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2011-07-28T18:24:00.000-07:00

Food and Nutrition (part 3)

* much in this note is from my friend Eric Leiser, who spoke for about ten minutes during our arts group, LOOK, which meets on Wednesday nights in the lower east side of Manhattan

it's written in a note-jot style

some of it might come off sounding 'new-agey' ---- but that's not the angle we're going for

(while new-age subscribers tend to get pretty far out and mystically -- some of what they do is on-point and healthy ---- so, go ahead and glean and utilize what's good)

you have to use your spiritual discernment in order to weed through it

pray to get through life

for instance, 'breatharianism' -- very new-agey --- people trying to survive on their breath alone -- can lead to starvation

in small chunks though -- ie a fast from food and a heightened focus on taking in sun energy (vitamin D, an incredible array of things) can be beneficial to health and well-being

meditating in the sun

we can be happier in the heart of sunny summer than in the dead of winter

the first topic: Blood regenerating

cleansing your blood, very important

the main function of blood is to supply vital nutrients like oxygen and glucose to your cells, tissues and organs

when we eat junkfood, too much meat or dairy, or take drugs or absorb synthetic chemicals it all creates blockages in our blood ----- so we have to clean our blood -- the best way to do that is to eat foods that help bring more oxygen into the body -- there are drops you can take, there are oxygen bars

going out in a park and hiking all day will help to clean your blood

circulate your blood, stretch

soon it will be fall and winter -- that is when it is important to bolster your immune system

take rishi mushroom -- easiest and most potent in pill form

astralogis -- good for your lungs

put good bacteria into your body

pro biotics (e.g. kombucha)

organic iodine and sea plankton stimulates the thyroid gland and balances your metabolism

seaweed is really healthy - chuck it on your salad or in soup

shen tonic -- a mixture of herbs for healthy results -- the Chinese are pros from ages of experience

Ginseng -- helps physical strength, endurance

if it's late at night and you need to stay up to drive or something

instead of reaching for a generic energy drink at a gas station, which is full of led and toxins

take some ginseng

the best way of inhaling pure oxygen -- which can cause a high -- is Tibetan Rhodiola

it's a super herb

about $40

it's like taking concentrated oxygen

Pantocrin -- extracted from deer antlers -- a rejuvenating agent -- rebuilds tissues

"The complex chemical agent found in Deer Antler is similar to that found in the tail bases of many lizards, such as the gecko and in the legs of starfish where these appendages re-grow bone, nerves, blood vessels, tissue, flesh and all!" http://is.gd/axH6cr

majestic mushrooms (note: not magic) -- fortifies the immune system -- kills tumors -- anti-viral

also, ingest plenty of greens

emerald greens

enzymes

spirulina

get a good green blend

smoothies form high-power juicers are great and easily absorb into your bloodstream

it's good to get blood testing and determine what kind of blood you have and then take the mushrooms that are best for your blood type

interesting: O type blood can give to anyone -- yet can only receive O

next topic: zero-point energy

Einstein and Tesla both had dealings with zero-point ----- so this isn't new age chicanery

( i suppose if it got in the wrong hands it could be -- do the research for yourself and draw your own conclusions)

there's a guy who has a raw food co-op in Atlanta and he sells like goji-berries and raw walnuts and stuff to companies -- Eric got a job helping this guy make sales

the next branch of raw foods that's really catching on it 'energetic medicines'

we then had a demonstration of a bio-luminescent wand, which he brought to the talk

it's about 15 thousand dollars for a wand

chiropractors and doctors use them -- supposedly they aid healing

massage therapists use them

studied for about 200 years

zero-point energy helps your bio-energetic field source life-force energy and helps release congestion of the flow of energy around your body in order to make it more harmonious and bio-energetic

everrything has an energy field

plants do

we do

when you have a disease -- when you have blockages in your body

your brain can't tell what to do at times -- and/or has to kick into overdrive to compensate for a malfunctioning system

once you have a blockage in the body -- everything starts to build up and break down -- this is how disease happens

what the wands help to do is to create homeostasus -- which is harmony within the body

babies born without birth defects generally all have homeostasus

a healthy working system, they're brand new, all their organs are new, they're right from heaven

Supposedly the wand taps energy from the ionosphere and creates a zero-point energy field

proven by the cashmere effect that if you put two metal plates near to each other in a vacuum they will create energy

in a complete vacuum this will create energy

and energy will never end -- it's called complete energy

this is coming from the principles of quantum physics and quantum mechanics

there is a healing frequency

what the laser does is it channels the frequency into a beam

and what you do is put a right spin on an area of pain --

always clockwise, because our whole system is based off the Fibonacci sequence

which is like a spiral -- a nautilus -- our body uses a right spin -- our whole body is a spiral

the Universe is a spiral (and galaxies -- think of the Milky Way) God created it all that way

when we are diseased our body and our blood spin counter-clockwise

that's why our bodies need medicine -- in order to correct

it's not all 'mind over matter'

it's channeling energy, saying 'body, i need you to focus and bring energy right here'

it helps your body to bring the healing -- it's your body that does the healing by God's grace

some time new-agers might try to just to rely on 'qi' and try to zap 'qi' into another person, for instance, reiki

you have to be careful -- use discernment

use prayer

pray for healing

good energy

do the best you can -- if you really get ill, though, definitely don't hesitate to go to the hospital

When using a laser wand Don't shine it in your eye as you could incur permanent eye damage

hold it about an inch from your body and turn it clockwise for thirty seconds or more

when Tesla died, the government raided his place, took his papers and things

but he was smart enough to divvy out the basic tenants of his design and theories to Britain, France, England, Russia, and America -- the powerhouses at the time -- so that they could all have complete knowledge if they were to work together

it doesn't seem like they have worked together all that much

but maybe they have -

governments created crafts

the most well known being stealth fighter planes

and there are stealth copters now

they run off of free energy

they are unlimited energy machines

our dependency on fossil fuels and electricity is 'abominable'

because we've known about this for so long

we could have a completely green and clean world

but because of these interests (the 'powers that be' -- pulling in money from the masses) being so strong -- it's going to take a while (even with this classified information getting into the hands of consumers) to overthrow such big companies

you can go on youtube and learn how to make a free-energy machine for like $60 and run your whole house

our electricity is running DC in America

AC (alternating current) is Tesla's invention -- it doesn't have so many blackouts, is safer

DC (direct current) is Edison's

businessman Edison stamped out Tesla and America went down the DC road till even today

Edison was frustrated that he was on the losing end of things

he was such a megalomaniac that he just doused Tesla

because Tesla was a lover not a fighter -- even though he was kinda wacked out with the death ray

you can separate from Con Edison if you build a strong enough free-energy machine

* reminds of that documentary 'who killed the electric car' -- what with gasoline companies pulling in so much $$

we're in the information age

information is power

the elites usually have access to information the general pop doesn't have

are they withholding information for their advantage -- and a way to control the masses

there was a strength test to cap off the talk

Josh was told to hold out an arm and resist Eric from pushing it down

he pushed it down

then, Josh clased a pendant necklace -- made of EMF resistant material

Eric pushed down Josh's arm -- struggled to lower it -- claiming it was harder to move the arm

2011-07-08T19:31:00.000-07:00

Food and Your Mood (part 2)

if you've seen the eye-opening documentary Food INC.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqQVll-MP3I&feature=related

(movie shines light on how big companies have been ravaging the earth to make as much monetary profit as possible -

to the point they're pumping chemicals into the ground and into the food people eat)

in the movie they refer to tomatoes you find in massive supermarkets as 'nominal tomatoes'
so little nutrients in them, not to mention pretty devoid of flavor --
compare to a ripe luscious red juicy orb you'd pick from some well-tended family farm's garden -- nutrient-dense and bursting with flavor

vast fields of plants subjected to commodification -- veggies yanked before they're even ripened -- covered in pesticides and who-knows-what's inside
onto the truck they're packt -- then in many cases flown over seas (all that fuel burned -- all that exhaust blown into the air) ---- to onto shelves or bins in some giant 'supermarket'

'nominal tomatoes'

that all to say: be sure you are getting your food from organic and natural food stores e.g. Whole Foods, Westerly, Lifethyme, Earthmatters, list goes on..
http://www.lifethymemarket.com/

when possible steer clear of 'nominal' fruits and veggies sold at supermarkets or cheap delis;
big businesses that tend to focus more on the bottom line than on the treatment of the earth

think about how intimate food is -- it goes into your mouth -- and think about how integral it is to who you are, I mean, what you eat enters your blood and makes up parts of your body in time -- what the body totally regenerating every seven years and all -- you're another body -- food turns into you in a sense -- your eyeballs, skin, fingernails, hair, teeth, you name it

therefore be aware of what goes in --

do your homework, know what what will result from your actions -- be wise my friend

Ok, time to shift to Neurotransmitters ------ brain regulators

Our Key Stimulatory Neurotransmitters include:
Dopamine: turns on the brain -- the body makes dopamine from L-tyrosine -- several vitamins and minerals are needed for the conversion
Noradrenaline: contributes to upbeat moods, alertness, motivation
Adrenaline: 'fight or flight' -- epinephrine instantly sharpens the mind
Phenylethylamine: promotes feelings of love and bliss

Key Calming Neurotransmitters:
Serotonin: hepls maintain restful sleep
Gamma-aminobutyric acid [GABA]: helps with calmness and mental focus, filters out distractions
Melatonin: helps make us sleepy

Vitamins : )

B-Vitamin Complex: an excellent first choice for those who would like to "brighten" their moods
suggestion: take a high-potency B-complex supplement, which contains 50-100mg of B1, B2 and B3

* be sure to buy any vites from legit health food stores like ones listed above rather than off the shelf of franchises such as RITE AID or CVS

B1 [thiamin]: A study at the University of Whales found that students who took 50mg of B1 daily for 2 months felt more composed, clearheaded, and energetic. "Their reaction times sped up as well". suggestion: 50 -100 mg daily

B2 [riboflavin]: combats migraines -- if you know someone who suffers tell him/her to stock up

B3: helps with serotonin production

Vitamin B6: "the single most important B vitamin in terms of mood"
*if taken too late in day however it "can increase dream intensity"
suggestion: 50 -100 mg daily

B12: deficiencies of vitamin B12 can sometimes cause "brain fog"
suggestion: 100 - 1,000 mcg daily ---- * the sublingual form will bypass digestion time-frame

Folic Acid: works with B vites to make neurotransmitters
sug: 400 - 800 mcg daily

Choline: also works with B vites
sug: 200-500mg daily

Vitamin C: a great vitamin -- load up 1,000 - 5,000 mg daily
protects brain cells against toxicity

D3: builds strong bones, maintains muscles, reduces risk of skin cancer
Also, has "impressive anti-depressive benefits" -- good for chasing away wintertime blues
sug: 2,000 to 5,000 IU daily

Chromium: helps regulate insulin function and blood glucose

Magnesium: influences heart rate and muscle tone.. can reduce muscle tension

Health-Promoting Fats

Omega-3 fish oils: Yeyaa I just got a bottle of 100% Norwegian capsules -- good stuff =)
Found in coldwater fish (e.g. salmon). "They are incorporated into the walls of brain cells, where they increase the activity of genes involved in neurotransmitter activity and connections between brain cells."

Phosphatidylserine: enhances communication between brain cells.. reduces the release of cortisol.. can improve memory, mood, and reduce "neurotic" behavior

Amino Acids:
5-HTP -- promotes restful sleep
L-Tyrosine: may help people who lack drive
N-acetylcycteine: immune enhancer

Herbal Remedies:

Gingko: improves thinking speed and memory, can increase blood circulation, leading to better oxygenation and delivery of nutrients to brain cells.. boosts activity in genes involved with speech, logic, and emotional responses. "In a British study, students taking gingko supplements had improvements in memory and faster thinking processes."
sug: 90 to 200 mg daily

Ginseng: considered an 'adaptogen' because it helps people to adapt to stress. aids memory

Rhodiola: sometimes described as "Russian ginseng" is a potent stress-buffering plant.
enhances both mental and physical performance. promotes repair of injured brain cells.

