Temperatism, Volume I

CHAPTER 1

Introduction

We must overcome the notion that we must be regular . . . it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.

—Uta Hagen

2016 was a year of seismic change. It wasn’t just the deaths of many well-known celebrities that had filled Facebook streams. The online debates and media recoiled through a range of issues such as the migrant crisis, Brexit, ISIS, Russia, Kim Jong-un’s missiles, and Trump. For years neo-liberal stability had dulled the populace into a secure blanket of apathy and disengagement with political processes. This was the way things were done, and there wasn’t any way in which the ordinary folk could change things. Fastforward to today and a seismic shift has taken place. Whether it ...