Tuesday, October 23, 2007
ART 101
Tom Robbins wrote "the function of art is to provide what life does not".
I've never seen an artist conjure water.
I've never seen an artist conjure water.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
18 October 2007
nothin toit but to doit
Since my natural person is near and dear to me, indeed inseparable, I'm posting when I should be commenting (never could play by the rules) on the West Virginia makeover video. Looks like Utah's coming. And if that makes you sick, try project censored if you've not already been there. A good idea would be to post a reference in libraries, they need more visibility.
I opened with "natural person" because that is the discrepancy found in the headnotes (not legally binding yet practiced anyway) of the Santa Clara County vs Southern Pacific RR. If you're not familiar with the case look it up, it explains alot. Maybe if we start using the terms, natural persons and artificial persons, for humans and corporations, respectively, than people will begin to think more in those terms.
According to the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, (info@celdf.org) there are two towns in the country to dethrone their corporate nemesi. It's a start.
Back at project censored, I read yesterday that McDonalds and Disney were attempting to gain
status in the UN!
Monday, October 15, 2007
Stop The Madness,Just Say Whoah!
The biggest threat to the environment is our own mindset. With catch phrases like "multi-tasking" and "time is money", is there little doubt that industrialism has seeded itself into the very marrow of our bones? Are we so self serving as to render ourselves and our posterity moot in the wake of our own greed?
That's the poor man's point of view. I suppose if you were wealthy and powerful you could easily promote genocide of the world's poor, sick, elderly, or simply non-similar people, and view that as a method of sound environmental practice. You know, drop some bombs here and there, deplete resources, populations. That would work too, but I don't think another arms race would be good for the environment either.
You see at one point "civilization" was measured by the distance that you placed between yourself and the elements. Nature was the bad guy, with heathens, savages, even hillbillies and country bumpkins, ( today we have rednecks what do you think of that!). But I stray. There was disease, violence, theft, war, storms, raping, pillaging and plundering, much as we have today. Heated homes and indoor plumbing are a real plus granted, but that's little progress in the field of "civilization". At some point I would think the word "civility" might come into play, as in being civil to each other. Being civil, and considerate to our posterity.
Coyotes control their birthrate depending on the available resources. We need to change our mindset.
That's the poor man's point of view. I suppose if you were wealthy and powerful you could easily promote genocide of the world's poor, sick, elderly, or simply non-similar people, and view that as a method of sound environmental practice. You know, drop some bombs here and there, deplete resources, populations. That would work too, but I don't think another arms race would be good for the environment either.
You see at one point "civilization" was measured by the distance that you placed between yourself and the elements. Nature was the bad guy, with heathens, savages, even hillbillies and country bumpkins, ( today we have rednecks what do you think of that!). But I stray. There was disease, violence, theft, war, storms, raping, pillaging and plundering, much as we have today. Heated homes and indoor plumbing are a real plus granted, but that's little progress in the field of "civilization". At some point I would think the word "civility" might come into play, as in being civil to each other. Being civil, and considerate to our posterity.
Coyotes control their birthrate depending on the available resources. We need to change our mindset.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
11 October 2007
TANGO ANYONE?
Well, I think that someone finally stumbled onto "Say What?".[link fixed by Phydeaux]
It would appear that I have struck a nerve with our friend$ on the extreme right. I started the site little more than a month ago, say what was no big deal. Type in "Say What?" blogspot and there's close to two million options. Talk about loosing a needle in a haystack! What a tactic. This is probably old news to a lot of you polished bloggers out there, but to me, man it must have been an act of god!
Speak of the devil! God told me today to round up all his opposition on the planet and do a turn about. Fair play right? So anyone that reads this, as duty to your country, name a blog Jesus, heaven, Federalist, Republican, Armageddon, G8, you get the picture, and put in the heading something like Santa Clara vs Southern Pacific, or doesn't class by definition dictate segregation. It's time to separate the good christians from the money mongers!
I Want My Now Back II
I live in Southern Appalachia. It was always a joy , more than that, a thing of spiritual inspiration to hike to the top of a mountain somewhere, early in the morning, and look down across a vast panorama of mountains as far as the eye could see. There was a peace that rested gently on your heart and you knew, by virtue of being there , that all was right with the world.
The inspiration and peace was of such power that similar imagery would often be used to illustrate or suggest the ambiance of heaven, invoking awe through our visual sensibilities.
I find it difficult to get excited going to the top of a mountain these days. For a number of years now there has been a brown band across the horizon. Whatever this band is composed of is thick enough to blot out the sun at dawn, and lingers throughout the day.
The clouds used to mingle with the trees in these hills. Vapor so stout you could see it. I counted six crunchy caterpillars in the crunchy grass on my way out to the woodshed today.
The inspiration and peace was of such power that similar imagery would often be used to illustrate or suggest the ambiance of heaven, invoking awe through our visual sensibilities.
I find it difficult to get excited going to the top of a mountain these days. For a number of years now there has been a brown band across the horizon. Whatever this band is composed of is thick enough to blot out the sun at dawn, and lingers throughout the day.
The clouds used to mingle with the trees in these hills. Vapor so stout you could see it. I counted six crunchy caterpillars in the crunchy grass on my way out to the woodshed today.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
do you want your now back?
If I had to summarize the source of this ranting that we all seem so intent on venting, I'd have to say that we 're missing our now. ( I speak here in generalizations, some of us have our now, some only now and then, ( can you have your now then?), and some more than others ). Now then, as I was saying.... now what was I talking about, oh yeah...Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their now. There now, I said it.
If your planning for your future right now, or thinking about last night, you might be missing your now, or you could be lacking all together in nowknowledge. Now, now let's not get silly.
A little late for that, silly I mean, not now.
If you've lost your now, and you'd like to have it back, or if you've never had a now and would like to try one, I now present this dissertation for your sampling.
Now don't get greedy!
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