St. John's Wort: what a name huh.. an anti-depressant

Other Important Nutritional Compounds:

Probiotics: "good" bacteria that inhabit our digestive tract. aid food digestion, make small amounts of vitamins, help immunity.. the human gut contains 10 times the number of bacteria as cells in the entire body. research has it's origin with the idea that the gut functions as a "second brain"? --- I recommend drinking Kombucha -- contains billions of micro-organisms =)

Resveratrol: plays a key role in longevity in many species, including people

Neurotransmitters help with mod problems such as:
Addictions
Anxiety, nervousness, tension
Bipolar Disorder
Depression
Fuzzy Thinking
Impulsiveness and Distractibility
Irritability, Anger, Aggressiveness
Memory Problems
Mood Swings
OCD
PMS
Sleep problems
Stress

Driving this home

Multi-Vitamin
B-Complex
Omega fish oil pills
Ginko Biloba pills
good strong green tea
fresh fruits and veggies
a juicer
coconuts
raw cashews (mood enhancers)
raw walnuts
Chia seeds
Maca -- sprinkle on cereal
raw Cacao
Goji Berries :d
boil your water to clean it -- then let it cool in fridge (refrain from drinking bottled water -- watch the documentary 'Tapped')
research B17 -- found in the seeds of apricots
'earthing': walking in grass without shoes -- beach too -- touch trees and rocks
travel into nature time to time and breath fresh air
breathing exercises -- through nose to expanding belly
meditate and pray for God to bless your health

could go on and on -- what suggestions and advice can you think of

Healthy eating friends!
Imagine you and your friends eating fresh, nutrient-rich foods and ridding 'brain fog' and experiencing a surging energy and sharp thinking

why is it that so many people are scraping with their fingernails to pay bills and have to skip meals or buy 'nominal' foods to stick in mouth to make hunger go away

time to put nutritious foods into the hands of people
imagine a group of optimally functioning human beings

the way we live as humans has to change

be a part of making the community you live in cognizant of what they are eating and drinking

2011, The Year of Clarification

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUx8_CKr0dk

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2011-06-14T21:48:00.000-07:00

'Food and Your Mood'

yes catchy title of booklet written by Jack Challem

the booklet came from a lively Natural Foods conference this past wknd in NYC

Here is an overview of its contents

'you can control what you eat, and you can reap the myriad health and mood benefits of optimal nutrition'

'scientific research shows that what we eat, or neglect to eat, can also affect how we behave.'

'nutrients provide the building blocks of our brain's biochemistry, and these nutrients influence the production and activity of

our neurotransmitters."

'physician Michael Gershon, MD, has called the gut our "second brain," because of how its extensive network of nerve cells interact with the brain and central nervous system.'

pretty basic, sensible.. -- then book dips into 'the stress-sleep connection'

this is pretty relevant -- seems a number of people you see in big cities are bumbling about rather zonkt

'studies have found that sleep-deprived people have the slower reaction times of someone who is drunk'

many people try to compensate by guzzling coffee -- which can spike mood then dip -- the crash..

(elevated cortisol levels = no bueno)

rollercoaster blood suger levels can breed Jekll-and-Hyde mood swings

glucose levels are all over the place - the person gets bit by the drowsy bug and feels like napping on his/her desk

'improvements in eating habits and the prudent use of nutritional supplements to enhance certain aspects of brain chemistry' help in warding off toxic stress

'a diet reletively high in quality protien and low in starchy and sugary foods can usually improve blood glucose levels.

breakfast stands as most important meal of day

here's a great bfast: eggs (protien) steel-cut oats, and fresh berries - throw in nuts if like

if you do wax sad -- start pumping in B-Complex vitamins

can often reduce depression; chase the clouds away = )

St. John's Wart too (Yogi makes a tea) and omega-3 fish oil (capsules)

Vitamin D -- take it in though eyeballs -- go out on a brisk walk -- and take vitamin D pills

resist the urge to multi-task -- if you really feel like you are going bonkers at work -- like start feeling shortness of breath -- give yourself 'time outs' -- 'take three or four very deep breaths.. remove yourself from stimuli, place your hands on a heavy desk or wall, close your eyes, and visualize a calmer setting.'

man, what kind of world do we live in.. -- I do recall hearing a girl who was working on Wall Street say that after working outrageous ammounts of hours she'd curl up on a mat under desk, snooze for a bit, rise, and get back to the job

awful -- terrible for the body and brain -- not to mention soul

'people actually get more work done by completing one task at a time'

'practice being mindful'

"nutrasocial" factors: upbringing, education, advertising, peer presure, and stress

'nutritional habits that are good for the heart are also good for the head.'

'think in terms of nutrient density'

maximise your meals -- go for salmon and veggies over a big plate of sappy pasta

'Opt for fresh food'

Indians have a word 'prana' which refers to 'life' in food

try to eat food fresh-plucked --- radiating with life

if it sits around nutrients tend to 'leave the building'

'focus on quality protiens'

they stabilize blood sugar levels

the key chemical building blocks of nuerotransmitters

fish, poultry, lean meats, eggs, legumes, nuts

try to include quality protiens in each of your three daily meals

'include high-fiber vegetables and fruits'

Ample quantities

greens salad -- olive oil and vinegar dressings

berries (blue, black, rasp) and kiwifruit

'saute and steam veggies'

don't overcook (kills off nutrients)

watch out for starches

don't hog out on fries and other such 'low-density' foods (includes pizza)

esp if you'r kinda chubby already -- that bread will turn right to fat and bulge

'limit caffeine intake'

i really like coffee -- moving forward i'm limiting it to a cup a day -- and only rrreeally good stuff

* no white sugar or those weird sweeteners (obvs) -- touch of wild honey is yum -- and organic milk

limit intake of sweets and booze

if you are 'getting drunk' you are destroying countless brain cells and are a dummy

Avoid "trans fats" found in hydrogenated oils

don't eat gross processed food with oil in it e.g. cheap processed peanut butter

Ok, this note deals primarily with eating

in the next one I'll focus on supplements

bis dan, fine-tune those neurotransmitters friends = )

The Boy Who Went After The North Wind

2011-04-16T09:02:00.000-07:00

the story opens with a little boy in the 'Stabbur' (Norwegian cottage) talking to his ill mother

he goes and fetches flour -- but the North Wind gusts in -- and the flour disappears

again he buys flour -- and the North Wind whooshes it off

and a third time!

the boy is angry!

he journeys to have words with the North Wind..

but the North Wind denies having any flour

nevertheless, he gives the boy a 'magic blanket' -- one that will, when he says 'cloth, spread yourself!', 'serve up delicious dishes to eat'

on his way home he waxes tired, and stops at an inn

the surly innkeeper harshly turns the boy away -- stating there's not enough food --

'cloth, spread yourself!' calls the child, throwing the blanket on the table --

food springs into existence!

the innkeeper, astonished, hatches a scheme as the boy dozes off

he sneakily swaps the magic blanket for a phony

boy rises in the morning and heads for home..

inside the stabbur, he casts the blanket down 'cloth, spread yourself! '... nothing..

the mother moans, iller than ever

the boy, saddened, sets off again for the North Wind..

he chucks the blanket at the North Wind 'it's a fake!' -- and demands flour

no dice

but the North Wind gives him a magic ram instead --

one that 'produces gold from its butt' when you say 'ram, make money!'

the boy leaves, riding on the ram's back

grows sleepy as the sky darkens, stops at the inn

drunken innkeeper lets him --

right away a demonstration of the ram in action --

pieces of gold shoot from its backside

he must have it

he has a room made ready

the boy falls fast asleep

now's his chance -- shady innkeeper steels the magic ram

finds a similar one out back -- the replacement is made..

boy wakes to a sunny day

sets off for home..

'ram, make money!'.. nothing.. 'ram, make money!'..

a tear slides down the poor sick mother's cheek -- her condition is worsening

the boy is beside himself

another trek..

'North Wind! I demand flour!!'

the North Wind instead gives him a magic stick -- it will protect him --

he just need say 'stick, lay on!'

the boy goes straight to the innkeeper

the innkeeper begins scheming even as he sees the boy approaching

but the boy wastes no time -- 'stick, lay on!' ----

the stick flies into action, beating the innkeeper silly -- and a few drunks at the bar too

'make it stop!' shrieks the innkeeper -- 'here! take your stuff back' -- throws the magic blanket and the real ram at the boy

'stop stick!' yells the boy

and with the blanket and ram

heads for home

they have plenty of food and money!

the mother is happy and heals

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video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8h7eMneuAI

automaton voices

2010-10-20T19:11:00.001-07:00

on the M train

(been a while since rode train ---- bike being pref mode of transportation -- above ground! fresh air!)

an automaton voice - something out of a Sci-Fi movie - told me -- us -- to (paraphrased [but close])

"Ladies and Gentleman, when you see a handicapped, elderly or pregnant person, please offer them your seat;

you'll be standing up for what's right. Courtesy is contagious - and it starts with you."

~did a.. robot voice.. just. say that to me..~ -

another message (paraphrased [close])

"Protect yourself.."

?? -

"If you see a suspicious-looking package don't keep it to yourself.. Tell a police officer..

Remain alert, and have a safe day.."

~did a.. robot voice just.. say that to me..~

look around at people.. no one seems to think anything is weird..

arrive at stop in Long Island City

ascend grimy stairs

there's.. a.. guy in a bright blue gorilla costume waving a yellow flag..

sign around neck advertising Mr Bubble carwash..

walking closer, hear a buzzing noise -- the buzzes of an electric motor --

and it occurs -- it's a robot in the costume..

one less employee to pay huh..

computers took over countless factory jobs..

and took its toll on toll-takers (E-Z Pass; glide on through)

set me to thinking.. ~are there any jobs a robot just won't ever replace~...

a plumber

over this past wknd my Mom was in town from Philly and told of how she found a mouse doggie-paddling in the toilet

what having climbed in the pipes -- holding breath a minute or so - swimming to the toilet bowl -- where it could climb out and perhaps go nibble on cookie crumbs ------- but, in this case, got caught -- and put out in the back lawn (that mouse has stories to tell to his buds [if he ever sees them again])

the drain in my apt used to drain so slow.. water would collect to overflowing in sink while trying to shave

i emptied a whole bottle of Draino into the sink.. no dice..

my bro took the plunger to it -- multiple rounds -- the description of the gobs and stuff that were plunged forth, yyow..

now it drains quickly

water is so elusive

if there is the smallest crack -- it will find its way out

i recall watching a documentary in which Bruce Lee instructed the viewers to "be like water"

in other wards - flexible - and 'fluid' -- 'finding the way'

my hat's off to plumbers - controlling water -- no easy task!

they are paid a lot

they earn their pay

mark my words -- you'll never pay a robot to fix your sink!

article about an expert in the field of repairing art

2010-07-01T07:41:00.000-07:00

here are two sections from an article in the May 11 (2009) New Yorker magazine about a German guy who is an expert as far as repairing art goes -- have a read:

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one could throw in the whole 'meanwhile children are starving in Africa' line at this point but

what was was.. ---- here we are in time flow - - - - -

* painting by Takeshi Murata

Visalia Cali

2010-04-19T15:25:00.000-07:00

who knew central Cali is so great -- here a quick glance (see fb vid [below] b4 or after reading post)

Thurs night I went to a concert in East Village -- Webster Hall -- saw Caspian - band from Boston - perform -- stretched late -- rode bike round midnight to apt -- grabbed suitcase and made way to PATH train ----- cruised to Jersey -- Newark -- bumbled around airport -- checked in round 5am ---- boarded plane and soared to sunny Cali..

