.The people who have written The Inconveniences intend harm. They are deliberately trying to lead others into pain, confusion, and misery.I'll introduce an Inconvenience now and then, perhaps weekly, but perhaps not. As I said, The Inconveniences, their temptations, and their instructions can be quite difficult and painful to contemplate.But, as an academic researcher, it is, of course, exceedingly important for me to address them directly and not to pretend that they don't exist.This particular Inconvenience was created sometime between 1850 and 1910. Convenience scholars have attempted to narrow the timeline, but have so far been unable to do so.We do know that this particular Inconvenience writer based her recommendations on the Seven Deadly Sins.Please note that each page of the various versions of The Inconveniences typically contains the image of an upside-down heart.This page has this image at the top, on the left and right. To repeat, The Inconveniences are meant to injure the human heart, and this repeated image of the upside-down heart further emphasizes that point.The Inconveniences are the greatest immediate antagonist to the goodness and helpfulness of The Conveniences.
Covetousness Inconvenience
The crop of covetousness in my garden is a stockier, thicker, ranker growth than kindness.
It is decidedly "bitey," and it is a WONDER
Make human beings desire others' lives, companions, etc.
This is the plant.
If it is cut frequently, the roots being left in the water of Misery,
a continuous crop will result.
This archival drawer holds completed work, scraps, rough edges, and ongoing mistakes.
It holds everything that was found, blacked out, scribbled over, finished, unfinished, discarded. It all counts.
Come back next week to see more ephemera.