Fresno Airport is clean -- has sculptures of giant tree(trunk)s in it.. -
stepped out into glorious sun and radiant green palm trees
The sister of the bride (whose wedding i flew in for) picked me up in an older model Grand Marquis (yyeeaahh)..
we drive to 'Super Taco'
i've eaten plenty of tacos over the years -- these were possibly the best --
we sprayed lemon on and ate them as we cruised to house - fruit trees blurring by on both sides of vehicle

arrive at house (bride's parents) -
reeeaally beautiful place -- Cali architecture all the way -- one floor -- tall windows -- pool out back with waterslide ---- they have two big Saint Bernard dogs.. and a bunch of cats roaming around..
we drive to another farm -- big avocado tree in yard -- fields of plum trees, nut trees, on and on..
next thing i'm zooming on an ATV - along with her cousins and a local - though a vast network of sandy trails -- fruit and nut trees eeeverywhere -- rows and rows -- dips, moguls, ramps, big openings full of sand (good for donuts, jumping off ramps) -- a lake -- slog thru..
the local had all kinds of enormous tractors and farm equipment -- an Austrain prince put him in charge of tending the land -- soo much to look after (including Kiwi trees) -- but he had a good attitude about it - and a cool dog - who'd fetch sticks and play in the water

We ate a feast of a dinner -- fresh Beef, potatoes, 3 bean salad, -- walnut pie and whipped cream for dessert =d

afterwords, went to go play pool at a family friend's
we show up and it's a huge space with a movie screen playing a film -
we watch the rest - then skip pool to go grab drinks on Main Street

at the biggest venue downtown a teen-age band is rocking out on a stage -- we opt for another bar down the street - someone bought a round of shots which we threw back -- then i order beers from tap for me and a friend -- expecting a $14 bill -- 7 bucks for both(!)
place was packt -- local gals belted out karaoke

got in middle of night -- snoozed on couch -----
jolt awake around 5am -- to the Saint Bernard having a barking/howling fit --
i swivel head around to see the owner of the house standing there -- ready to start farming for the day -- 'the dog has dreams' he said

fell back asleep - till awoken a few hours later -- to talk of a clogged toilet -- a plumber pushes in an industrial-grade snake 'MAX ROOTER' written on it
he rattled it to work on the clog -- claimed it was 'roots' (grew though, blockt flow)
* someone asked him what was the craziest thing he had to dislodge -- 'small animals' he said

after breakfast at the farm, the grandpa walks in and says there's a stolen car, dumped on the land (abandoned)
we get in back of pick up and go investigate ('happens all the time -- usually they torch them' [the abandoned vehicles] --- also tells me the farmer has a thing that launches disks, which explode loudly - scaring of thieves trying to steal nuts

it's a white, Toyota truck-- wheels stripped off, windows smasht..
they get the forklift, attach chains to it, jostle it around..
not wanting to damage the irrigation hose, we pull it out from under it.. a Fresno cop pulls up.. we leave it for the tow truck to deal with..

one of the cousins shows me the bee hives --
about two hundred boxes (little bigger than shoe boxes) stacks of about 5 high
bees swarm around them (hives made inside) --
he's telling me about the business of it (farmers paying bee keepers to be near their farms -- to pollinate flowers) - wearing a pair of orange oakleys -- bees are right there close to us buzzing like mad -- sun blazes in distance - behind us are countless orange trees -- we're standing on a path made of crushed walnut shells

he also told me Visalia is well known for dairy - one of -- if not *the* -- top producing areas in the World

The bride's uncle takes me and his son for a drive -- to 'Three Rivers'
the road weaves through massive green mountains -- body of water in the valley below.. -- people fill the water (boating and waverunnering) in the summer..
we lunch at In-N-Out -- gobbled down a 'Double Double' (yyowie)

back at the house - dress for wedding - wedding photographer shows up - with the videographer - two friends show up (one from ny -- the other, la)
i take wheel of their rental car (PT Cruiser) - stop by Starbucks - and roll to church

a modern building -- felt like we were in a space ship : )

Harpist played.. Ceremony..
Groom played an original, epic piece on piano to bride, who stood at the alter in magnificent gown

candle lighting, rings, kiss, they exit

we exit, into Cruiser, roll to reception..

Visalia Country Club -- great choice -- a verdant green, lush, flowy trees, lake with big carp and swans.. drinks at the bar.. sun sets -- mystical, sublime -- as we laugh by the lake..

darkness, go inside.. fancy - steak and salmon.. wine.. speeches.. cake cutting.. champagne.. dance floor opens -- it's On.. -
tho at one point my friend leap-frogs me - we bonk heads -- he has to sit a while to recoup..
Outside, we blow bubbles on bride and groom as they walk to shiny new Corvette -- climb in -- rumble off into Cali night -- to honeymoon in Japan

Afterparty in the heart of downtown Visalia -- rowdy bar -- lots of Cali farmer kids
i ordered a drink called a 'Crackpipe' -- sip at it, yelling to others over the blaring music -- the drink goes straight to head an i hand keys to friend -- we stop by a 7eleven -- where discover atm card is missing (aaah well)

we arrive at house 1ish -- i snooze on sectional couch pull-out bed..

rise after sleeping in.. eat wedding cake basking in sun out by pool.. -- pool-cleaning robot sprays me with its hose =/

bride's sis pops up to give me a ride to airport..
the farmer dad (owner of house) takes my two friends and i to the fruit trees - we pluck fat oranges right off the trees, stick them in bags..
i eat two of them on way to Fresno airport
the other two, I left under my seat on the airplane....
I wonder if the person who found them, ate them

here's a video

Blog

2010-03-10T21:42:00.000-08:00

I slapt a bunch of posts up - bits of writings

would go and speed-read them what

what if you're like at a desk and like

have time

like, have freedom to read at the desk

if so

what are you gonna read -

some writing in a can on some site some dude stresst to write to

get a paycheck? perhaps? c'mon - let's lighten up

yyees paid writing can be great

'even still' let's branch

Mind expansion

Imagination quest

Newness

Pulse

Who is alive

Would they write

It is the most profound art in my book

the world

2010-03-10T21:41:00.001-08:00

long line of Black Friday shoppers near midnight
part-time Wal-Mart employee unlocks
door smasht forward
lands on man
people trample over him
ending his earthly life
surveillance cameras pick up EMT performing CPR - goes on 11 O'clock news

'terrorists' held hostages in fancy hotels in Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay)

they all got offed save one or

USA president is gonna have hands full
there's healthcare where, say you have $1000 in your bank account -
some freak who drank a 6 pack of Coors runs you and moped over with his van
%100 his fault
suddenly you owe $60,000
hospitals charging thousands to fix humans - are hospitals there to help you or - by looks of it - 'help themselves to you'
then lawyers - say you're looking to gain justice by van guy paying your hospital bill and $ missed by not being at work - good luck as lawyers - what do they charge - thousands right off bat or

hospitals and lawyers be that as it may (don't get injured or sick)
how about credit cards and banks - say you have $112 in bank -
your credit card bill is $120 - suddenly 8 bucks in debt - check bounces - they send a $30 fine in addition to demands to pay them money you don't have - where that $30 gonna come from - find a gerbil wheel to run on or
and 'interest' heh - on a loan - something like %29 - it's like asking a friend for 20 bucks (b/c broke) - they reply 'yeah, just, gotta pay me back 40 next week'

what about politicians - dress important - distribute taxes to this and that

taxes going towards building tanks and bombs
don't get me started on the military - trying to wrangle a middle eastern country into shape - how about fix problems in North Philly and the Bronx first!

or religions - forcing women to wear vails or
or bow down in front of statues or

or education system - $80,000 for a person to finish college - What!?!?!?!?!?!?!

or casinos with their mesmerized masses - all that money

what is money it's it's
it's such a part of why the above is at present as it is eh eeeeem

Daily Life

2010-03-10T21:40:00.000-08:00

been reading Gertrude Stein of late and she's hit on point that writers through history have written of their daily lives

a Russian friend of mine recently got into an altercation with his roommate - the guy started shoving him so he punched him in the face - the guy cried and, bloodied, called cops - who took my friend to jail. he told me it was so cold and no blanket and he declared to them it was torture but they weren't sympathizing. he got bailed out - sleeping elsewhere other than apt while awaiting court time. I found the story fascinating and asked him to type it for me - whereupon I could type it - a 'writing project'. he bought a voice recorder and said he was going to tape the story as he told it to friends - then send me an mp3 of it. but then for whatever reason he got fired from his job - we worked at the same place - and I haven't seen him since, hope he's OK.

Other night was at a homeless shelter helping my buddy serve food. A Christian group - all wearing blue t-shirts - from Indiana were there. They sang a song to the group of homeless people who were real appreciative. My buddy who heads it up delivers a message based on the Bible and then everyone digs into the food - cooked by a top chef in City (who volunteers his time to cook - on this occasion Steak and potatoes). A lady locked her keys in a room - the door in plain view in the dining area. My buddy announces for no one to be alarmed - 'she locked her keys in this room - I have to kick the door in!', with that a good walking start and BAM!!! door flew open - to the glee of clapping, cheering guests.

I heard a Marine is facing possible legal action because he dropped a puppy off a cliff in a youtube clip. Interesting how people are flipping lids over a puppy while USA troops are blasting this and that and people over in Iraq. I like puppies, don't get me wrong - kittens too

Speaking of military my younger bro who's in the army - also at Parsons - has been trying his hand at fashion photography - doing quite well actually - a recent shoot was for S.I. - swimsuit edition - the photo shoot was down by Wall Street - in front of that big bull sculpture - a Slovanian model - all those suits down there - he said there was almost a riot

this same bro I went and saw the HULK with yest night
his girlfriend was there and he had in his carry bag his little flighty lapdog, Birdie, who was looking and acting very puzzled, sitting in theater as the previews played. his girlfriend had to take the dog away - to walk it to their W. Village apt - she returned after only about 15 minutes and we all enjoyed the movie - afterwards she said the dog was going crazy because of all the food around - all the people grabbing at popcorn and crunching it in their mouths - food all around 'drives him bonkers'

go buy a book in Brooklyn
I'm at work on a new book
do you know people who write - do you think it is a stronger artform than, say, painting

but how much time do Americans have to really read - what with 9 - 5s and running hither dither on this or that errand - clubs and going to movies and filling nights with activity before they wax frail and that's that in the way of participation with people on the earth - it's pretty much curtains after you pass a point right - and then what - it's like, going through motions day after day - then, after passing more points on down the line I guess life morphs into readying for death what

but that's that for another time young reader - go and enjoy life - tho know it is - as the Bible says - like a vapor - think of that steam shooting from a tea kettle - there it is for a bit - then it's gone - - - - anyhow think of one of your best looking friends - do doors seem to open easier for them - we really value the sense of SIGHT right

machines

2010-03-10T21:39:00.000-08:00

"No nineteenth-century inventor was more prolific than Thomas Edison, no career more epic... Edison filed his first patent, for an automatic vote-recording machine, in 1868. When he set up his laboratory at Melno Park, in 1876, he promised "a minor invention every ten days and a big thing every six months or so." He kept that promise, averaging an almost inconceivable forty patents a year - one every nine days - for a lifetime total of more than a thousand. He filed his patent for the incandescent light bulb in 1879, but 1882, the year he lit up New York, marked his personal best of a hundred and seven. Given the pace and scale of technological change, and the enthusiasm for it, it's no wonder that, in Edison's age, the past, the present, and the future seemed to be linked together by an unending chain of machines."

article by Jill Lepore in New Yorker Magazine May 12 '08 edition

think of your reliance in cellphone and computer, tv, ipod, movies, light bulbs, on an on - compare that to caveman days - watching fires for entertainment.. hunting.. gathering nuts, berries..

the move to the Heights

2010-03-10T21:38:00.000-08:00

As many of you know I moved seven days ago from here

http://gallery.east-harlem.com/showphoto.php?photo=409

to here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Heights%2C_Manhattan

Thankfully : )

Here I’ll give a quick account of a last leg of the move.

It was to collect an art-deco-style wooden chair from my 117th St apt
and transport it to my new big apartment in the Heights.

now, there were other items I had to transport as well, including the Whole Food bag in my hand, which contained 2 packages of ground beef (I was to attend a dinner in the Heights that night - just a few blocks away from new apt).

Consolidation was the name of the game. Utilising some clear packing tape, I secured to the chair (as you can see in the photo) - we’ll start from bottom up - a big New Yorker Cartoon book, a Strong’s concordance, a Bible, an Art Theory book, in the plastic bag are toiletries (including my former aptmate’s bottle of shampoo - lookt just like mine - which, incidentally, I had to reimburse) and yes, there’s the Whole Foods bag - the cashier gave me this neat hot/cold package - worked great; retaining freshness.

I lugged chair thru Harlem to 3 train (entrance seen in photo), zoomed to the 1 at 96 - uptown to 168, walked to apt - stuck chair in room, cut free the bag of beef, and made for friend’s apt up by 181. I greeted the group of friends, handed over the beef, which got formed into patties, sizzled on a grill.. We sat eating burgers happily watching March Madness.

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speed metal and the future

2010-03-10T21:37:00.000-08:00

a coworker yest gave me a cd of heavy metal music

when I listened to it later - the lead singer of the band sounded to me
a bit too much like Cookie Monster - could picture him at the mic and cookie crumbs flying all over

today I was batting around ideas of making a lunar buggy to put in the front window for display - we could make it of pipes and tin foil

before work was breakfast in Tribeca where discussed the function of art -
take for example a mask made in BALI - the person carved and painted it there w/ his/her reason in mind - next thing it’s hanging in the Met lol

how about two days suddenly in past eh - and throw your mind (enter scene of quarterback launching a spiral - long bomb - there it goes - up - up - the arch..) waay into the future - like the year 2345 - will people read in a book about my coworker giving me a speed metal cd - it won’t be in a book (will it?) - will it be in cyberspace somewheres - who will know what - and what do we know now - and are we all like brothers and sisters

influence

2010-03-10T21:35:00.002-08:00

Readying to get a new Macbook Pro soon..

I’ve found a good fast computer to be one of the best tools to take in the most information and images per minute.. - compare it to a library ha ha ha - running around like a headless chicken - fumbling books - lit, history, thick photo books - scowling librarian - - - compared to snapping a button and surfing cyperspace..

via a couple clicks of keys you can send that email which changes the course of history eh

now, books can still influence.. my neighbor across the hall for example.. recently he lent a book to my roommate "The Master Cleanser" it’s called - have you heard of this - calls for you to drink just lemon water with maple syrup in it - and crushed peper bits(?) for 7-10 days - that’s it - no solid food and supposedly it cleans your insides out..

so he didn’t buy into it - the thin book sat on the kitchen table - - - - my other roommate however - - - - - biiiiig guy (picture a DEFENSIVE END for the JETS) saw it. and it changed the course of his life. Suddenly a whole bunch of lemons appeared in the apartment, and a jug of Maple Syrup. Pitcher of tinted water. A somber big roommate, watching dvds.

he won’t be roommie long as I’m readying to move North to THE HEIGHTS.
Now, I used to live in the Heights. It has its charms, just, my goal has been for a while now to be where I feel I belong VIZ. THE VILLAGE OR L.E.S.

thing is rent’s RATHER HIGH in both these nabe’s

at this point I’ll throw a slider into the kitten kaboodle:

VIZ. THE PROJECTS

whilst walking in LES other day I had to whip out phone and snap a pic of these horrid atrocities of arcitechture

perhaps when they were built they were in a sketch area

but now that nabe is HOT

please don’t tell me that people are staying in the projects paying peanuts because they are on welfare while people like me are working 9-5s and have to eek by in Harlem or the Heights - or like many of my friends - over in Brklyn or Queens - - - - WHAT GIVES!

What say TAKE A BULLDOZER to these awful eyesores
and build in place of them sharp apts for young artists who are diligent about beautifying the City!

no flippage of lid: not saying boot poor people out on street -
build these project buildings if we must (must we?) up in the Heights or, better, THE BRONX

not in the BEST neighborhoods in the City (Alphabet City too - Ave C and D yyyyipes - the noxious vibes those dreadful buildings spew into the air! - - - who’s idea was it to build them in the first place!!!!!!!!!)

Let’s better the City!

FreedomLovers UNITE!

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cliche’s!

2010-03-10T21:35:00.001-08:00

think of the cliche aspect of art these days
that is to say what it's grown into over years -
like 'in box' factor
look, for instance, on the the menu bar on your computer -
note the icons: here a musical note - click on it - your music library pops up (bands, kinda 'boxy') -
then here's a camera icon - click on it - up pops photos (box; photography is what photography is)- dvd icon - click on and you can watch films (films are films, have grown a tad cliche, agreed?).. - the "W" icon for 'Word' - for typing - type a book (box!) or poetry (box!).. other boxes (cliche's): the theater - actors study script, get up on stage and try and strike cords in audience (box concept! - which masses continue to gobble up lol).. - you're walking about downtown and see a big metal sculpture - box(!) - and to think of all the paperwork the artist or his/her minions had to bend his/her/their brain(s) over to get it aoked by the GOV.
djing (box!) painting (boxes! 2D! 2D! 2D!) - zoning on computer (box, 2D, lots of 2D - all that 2D ingested - gazing on flat screen - reading words and listening to music and looking at pictures and watching flims and reading words and listening to music and looking at pictures and watching flims and...) museums (boxes - and all those paychecks disht out for upkeep) -
pleads the question - what's not box!?

Eeem.. multi-media art pierces through time to time - performance art can crack chains - and yes certain abstract paintings prove unfettered, keys unlock doors freeing imaginations to explore newness, this or that

conceptual art can be free as well i.e. is outside of box/cage

and yes while books hinge on (are pretty bound to) words to make them function even so a rich novel in which the writer is not shackled to getting paycheck from publishing house machines - and not sidelining originality to pander to the masses - these can really shatter cliche over the knee and send thinking and hearts beyond the day to day cliche

non fiction too - currently reading a chapter from my Dad's soon to publish book "THE SURREAL REICH" - a number of his prev books drive home that truth can be stranger than fiction / drop jaw

creating new book as you gaze on lighted screen about 15 inches away from your eyeballs
say a prayer for me and look at these 2 novels time being eh www.adamtyson.com

Health Care in USA

2010-03-10T21:34:00.001-08:00

Health Insurance is a pretty penny in USA
Oft tied to jobs which deduct x amount from paychecks
so that you're 'covered'
say one.. falls from a tree, hits ground - 'snap' - Yyouch! Knee!
concerned bystander calls 911 - ambulance suddenly shows - zooms injured person to hospital -
do you have 'Blue Cross Blue shield' - better hope so!
say it's some curious kid - who's parents don't have health insurance - who scrape by to pay rent and put food on table -
Whatev! time to PAY THROUGH NOSE!!!
Ah - and how about Bobby's cast - SHELL OVER THE DOUGH!!!
ah - and physical therapy - wh-what's that? - you have to pay rent? - TUFF BEANS -
COUGH UP!!!!!!

yes, reality is you and I (my American myspacey friends reading this) live in such a system

and we let it go on

powers that be collecting their paychecks

While places like Canada, Britain, France - even Cuba and India - have systems where the government pays for health care

CAN YOU IMAGINE walking into a hospital and being treated and not being anxious about an astronomical bill

I tip hat to these nations - whilst inserting a feather into theirs, respectively

for treating their citizens so well

in London they totally look out for pregnant mothers - allowing Ample time away from work

in France (where they enjoy a 35 hour work week) they get like 5 weeks PAID HOLIDAY - imagine the travels possible over the years - we're talking serious branching to exotic lands and beyond!

meanwhile think of all the work-a-day folk out in some place like Kentucky who the farthest they got in 40 years is like Jacksonville FLA because they're ball-and-chained to the factory that gives them their health insurance

Wake Up My Freedom Loving Friends!

As Mel Gibson yells in that movie: "FREEEEEDOOOOM!!!"

Let's Stand up and better the Health Care system

is it any wonder the STANDARD OF LIVING is so much HIGHER in Europe

is it any wonder Brits and the French LIVE LONGER

FREEDOMLOVERS UNITE!

Wittgenstein quote and..

2010-03-10T21:33:00.000-08:00

"Weiss sowohl als Schwarz sind beide undurchsichtig oder korperlich..... Weisses Wasser wird man sich nicht denken konnen, was rein ist; so wenig wie klare Milch"

translates:

"Both white and black are opaque or solid.... White water which is pure is as inconceivable as clear milk" Ludwig Wittgenstein 'Remarks on Colour'

what a statement
Luwig was on Earth 1889 - 1951
how did he come to write such things
have we freetime nowadays to pen such words

it is a searching
it is a trying to get things right

reminds of other night
returning to New York from Philly

on Chinabus
a family sitting directly behind me - Indians
the guy had a terrible cold - loud hacking cough
the lady spoke oft in a high nasal voice
the baby wailed crying

here was wrongness, it really seemed -
reeeally felt like.. 'wrongness'
i.e. 'why'? y'know - 'why is this?'

(how come myspace does not allow for italizization?)

anywho/how

pressing FWD:

also thought to self that I was gonna invest in some 'Airborne' on the morrow..

Recently heard from a friend about a Russian guy who, standing there, got 'sneezed on' - that is to say: someone sneezed (not covering mouth) straight in his face!!!

what he did was as follows

he went and (typical Russian style) bought a bottle of VODKA and poured it into his hand and rubbed it all over his face and drank some..

further, out tonight w/ a friend in wburg - grabbed din at a Polish restaurant -
he was cleaning the silverware with lemon slices
to ward off 'germs' -
he's torn as to whether to move to Sweden or remain in NYC

there's the aspect of moving to a higher standard of living viz. a 'better quality of life'

also aspect of (yes, Ghandi-esque) being the change you'd like to see in the place you live

if you pulled an arrow back (see it strain for release on the bow) and shot it fast -

what else is more on point than

MOTIVE

2020.. and transportation (in a sense)

2010-03-10T21:32:00.000-08:00

new book writing these days takes place in 2020

..

'takes place'

who came up with that way of putting it

..

'came up' - who coined that to mean 'discover'

who has which grasp on the language

who 'calls shots' as it were

countless and sundry over the ages

who gets recognition

who has time to laud it

as it goes

on and on

go ahead

look at wristwatch

close eyes and gauge feelings - be they peaceful of chaotic

go on

go on

go on ahead now

and here a recent e-mail to a fellow writer - extending props to his recent book

"Anyhow a feather in the book's cap is how bizarro it is -
esp in that these days as things wax nuttier and nuttier (as it seems to me)
people are looking for heavier and heavier (more potent) doses of 'gonzo' if you will to transport them away from reality

your book is tried and true in this regard as I stick ipod earbuds in (listen to like techno music) and speedread

sad-faced folk coming down from the Bronx become a non-issue, disappear

look up and next thing know at stop"

now, is this right
is it more noble to up and change the scenario of why this and that is this way or that way

and/or pray or

so, it's.. there's..

cues

2010-03-10T21:31:00.000-08:00

good prog on new book today
words words words

here a glimpse into a concept dealt with in recent book 'it is what it is'

the protag is at a concert
the band (fit with their long hair and black jeans) is sound-checking on stage -
the protag yells up to them
'you're all taking cues'
cues passed down and passed down
kinda like monkey sees monkey does
teen sees music heroes strumming guitar in front of a guy pounding at drum set
he goes and buys a guitar, learns, finds a drummer, a bass guitarist, they suddenly classify as a 'band'
they've taken their cues - are running with them.. regardless that it's been so done (out).. shout or whine the angry lyrics - which click in the youth (why's that?).. the photoshoot - them on a cover looking broody.. - on to playing at bars to crowds..

book strings it clearer
relates it to artists (kid sees guy splattering paint - has his/her cue - goes, gets canvas, proceeds to do likewise) to writers (one reads about the bohemian life of this or that writer and's suddenly reading novels in cafes - scrawling thoughts on memo pad) actors, directors, on and on..

can see why I'm keen on electronic and experimental music
foreign films and authors who've written true rather than tailoring their creations to please the publishing houses and editors who are paid to alter originality

gift books to pals www.adamtyson.com

and whoever is in NYC Dec
attend this ball
http://www.charityis.org/charityball/
gonna be rad
hosted by JESS STAM
would be great to see you there = )

the power of photography

2010-03-10T21:29:00.000-08:00

so I was at the New York History Museum, Central Park West
awaiting a NewYorker magazine event -
to kill time went strolling about in new exhibit 'New York remembering 9/11':
two huge rooms - with lots of (printed-out-on-8x10-photo-paper) photographs -
floor to ceiling - and hanging from wires strung across the room - photos taken by civilians -
the buildings bursting
people running covered in white dust
exhausted fire fighters
politicians
thrashed cars
warzone aftermath shots on and on..

so walking amidst these many many photo, I slid camera from pocket -
the small Asian lady security guard shook her head no though
'no photography'

now, what *is it* about photography

take this scenario in point

essentially: do not take a picture of this room full of pictures ..

I guess one of the fears is that I'd go and make a poster of a picture of a picture
and some people would look at it and get sad

A while ago I I shot a ten second video of the Viennese museum as I curved down the lush stair case..

The stout security guard guy cross-examined me for quite a while - making it appear that at any second he could haul me off to jail

he made me delete the video

what is the problem here - do they think I'll go post it on youtube - and people would watch it - and, having, well, seen it, will go and rip their tickets up and hurl them laughing into the trashcan - 'the jig is up, baby - been there - done that!'

I'd chalk it up to how photography deals in truth -
and that's what grants it the power it wields -
a portrait shot can show glaringly clear into that window revealing the soul -

also there's power in that the photographer suddenly own a picture of you -
it's like a 'you' they now own in a sense and there's something to that eh

one could go on and on
yet that's a fun thing about blogs
you can snap them in 2 minutes and that's that

new fotos on website www.adamtyson.com

finances

2010-03-10T21:28:00.002-08:00

Current mood: good

So I went and lookt at credit card scenario and saw that there were like three big bloodsucking high-APR-charging American gorillas on my back .

A plan of action crystalised in consolidating all these beasts - i.e. flipping them off back - into one big (peanut APR) kitten kaboodle

Now it'll be sitting pretty pretty, just, gotta watch; gotta make those payments - lest the peanut morph into a big fanged ape . - I'm all about smoothing this one over!

know I'm somewhat of a dreamer but it makes sense to me to devote like an entire semester in highschool to learing the ins and outs - *ropes* - and fineprint of credit cards.. would venture to say it woulda been leaps and bounds more advantageous to me in the longer run than, say, some of those Algebraic equations - what was up with a lot of those lol!

be sure to consider reading 7C and 'it is' as I craft new book

www.adamtyson.com

reading

2010-03-10T21:28:00.001-08:00

reading Bulgakov these days
Russians have - from what I've heard - like 8 words to English's one in many cases

having lots of words (could say tools, weapons, paints (colors, hues), instruments) knocking about in head - from which to draw on lightning fast -
such is, needless to type, advantageous to the writer

hat's off to Dostoevsky Tolstoy Nabokov

and Bulgakov - tho stretches artistic license rather drastically at points

even so, it comes through, a vastness, when reading - variety - scale - spektrum - complexity - rich - scope

exercises faculties more

uber decision-making happens when reading -

readers are deciding much more per ten seconds than someone who's just sitting there doing nothing - or watching TV or whatever.. - needless to throw in how much more imagining goes on..

here we shift this into other areas -
say art -
music -
films -
fashion -

you see honing that *discernment* capacity via reading - viz. that 'interpreting - interpreting - interpreting' that happens per second - you can apply that interpretation muscle to gaging, ascertaining, paintings, clothes, movies, venues, this, that - even people e.g. who to call close friends. . i.e. choosing best routes based on wisdom you've accrued over time

and yes of course VITAL is *WHAT* you read

choose wisely = )

Census Bureau.. and TV show responses

2010-03-10T21:27:00.000-08:00

recently heard that NYC has 26,402 people per square mile
35.9% are foreign born
46.7% speak another language other than English in their homes (5 and older)

that's almost half

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you may have watched some of Ken Burns' shows about war

I asked my Dad(WW1+2 historian)'s thoughts on it
here the response:

"On the whole I think it's very good so far, and I've learned a lot from it.

Of course, K. Burns' left-wing politics always harp on civil rights, women's lib, etc. whether they're pertinent or not. Though I found the story of Japanese internment fascinating-- as well as brave performance of Japanese army units in Europe.

He criticizes General MacArthur for not being a man of the people, and (rightfully) gives the U.S. general staff low marks for getting tens of thousands of G.I.'s killed in bungled engagements all over the world (Cassarine Pass, North Africa, Anzio Beach, Italy, Ardennes Forest, France, Pelieu in the South Pacific, etc.) He likes U.S. Marine Colonel Evan Carlson of Carlson's Raiders, for being both smart and "democratic," e.g. allowing enlisted men to address officers by first names. General Patton gets high marks for being tough and highly capable-- though not necessarily a nice guy. More casualties occur from hesitant, incompetent commanders than aggressive ones who know what they're doing.

I like the firsthand accounts of veterans who participated in combat. The pieces about Rosie the Riveter, kids in Sacramento and LaVerne, Minnesota during the war, and Mobile's labor boom don't interest me so much.

I didn't know that airmen in flying fortresses suffered so many casualties-- because German fighter aircraft could outmaneuver them, and their own small escort planes didn't have enough fuel to follow them all the way into Germany.

Kens Burns will probably condemn some of the U.S.'s bombing of civilians in Germany and Japan (as he should.)"

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here a slice of a reply from my bro living in Germany:

".... think about Hamburg getting 'carpet bombed' by B-52 bombers -- by American 'good guys'..."

- - - - - - - - -

I've been to Hamburg many times.. they've kept a part of a church standing - still caked in black ash - as a memorial.. so many lives - and so much beautiful arcitechture - blown to bits..

the human spirit is resilient
rebuilding occured -
think of how people are so about making - buildings and TVs and phones - and tools..
working and working and working.. what's it all leading up to

NAM.. IRAQ

2010-03-10T21:25:00.000-08:00

just saw Miss Saigon ..

opened doors ..

set me thinking about

Korean war - North Korea sought to make South Korea Communist

U.S. stepped in to stopped the spread of Communism

succeeded

Then Mao went and spread Communism into North Vietnam

and Ho Chi Minh sprang up

and they sought to spread Communism to the south

the U.S. flew in to regulate

but it's a jungle over there

like fighting an invisible enemy

enemies who knew their turf - burrowed underground, set booby traps, sat in trees

picked many a soldier off

it was a 10 year thing, over there

55,000 fighters dead (Iraq numbers are around 3,000)

many mass demonstrations raged in the U.S.

then we decided on an air lift - copters flew in to get our troops out -

soldiers running for the copters as the North Vietnamese pressed in

the copters flew the troops away

troops returned to the USA

and the North Vietnamese came in

and took over

and Vietnam is a Communist country to this day . . . .

and we have troops over in Iraq driving around in Hummers and getting shot at

and years have gone by

* * *

2010-03-10T21:24:00.000-08:00

I recall running through the early morning streets of Paris -
really hauling -
suitcase in hand -
to catch train -
to catch plane -
.. . 'catch'(?)
when you think of 'catch' - as in 'to catch' -
you think of like.. - baseball player jumping up -
*catch*ing ball in glove

I like fast talkers

how well read are Americans
I like people who've read a lot
and've not morphed into bookish freaks -
such takes mental fortitude -
'takes'(??) -
doesn't 'take' - it requires or involves -
crack 'take' over the knee -
chuck it aside for the right word

at all costs

truth factor plus

ZEIT GEIST

2010-03-10T21:23:00.000-08:00

'spirit of the times' as it means in Deutsch

what is it today

was at a talk yest nite - a photographer - big in his day - shooting fashion - celebs -
painted a picture of the times - hard charging 80's - ppl snorting coke at nightclubs through the week - during day at work yada yada..

guess that was like just after the Studio 54 days

anyway now's another time -
who can pin it -

it's like..
well I'd say one of the biggest things going is technology - who has the best computers, gadgets..

this said I work at a computer store - Mac store - which sells other stuff as well -
the feelers are out and we sell the cutting edges

movies are popular even so I rank writing above in terms of depth

my books are for sale at the store I work at

23rd St in beating heart of Manhattan

Chelsea - where the gallery scene is -

where I'm scoping to find the best - to enter fotos, vids..

you see art melts the ice - melts or cracks it - shatters

tonight my Sweedish friend and I saw a painting in the trash out front my apt -

later we saw that someone had extracted it - propped it up on a ledge in the lobby hallway - in plain view as one descends steps - we loled.. She made way to 86th and I went and got paper towels at the corner store - talking on cellphone to friend heading to party at Gramercy Hotel.

what say we go way beyond 'technology' in terms of our zeit geist

how to actuate how to actuate

- - - -- - - - - - - - - - -

2010-03-10T21:21:00.000-08:00

sitting down at kitchen table -
having lit candle - Mexican one - tall - illustration of a hand on it - w/ a slit in it - saints on clouds above each finger -
'THE MOST POWERFUL HAND' printed in white . . . .
having opened take out container and dug into tacos from local establishment 'TACO MIX' -
set into the art form I've come to deem - after many a year dealing in 'fine' and 'visual' arts - the superior way - - - yes that of *writing* . . . keen on pushing it to the HILT and beyond . . .

you see at this stage in the (history of the Earth) story -
what is 'realistic' painting or drawing - - - when one can snap a digi pic (photography I rank 2nd behind writing - and 'engage' in time to time =) and vids of course )

beginnings of a new book unfolding - unraveling - the character's are spirit beings

with writing as with the spoken words you can go places so fast - whereas 'realistic'
paintings so lock you into that landscape - that person's room . . . - I do tip hat to abstract works (which ties for 2nd w/ fotos - and which I also enjoy making) - as they let the viewers imagination invent

on the lines of spoken word - I recall listening to a poet in Phila - at the Kelly writer's house at the University of Pennsylvania - the gist of what the guy was saying was - - - there's love, there's hate - then there's (the roughest) 'indifference -
in retrospect recently it hit me like a hammer on the head -

there's love, there's hate - then there's (which dumps more haterade on - more even than does hate) does as at least 'hating' (i.e. expressing 'hate' twrds someone e.g. calling and yelling mad words at(?) him/her] acknowledges the other person's existence/humanity..

people who are indifferent to others rank in the lowest of the low

at this point I better check self and ensure I'm not going about ignoring this person or that -
if I do go ahead and give me a good punch in the gut to set me straight -
so long as I don't have to perform an escape l8tr in the day from a tank of water in chains -
isn't that how Houdini spent his last moment(s)?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HoudiniDeath

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buy both books speed read and give to friends
pray as I type new one and if ur in NYC what say let's meet up

what’s what you’re doing

2010-03-10T21:20:00.002-08:00

what’s what you’re doing

doing to you

think of it -
so many jobs these days at desks -
so many pear-shaped people walking about

then there's body-builders - apple shaped - what with those back muscles fanning out

how about what booze does to those who excess -
hunkered over - bulging belly - vacant yellow eyes

say you're one who listens to music all the time -
be it metal (grow long hair - wear black a lot)
or rap - hat shifts sideways - enter baggy clothes

or you read all the time - there goes the eyes - on go thick glasses

politics or your generic office cubicle job tend to wax people into wood -
rigidity holds hands w/ conformity - cogy-esque following the policies and etiquette

yes yes there are many many exceptions

then there are artists - who if they don't watch can be lumped into a ball as well

living this way melds one this way
living that way melds one that way

in what way are you forming

what are you doing -

going to be doing

what's that leading up to

what's what you're doing

doing to you

America

2010-03-10T21:20:00.001-08:00

If we were really to sit back
take a deep breath
remove ipod nubs from ears
set laptop aside
put book down
silence cellphone
turn TV off
remove sunglasses
rub eyes..
and look - reeeally look
at the U.S.
I mean reeeeeaally look at it....
Look at it.
You have all these people groups
(picture a highschool caf - picture a University caf) ...
and they like to dwell amongst their own kinds (picture Chinatowns)
I live in a place called Spanish Harlem

Mexicans in summer like to sit out together and play bongos singing

Then you have the MILITARY

THE ARMY

(picture those bombs blasting Bagdad to bits on TV)

Then you have the Media
people getting paid to work deep into the night to print sheets of papers which people take in hand and gaze on

symbols which form pictures in their heads - pictures of Tanks and Hummers and Explosions

then they go to there workplaces and time to time converse about what they read - or saw on TV or on the net

and work to make MONEY $$$... $

and the more money people have the happier and healthier they tend to be

tho there are cases of people like making money their god and going psycho

anyway look at America
it's like a huge engine
fueled by the sweat of all these workers

and protected by the military

and how many neighbors talk to their neighbors these days

let alone love them

just.. talk..

I hardly ever talk to mine..

Most of them are Mexican..

I like Mexicans

they don't seem all that keen on batting around a topic though

or if I'm in Chinatown - same vibe many times

focus seems set like a laser beam on 'making money' to keep the body functioning
functioning in the juggernaut that is the USA

The most powerful country in the world.

utilising space efficiently

2010-03-10T21:18:00.000-08:00

my brother James living in Germany between Hamburg and Berlin
sent me this link recently http://microcompacthome.com/ visit the site...

crisp, clean design eh - tight
reminds of ambling about in Tokyo - taking in the designs - sharp angles - compact quarters -
and the trash trucks - like mini! - - - even so could squeeze so much to such airtight compaction

the Japanese have proven themselves very adaptive; they meld to make it work

so easy on the environment these mini homes'd be - picture it - - - everyone in one - all w/ their Smartcars parkt in lot - which runs on corn - or solar power

now while I'm amenable to this - try pitching it to a Texan on his dude ranch - liable to get a 2x4 smashed over ur head heh heh

which bubbles up that Columbine movie by Moore - a best bit being the cartoon scene - shows how the Pilgrims didn't like being told how to do religion - up and left for the new world - - - i.e risked their lives rather than being told what to do - - - a proud people
'Pride' this - 'Pride' that

"Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth" Jesus

anyhow what say setting up a good amount of these microhomes and unleashing bulldozers on McMansions and their SUVs

opening up funds to beautify the architecture within cities - making it a peasant walk about - free of vibe-destroying projects - an aesthetically pleasing city - which delights the eyes, stimulates the mind

vital energy

2010-03-10T21:17:00.002-08:00

schlubbing to 6 train early AM
note Mexican and Puerto Rican neighbors emerging from subway w/ sad faces
groups, milling about disoriented - as it dawns - the 6 train is not running..
in a zone, cut in front of jumbled line to pressing on bus
which is jam packt as I stand w/ New Yorker mag to face blocks and swaying blocks
reading article about Brit social commentator of the the 1800's Herbert Spencer
here an excerpt:
"Cerebral activity makes enormous demands on vital energy, and "if expenditure is excessiveit cannot be met without deduction from that reserve power which should go to race-maintenance." Reading interfered with breeding."
to showing up at computer store where basement is a puddle - techs with mops in hands - shop vacs wailing sucking in the water
I wade through to a dim storage area where a fat waterbug skitters up a piece of plywood to considering me at eye level - standing in the water I flash eyes about for something to smash it with - hone in on a cheap umbrella hanging on a rack - shaggy black one - the kind with the plastic hook handle - I swoosh a swing to Blam! - and all that remains of it is it's head there stuck to that sheet of plywood - anteni moving as it goes on considering me but fading away

we all managed to bail the place out and then it's free lunch: massive chicken burrito delivered - too much cheese even so

second half of work..

onto the subway (running again) to Brooklyn
where kick back and crack thick French philosophy book
here excerpt:
"It is hard to tell who is who anymore, or what anything means. Instead of a rigid line composed of well-determined segments, telegraphy now forms a supple flow marked by quanta that are like so many little segmentations-in-progress grasped at the moment of their birth, as on a moonbeam, or on an intensive scale." (1000 Plateaus)

and to address the Spencer article excerpt I've found cerebral activity to invigorate

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computer spaceship

2010-03-10T21:17:00.001-08:00

A-train to JFK today where met my mother who flew in from Frankfurt at LUFTHANSA Arrivals area to guide her to Chinatown and send her on bus to Philadelphia.
En route 6 train to Canal stop heard about her time in Ireland w/ my sister and how you'd drive down street (left side of road) and see people just standing talking out front their lil' houses - about this, that.. going's on in the community e.g. 'did ya hear Patty O'reilly got a new car?' - 'O really, what kind?' - 'A Nissan' - 'Y'know I hear that's not a bad car - my cousin Bridget - you know Bridget - she had that red one - served her well - Japanese they are, right?' and on and on.. How much of this type of talk happens in bigger cities..

Internet plays in plenty-
like people boarding their respective spaceships and zooming off into cyberspace for hours on end.. kinda like what I'm doing now..
anyhow it has it's pluses - like the cyber-friends I added today on facebook from Canada..
what are the chances that I'll be batting around how my cousin bought a Nissan w/ them tho..
'tho' - here we see a word that's come into existence (to a large extent) b/c of computers - like our lol's and btw's and 'ttyl's - or even 'talk 2 u l8tr' - is this all language we'll use when a big computer spaceship lands and we all board and fly to planet Computer - just walking around w/ laptops hung by suspenders to bellies, clickering away ichat to each other - eventually evolving into symbols ^ - ^ ~ ~ %%%%%% > > > - - - looking through telescopes time to time down on Irish countrysides scratching heads over how to get laptops in their hands asap

nutrition

2010-03-10T21:16:00.000-08:00

stopped drinking coffee today - got a wicked headache lol
watched a nutrition video yesternight which kinda basht it - alcohol too
it was an Indian lady who spoke in a thick English accent and looked wise
she said we should eat protein, carbs, and fats with every meal -
for instance bfast: fruit and yogurt - throw nuts and seeds on that -
or have eggs, this, that, the next
and that we should nibble snacks between meals
she lookt kinda heavy to be honest - but wise - and that counts
and she said if it wasn't around 1000 years ago don't eat it

so chittering at keyboard having just downed 2 chick tacos from local mex barrio - chased down by chilled sliced mangos - feeling pretty good - she also drew an analogy that you are like a spider web - that you pluck one part (say emotions - or thoughtlife) and it effects the other parts (say, body) - so you become what you think about a lot yada yada

so most likely I'll return to coffee after a sort of 'cleanse stint' -
just, in moderation - can always flash the Terence (Roman dramatist) card eh viz 'moderation in all things'

http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Terence/

500G Drive

2010-03-10T21:15:00.000-08:00

Tirk Nerker -
renown photographer -
long white beard -
massive collection - tens of thousands - of original pictures - and movies -
having stowed them away over the course of 40 years to just about maxing out his trusty 500 gig external hard drive steps out to go for a walk along the water up by the George Washington Bridge - to think through a big artshow he's in next month - where he's to go head to head with photographer Barry Pastori - another force in the art world. the Times are seriously hyping the show - calling it best of the Century..
Now, Barry - having known Tirk as a contemporary (and rival) over the years - to point of knowing his habits - like this daily walk by the water - and how Tirk never locks his doors and always leaves his windows wide open - takes it upon himself - having grown extremly nervous over the show - the fact that Tirk is to introduce a recent batch of short films - involving dogs flying in small jet planes around central park - how it'll no doubt take the prize - leave Barry in the dust - to go down in history books as the inferior artist - takes it upon himself to climb in through an open window.. he reaches, detatches the hard drive.. A lady who saw him climb in the window calls 911 - hanging up as he climbs out and goes running - hard drive hid in flannel shirt as he shuffles along towards the water.
but Tirk took another route that day. - one that has him - peering wide eyed from behind a bush - honing in on Barry who - audibly giggling, is winding his arm back for a throw into the green sparkling water.. Tirk sees a rock by his foot - perfect - size of a tangerine - whisks it up and throws - - - the arch.. to - direct hit - something straight out of a movie - how it bounces off Barry's head - lets a loud curse - hunches over rubbing top of head - other hand still grips drive - - - and Tirk's running straight for him - it clicks in Barry's mind that it's now or never - gives it all he's got - cracking into a big wind up - but a cop - coming from no where running full speed - a lady cop - squat blond - hair pulled back in tight pony tail - dive tackles him - drive goes flying - and Tirk dives - memory of beach volleyball as a youth appears in mind as he soars totally horizontal - arm stretched full extentsion - drive lands neatly in palm - but it.. registers in head that.. - he'd dove on a steep little hill.. - it's.. taking a while to land - registers that.. - he'd leapt pretty much off the bank - he lands 'SPLOOSH'! in the water as this.. sudden storm rolls in - and it's crashing lightning and hail and it's all blurry - probably stemming from hearing what sounded like his spine cracking as he hit the bottom going in.. and that's how he went out - and into history books - but not much ink in the books because he hadn't anything much to show - as it was all on that full 500 gig drive which got lost in that storm.
Barry had his head bandaged and was disqualified from the art show.. made it into the history books too - though inextricably tied to how he caused Nerker to dive to his death.. - a few books in Europe gave him credit for one etching he did when he was 27 - which really was quite exceptional.

interactive blog

2010-03-10T21:14:00.000-08:00

to think of a blog -
lighted symbols (letters) forming meanings (words) strung together (sentences) -
leading ur mind into directions - yea even moving you to action, this is. . it's. . .

so I've been walking around listening to newly-acquired loads of songs -
multitudinous tracks by artists 'Weather Report' and 'Pat Metheny' . . .

adds a kind of solace - balm (does not art grease the skids of life?) - to this living surrounded by dum bunny Americans - - - jklol!

em, so, interaction, yeah.. - - - we'll kick into it w/ a look at a shining light in the legend band 'Weather Report': Jaco Pastorius

called the best bass guitarist to ever live by Bass Guitar Mag, he'd completely rock the house - knocking roof clean off gig after gig

till, at 35, getting into a fight with a bouncer, he got his lights beat out and died.

read more (viz. 'interaction')

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaco_Pastorius

transitioning interaction to next level:

go to itunes and get the song by Pat Metheny called 'Slip Away' (yes, goony title I'd say, even so, a gem tune)

Ok, now, to engage, exercise, imagination, envisioning capabilities - sharpen up friends:

here's what to do (if you're into participation - could be you're a gerbil skittering hard on that wheel - to get that paycheck - frowning brow at this chalking it up to a 'not-contributing-to-'bottom line'' item and so - 'who has the time!' - in which case keep feeding the machine ya cog - jklol! ) clamp on a good pair of headphones, set volume to high..

I've been to some great BBQs. Sure you have too.
Imagine a legend BBQ in ur head -
That time when day's shifting into night; mystical lighting.. lots of friends around - smell of the smoke wafting from grill.
tipping an ice cold one and on goes the music (press play and listen the tune through)..

* to hear Jaco in action get weather report's 'Night Passage' and listen - how about that bass right!!!!!

heart is beating

2010-03-10T21:13:00.000-08:00

eyes flick open and it's..
to kitchen
pull bag of sunflower seeds, bag of pumpkin seeds, from fridge..
bottle of MULTI VITAMINS from cabinet..
water gusht from tap into cheap glass..
sit on futon
chew handfulls..
shorts, vans
walk to CITIBANK
extrakt $20
buy container of cut mangos eat them on platform
6 to L to Brklyn
crack book @ cafe
3 cups intermittent breaks zing emails from fone
bumble over to next cafe where sit uploading youtubes awaiting happy hour
WHILST ALL THE WHILE
heart goes on beating
do evolutionists think fish popt into monkeys popt into people
this heart beating entirely out of our hands bit though is just like..

As compares to.. it's.. there's..

2010-03-10T21:08:00.000-08:00

As compares to..
it's..
there's..

as.. which compares to which

who's to say anything about anything

so then there's.. it's..

since..

"far as I can tell"

"so far as that goes"

heh it's like

from
"Ok, see what happens"
to
"Well, it.. is.. what it is.. pretty much.."
to
"Well.. now THAT THAT'S THAT"

"and that meant?.."

"meant"??

akZo la ren then, it's..

it's..

your soul

2010-03-10T21:07:00.000-08:00

today at beach wading into water -
cold of ocean stinging through
it occurred:
the soul is what feels that cold
the invisible being inside
yeah there are nerve endings, synapses, this and that
but is it not the soul - that invisible force inside -
that does the real feeling
i.e. if you threw a corpse in the water - fit w/ all those synapses
Nothing it'd feel;
the feeling has 'left the building'
the soul is gone.
The soul is what feels

Refinement of the soul therefore what

Does experience enhance the soul

Depends on the experiences I suppose

of what quality, caliber

who has the best soul

how is your soul

what are you feeling

are you feeling this

if I had all the money in the world

2010-03-10T21:00:00.002-08:00

I'd suddenly be very, very rich..
Famous too..
Would be called upon to.. Give money to all the countries of the world..
Great Britian gets this amount.
Chile, this ammount..
Iraq.. - Iran.. - Sudan..

Then the pat can answer would be to travel the world
I've done plenty of traveling -
and I read in some health book recently while waiting in line at Jamba Juice that flying a lot can drain vital energy or something like that..

It would be a big loft in L. East Side
Entertain friends
Give to charities

make architectural drawings
considering perspective
and geometric sculptures
write poems

wake up each morning and stretch out on the roof looking at river glistening..

while the government prints money so that people can pay their rent

I saw a documentary recently
had an interview with filmmaker Jonas Mekas

He said in 1963 he lived in an apartment on Orchard Street Manhattan (Awesome location!) and paid $14.95 a month rent.

and how many Americans reading this made it this far
and how many have gotten it
(insert emoticon - the one w/ the head swirling in place)

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relativity

2010-03-10T21:00:00.001-08:00

here watching bladerunner 1am w/ neighbor
she brought over a box of chocolates
they were in shapes
ate one in shape of a rat : S
earlier we had a chicken ceaser salad at East Harlem restaurant Orbit
yesterday morning I was listening to experimental music in Tribeca -
see how it relates to abstract art then -
it not being all that conducive to playing at a social gathering comprised of Americans -
as an abstract painting tends not to go over all that well being hung above that couch in living room
Americans tend to like music with lyrics - tracks to run on - helps them feel -
they also like paintings of recognizable things - comfort in recognition - in reality
duplicatiions of reality - the more close to real the more comfort they feel
no rocking boat please

this generation is pretty daring in terms of thinking outside of box - - - PSYCHE!

yet hope springs as it springs skies brightening smiles curling on laughter bursts forth

Creation of the Earth

2010-03-10T20:59:00.001-08:00

other day
painting -
cutting ceiling -
big white drop fell
watched it
fall
landed right in eye
stung
pictured eyeball, clamoring down ladder -
heading for bathroom -
reminded of science classes back in day -
bunsen burners and such -
those double upward faucets -
'flush eyes' signs
so I flushed away
and that was that -
then there's those ages -
'Devonian' and such -
50 million years ago give or take -
was at IMAX show recently at museum - they were talking about 250 million years being
the Earth's age
if you trace back the lineages - clear to Adam it's something like 5,760 years -
and there's that creation account there in Genesis and so it's like. . .

CONFERRING IN PURE FANTASY

2010-03-10T20:57:00.000-08:00

mountains soaring up through oceans way high in air exploding to billions of bits

floating glass ships time being -

on other bodies of water lazily get sinking -

as vigorous ones pull up along side

lil' side flaps pop open

fat black barrels ebb forth

blast canon balls!

rivers get flowing b-line up into space as well -

Mars cracks in two

worldwide conference called

serious brows crack into spikes

as topic breaches into

who's to say what's what when dealing with, operating in, realms of pure fantasy

then tigers invade (of course) -

flying ones - which glow -

machine guns ebbing from eye sockets - rattling at slightest whim

CEO dives straightway into the vertical river and begins to (feeling a surge of empowerment at the spontaneity of it all) swim

for his life

---------------

injunctions

2010-03-10T20:56:00.000-08:00

saw a documentary about Slovanian sociologist philosopher Slavoj Zizek

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavoj_Zizek

one point he grappled with/posited

is that society slaps an injunction on us to be joyful

eyebrows rise if smile not plastered on face in the workplace

I'd add that there exists an unspoken injunction to conform to conventionality

eyebrows rise if not fall in line w/ American mores - of way it's been i.e.

school, college, job, house, marriage, kids, retire

"If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool."
Carl Jung

"What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy."
Unknown

Looking on bright side - in big cities there's more freedom

Freedomlovers Unite!

Hume

2010-03-10T20:55:00.000-08:00

Reading Hume's
'An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding'
and eyes scan over sentence
"The most lively thought is still inferior to the dullest sensation."
can one be really dogmatic on this though
say you think of a world-changing solution that will transform standards of living across boards..
now, pinch your nose.. - is that sensation - that feeling you experienced while you were pinching your nose more important than that potentially earth shaking thought.. uuuuhh.. -
look about you - see the buildings - architecture is first Thought up - then drawn up - then built..
if sensations outstripped thoughts - the designers and architects wouldn't think up projects
but rather sit round pinching their (each other's[?]) nose(s) eh

in any case go ahead and read new book - seeing what it does to your thoughts

Manifesto!

2010-03-10T20:54:00.001-08:00

Manifesto!

Our grandparents lived in the USA that was -
like, how fun was that -
seems they gleaned excitement from moving into suburban homes and getting household appliances and watching TV..
Americans back then deriving fun from like, roller skating to local diner and drinking a soda pop listening to juke box sinking teeth into big burger

????

then Vietnam war popt up -
and like the protests and smoking buds

and then that was that and then.. starting families and..

enter today..

you're.. reading words on lighted computer screen -

these symbols entering in through eyeballs registering in brain making sense - the pictures appearing - the feelings happening -

and, today, here we are.. our objective being..

????

and who's getting rich and why -

while many go on subsisting on rice and beans..

and/or getting calls from 'collecting agencies'

So American!

blissy childhood transitions into terrified adulthood -

see it in the eyes! fellow human beings walking around - a state of SPAZZ plastered on face -

juggling plates - covering bases - - - better work overtime!!!!

and who's going to break the chain - or do we pass the stodge-muffin-control-freak baton on to next generation - dare we! - how could we!

yes we wish for better times - we wish for more freedom - wish wish wish -

wishy washy!

high time to exchange wishbone for BACKBONE!!!

standing up and living in freedom -

rather than enslavement to a 9-5 - formalities! formalities! - stick on the suit, clamp on tie in 90 degree weather!!!

what does 'living in freedom' mean -
you know what it means! now do it - and at all cost for the love of God!

New Hampshire License Plate: LIVE FREE OR DIE
Patrick Henry: "Give me liberty or give me death."

Can one even be considered as living whilst bumbling as a pawn steered hither dither to the string tugs of higher-ups

FREEDOMLOVERS UNITE!

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yes and no: is this it

2010-03-10T20:53:00.000-08:00

yes and no
it's either 'yes' or 'no'
it 'is' or it 'isn't'
he/she did or he/she didn't
they are or they aren't

is this it

yes, no, - no, yes

just 2 options

doesn't it seem like.. dull -
oughten't there to be more other than just these 2 -
where's the variety -
yeah there's 'maybe' - but this is uncertainty and so's like.. not really a solid -
the hard facts - the punch - dwell in yes or no..
I like more options than just 2 -
it's been yes and no for sooo long
it's so been done - it's so 'what it is'..

what's the solution

lighten up!

and is it all 'question' and 'answer' -
A asks B a question -
B gives answer -
is that it - just 2 options (another 'just 2(?)'!) -
yeah there's 'expressive' language - but what's that..
and directive language (commands and such) - but that's rather, again, 'what it is' eh..

how do we create more options and make daily life a more exciting experience

mind

2010-03-10T20:52:00.000-08:00

if one says 'I have to see God to believe'
how about your mind
do you see it
do you believe you have one

and how about if I think in my mind that I'm in Rome
then I tell someone I was just in Rome

since I was there *in my mind*
couldn't it be said that I WAS there (even if just 'in a *sense*')

is there anything 'unimaginable'

can you imagine everything at once?
no
e.g. how do you say the word 'surreal' in Bangali?
didn't think so..

Joyce spoke 5 languages
und sie? (and you?)

languages expand the mind's capacities

how vast is your mind

FREEDOM PLAN

2010-03-10T20:50:00.000-08:00

we had a health insurance guy come in to work this week..
employees on the company's insurance plan were encouraged to attend a half hour session in our seminar room with this guy.
I got in on the first session (they ran for 2 days).
he was a stocky guy - Domincan or.. -
NY accent - seemed like a native -
gelled black hair, mustache, 40 something, smart glasses, navy suit, bright orange tie..
the things he was saying to us was gold -
bread and butter/meat and potatoes of my new book 'it is what it is' set to launch this Spring..
things like
"What we have here at Oxford Medical plans -
is the FREEDOM ACCESS PLAN -
which all of you are on.. -
there's the low plan, the medium plan, and the high plan.."
"on this one - what you get is a deductible - which kicks in at a certain point.."
"you pick the plan that best meets your needs.."
he also mentioned the emergency room - being like "500 a night" to stay over in a hospital -
which rang a bell in my head 'not to get hurt' -
recalled surviving on chunks of bread and yogurt over in Europe; scraping by to stay at hostels for 18 euro a night..

you're walking down the street - a flower pot falls from a window - smashes over your head and you're suddenly paying 500 per night to stay in a hospital - possibly next to a guy who's weeping aloud over just loosing his arm..

Doctors get paid Serious cash.
isn't it to Help us -
do me a favor and don't drain my bank account!
stitch up the cut over my eye and I give you 50 bucks instead of 500.

Universities and Hospitals are supposed to be helping us.

What's happening!

Art

2010-03-10T20:49:00.000-08:00

Art can serve to 'grease the skids of life'
yet think of someone 'getting paid' to 'make art'
it's laughable, really..
then there has to be promo -
talk about tootling one's horn..
yet it's.. gotta be done(?)
Well, think of an Earth with no art -
i.e. if all the artists at once upped and chucked all their art supplies into dumpsters -
and got like, TEMP JOBS.. or worked as WAITERS and WAITRESSES..
It'd be a pretty dull world eh..
Think about it - there'd be NO MOVIES to go see on weekends..
NO DVDs to rent from the VIDEO RENTAL STORE.
It'd be bland..
Would we sit around and talk about.. mathematics for hours.. -
and musicians are artists -
so it would be like.. sitting in silence discussing matematical equations for hours..
Does this excite you?

SUPPORT THE ARTS
show up at big arty event Thurs @ Tekserve
http://tekserve.com/mikedaisey/
I've seen this guy live - how he can remember so many lines - extraordinary!
*buy a 7C while your there - they're on the bookshelf and I'd be happy to sign : )
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further elaboration on 'setting'

2010-03-10T20:48:00.000-08:00

Scenes..
capturing scenes via photos, vids,
and zinging them in through eyeballs of others -
into hearts and minds to do, move, this, that..
We see how important SETTING is - - - LOCATION (of the photos)..
If one person comes up to me w/ a stack of photos from Stockholm and another approaches with a stack of photos from Stirknersburg Kentucky - you can guess which will 'pull the biggest draw'; 'hold the biggest sway' -
which opens into books as well - - - novels - - - if the setting is off - say, some obscure suburb - or 3rd world bonzoland (i.e. some place I'd rather not be) - I snap it shut - hurl it clear out the window - who has time! (are exceptions of course)..
Springs to mind notion of sharpening or blunting -
fotos, novels, movies, (on and on) serve either to sharpen or blunt your edge.. -
key is knowing (ability to read) the messages sent - knowing what they do to you..
what they put inside you..

The above can help in terms of assessing a place, a location you find yourself in.. I kind of have these eyes now where, looking around I'll ask self 'is there anything here that's up to par (up to snuff) in terms of photographing - is there anything about this scene which would hold water - which would make for good prose - be worthy to write about.. if there's nothing interesting enough to make a photo - time to liven things up - or go to a better place : )

Tyson on Photography

2010-03-10T20:47:00.000-08:00

Tyson on Photography
What is 'Tyson'
a name - a label -
if I had a name I didn't like - I'd so change it.. -
say a last name like.. 'Dogbert' .. 'Borfman' .. 'Snitzle'
Aaaanyway.. Photography..
Time to weigh in - and on an 'aspect' mind you..
SETTING
i.e. how integral - vital - it is..
'idyllic' -
'desirable'..
you catch that crackle in atmosphere.. divine, say - 'supernatural'..
document it - be it via words or images..
Do we desire to be where the characters are in the books we're reading - of course - talk about what sustains reading!).
Environment.
This enters into the notion that your environment is rich only in so far as it can provide you with rich, mind-expanding, inspiring photos.. Can this serve as a gauge? i.e. your neighborhood, workplace, hangout place, vacation place, is only beautiful to the extent that it can provide you with awesome shots.. Say I go to some suburb in Kansas - how many shots can it offer.. Compare that to beating heart of NYC.. Where are you these days? how photographic is it?
Tuck camera in inside pocket or bag.. when a scene strikes in as rich (many aspects here, what do we deem 'rich', 'juice') zip cam free, snap a ringer..
then going and showing it forth - ZING! - into eyes of viewers - that energy soaring in - and what happens in their hearts and minds - - - well (if you hit bell on the whistle) - they'll recieve a glimpse - or full fledge ZAP - of what you experienced when you were moved there - possibly more - they might be moved to point of (from what I heard, as people were hearing Jonathan Edwards preach) falling to ground, weeping..
Or could be they'll start laughing - or even to laughing crying..
Choose ur settings - choose wisely - what else is life other than where you are - and share the good ones - the best ones.. - first one must learn what's good, what's best - - - discernment - and this, a whole nother kitten ka-boodle/ball of wax perhaps for another time.. and what is your thinking on photography - what does it do to you

"The oldest religion is where we are. And where we are encompasses everywhere we ever were." Robert Kelly

Schopenhauer on Photography

2010-03-10T20:40:00.000-08:00

Read this quote by Schopenhauer and see what you think

"Photography . . . offers the most complete satisfaction of our curiosity."

Yyyyyeeeaaah!

What a ringer!

Ding!

and here kiddies paying such lump sums (invisible of course - yet very, very real - as many discover after graduation lol (or, 'sol' [sob out loud(?)] lol!).. In any case all's growing better and better as we're wising up eh - - - progress to progress - very progressive - - - - freedom's blowing the doors clean off - hear the screws skitter across the tile floors yyyyeeeeaaaah!!!

Blessings on your head and let's raise the bars in 2007!

Readers tow the line - - - shove that envelope!

Learn from the Aussies

2010-03-10T20:39:00.000-08:00

I heard it said that Australia is a very agreeable place to live.. I heard that you find 4 day work weeks there. How great would this be to institute here in the U.S.
It's true people worked very hard to make this country what it is - think of that black and white picture of those guys sitting on that iron beam up in the sky - the city below in background..
Think of all the institutions people had to put all those hours into setting up...
Well, now those buildings are built - those institutions are set up - oughtn't this free up time -
sure there will be new projects and all - but you see what I'm saying - many things are in place and humming right along - how about a 4 day work week - we can survive like this - I strongly believe! Do you.

I work a 9-5 M-F.

Aah 3-day weekends - in which to pursue, explore, do, experience, this, that, the next..
Think of how many more places we'd see - and books we'd read : ) - how much more depth would be infused into this scrambling, wonky country.. I'm for anything that will cure spazzing and spread good vibes which bless the atmosphere and souls and whole days.

Freedom Lovers Rise Up! Wrest power from the Control Freaks! Charge the Atmosphere with good vibes, humor and joy!

Yyyyyyyyyeeeeaah! That's what I'm talking about! Is that what you're talking about!

How do we do this

"Land of the Free, Home of the Brave."

2010-03-10T20:38:00.000-08:00

Yes, you recognize it clearly - sang at BASEBALL GAMES...
*and how about PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG :)
Strong words eh...
Little kiddies, hands over heart - I was one of 'em!

So.. "Land of the free".. dja see the lil' youtube clip - dja see that message in the guy's eyes -
VOLUMES!
Free.. - so long as you FALL IN LINE and PAY RENT!
GET PAID, PAY RENT LOLOL!
Look at us all living in this!
Yow! What a system!
and what's the solution

Vegetarianism; two sides of the coin

2010-03-10T20:37:00.002-08:00

In Grand Central other day – walking by - stopped at – a table – which had.. a TV on it.. – and some literature.. On the TV.. were two pigs, hanging upside down, wriggling.. a guy – executed a few cuts – blood, spurting out, down, to puddles below.. – and so it dawned, that this was an 'anti-violence to animals' type table.. – looking closer.. it was a vegetarian/vegan type table.. – with two Earthy, organic, Upstate-looking guys – handing pamphlets.. – a guy next to me stood, holding the hand of his lil' daughter, who gazed at the shrieking upside down oinkers on the screen.. – then the tape went into chickens – how they're all cooped up in cages atop each other and fattened up and all that – "KFC" popped to mind.. then my eyes honed in on the pictures they had spread about – on the floor and table. – a number of 8x11 pics of body builders – flexing shining bulging biceps and triceps – like Mr. America types – grimace-smiling, veins popping out fierce..
And I was like (realizing they were expressing the point that these were vegetarians) "wow – thought you had to eat all kinds of protein – really beef up on red meat to get guns like that" – "popular misconception" he said – "you can get plenty of protein in other ways other than animal protein." - "really, wow.. yeah, these pictures speak volumes..." – then – continuing on in the kind of zone I was in before spotting the table, I bumbled off.. and.. that was that..

From New Yorker Mag:

"When the sixteen-year-old Ben Franklin converted to vegetarianism, he seemed to have been struck both by its health benefits and by moral sensitivity to animal suffering. But Franklin soon fell off the wagon. On his first sea voyage from Boston, his ship was becalmed off Block Island:

Our People set about catching Cod, & haul'd up a great many. Hitherto I had stuck to my resolution for not eating animal Food; and on this Occasion, I consider'd . . . the taking every Fish as a kind of unprovok'd Murder, since none of them had or ever could do us any Injury that might justify the Slaughter. All this seem'd very reasonable. But I had formerly been a great Lover of Fish, & when this came hot out of the Frying Pan, it smelled admirably well. I balanc'd some time between Principle & Inclination; till I recollected, that when the Fish were opened, I saw smaller Fish taken out of their Stomachs; Then thought I, if you eat one another, I don't see why we mayn't eat you. So I din'd upon Cod very heartily and continu'd to eat with other People, returning only now & then occasionally to a vegetable Diet. So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do."

cue takers

2010-03-10T20:37:00.001-08:00

golly so many people reading blog I'm happy..
read more my friends -
maybe our European neighbors will stop calling us.. stupid Americans!

this blog is called 'cue takers' - my new book 'it is what it is' - expect Spring 07 - zincs further into this.. -

basically there are huge engines -
these engines (media, fashion, music ind, hollywood) churn out CUES -
a cue as you know is a line that actors are given to perform - they operate on these..

masses gaze big-eyed at the engines - they receive their cues.. see this, that, say, on TV, at the movies - and they take that cue HARD - and run with it.. as it spreads through their HIGHSCHOOL.. it's the easy way.. go with the flow.. monkey see monkey do.. TAKE THAT CUE!

then there are the few who go the original road.. and have to deal with the cue takers gnashing teeth at them through the days.. - too intenst - maybe a few go as far as gnashing teeth - 'act indifferent towards' might be more on target.

and what's the sollution

have you read 7C yet www.adamtyson.com

Why Jews and Chinese people are SO SMART; a theory..

2010-03-10T20:36:00.002-08:00

I'll start with art;
a black and white photo I saw a while ago
in a thick photo book..
of a Jewish guy - wearing skull cap, forelocks hanging down and all - leaning over a small boy, pointing at a book - Scripture most likely..
It struck into my mind there.. -
and the summer I was in China - living on a college campus - gauging the intensity of the students - hearing how they were brought up - competing for high test scores to get into University - diligently studying - long after school let out..
It dawned then too..
that, perhaps this accounts for the Chinese and the Jews ranking 1 and 2 in race intelligence testing scores.. They're the smartest peoples - so say the stats..
talking with my Jewish friend Coby the other day - he said that - other than just math skills - *desire* ties into the equation as a factor in terms of intelligence..
getting back to that black and white photo - here's how it dawned..
While that kid was pouring over that - yea *memorizing* - that Scripture - I was like, out in the back yard with my two brothers, no shirt on, no shoes, playing WIFFLE BALL or something - pulling wheelies on my BMX..
While that Chinese kid was pouring over that Calc 2 problem in Junior High, I - I, Gentile AMERICAN, was.. SKATING around the neighborhood - catching air off a LAUNCH RAMP..

*however I fed off all that freedom - which reaps its own benefits so it's aaaall good.. -.. veeeerrry gooooood.. : )

Numbers

2010-03-10T20:36:00.001-08:00

they say 'numbers don't lie'
whatever that means..
Artists tend to find numbers boring..
They fascinate me.
Esp when you consider how many scenes people have seen.
Some have seen more than others.
E.g. some lady working at a rest stop Wendy's near Akron Ohio day in day out twenty years straight - seeing that same griddle day after day - wearing same outfit.. - as compared to someone who's been traveling the world for 20 years straight..
How about word count. I finished reading another book today. They're stacking up in my apartment.. plus there's a huge trash bag of magazines (New Yorker, Frieze, Economist among others) sitting by my door as I type - ready to be hauled down the 6 flights in the morning, hurled onto the big heaps of garbage in the courtyard.. There's a number of words I've read over the course of my life - - - how does that compare to yours I wonder (do you wonder that!).. - I reckon someone like an 80 year old professor of Philosophy at Oxford or Harvard is way ahead of me.. Could be that on a given day I surpass y'know - cross the line..
Currently reading 'Art in Theory, An Anthology of Changing Ideas' (1127 pages)..
What are you reading..
And how about writing.. there's a number of words you've written over your life span..
I just finished writing a new book called 'it is what it is' - look for it in the Spring - plan to buy, read and discuss it with friends : )
and get 7C if you've yet to experience.. available at www.adamtyson.com
I just read that Madame Blavatsky filled 14 volumes with over 60,000 pages of prose..
How about Winston Churchill - he used to crank out the history books..

and what about colors - is there a set numbber of colors - doesn't there have to be in order for them to exist? - let that concept spin in your cranium eh..

Imagine a world without numbers - better yet imagine it with more numbers - like you slip your ATM card in - and your balance appears as 1,004,587,342.87

50 marathons in 50 days in 50 states

2010-03-10T20:35:00.001-08:00

this month's Wired mag:

next time you feel like complaining about being tired, getting up and going to work:

Dean Karnazes

"and a few months ago, at age 44, he completed 50 marathons in 50 consecutive days, one in each of the 50 states."

Awk!!!

and this is just off chains:

"You wouldn't believe the stuff Karnazes consumes on a run. He carries a cell phone and regularly orders an extra-large Hawaiian pizza. The delivery car waits for him at an intersection, and when he gets there he grabs the pie and rams the whole thing down his gullet on the go. The trick: Roll it up for easy scarfing. He'll chase the pizza with cheesecake, cinnamon buns, chocolate éclairs, and all-natural cookies. The high-fat pig-out fuels Karnazes' long jaunts, which can burn more than 9,000 calories a day. What he needs is massive amounts of energy, and fat contains roughly twice as many calories per gram as carbohydrates. Hence, pizza and éclairs. When he's not in the midst of some record-breaking exploit, Karnazes maintains a monkish diet, eating grilled salmon five nights a week. He strictly avoids processed sugars and fried foods – no cookies or doughnuts. He even tries to steer clear of too much fruit because it contains a lot of sugar. He believes this approach – which nutritionists call a slow-carb diet – has reshaped him, lowering his body fat and building lean muscle. It also makes him look forward to running a race, because he can eat whatever he wants."

BOWZERS!!!!!

* speedread article:

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.01/ultraman.html

Stieglitz.. US THESE DAYS

2010-03-10T20:34:00.002-08:00

1905 to 1917 Alfred Stieglitz

http://www.masters-of-photography.com/S/stieglitz/stieglitz.html

ran a gallery on 5th Ave called "the 291"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_291

where he invited avante guard European artists to show -

where's that spot these days?

where artists and writers link up, exchange ideas, collaborate, on and on..

well, there are galleries over in Chelsea - have you been over there though..

how about one in L. East Side or E. Village

is it time or what

think of the potential

a hub

an EPICENTER

Johns.. and supplements

2010-03-10T20:34:00.001-08:00

from recent New Yorker article, about artist Jasper Johns:

context: the interviwer is w/ Johns at his house and studio up in Western Conn:

"Johns's chef had prepared lunch, which was precisely laid out on a side table, on antique Japanese plates - seafood salad, corn salad, asparagus, wild rice, fresh bread ans sauteed morels, gathered that morning from a spot that Johns pointed out to me, under an oak tree, where they appear at this time every year." yyyyyyyyyyeah eh. . .

from a magazine called NEWLIFE which I picked up in a williamsburg healthfood store:
context: the article, called 'Vitamin Aturation Theropy' talks about really juicing up on vitamins - cites a few heavy hitters and how they'd stock up on vitamin supplements daily:

"Arnold Swartznegger took 400 supplements a day when he won the Mr. Olympia contest. Anti-aging 87 year old poster boy Bob Delmontique takes 450 supplements a day. Dr. Bernard Jenson overcame cancer three times taking 500 supplements a day and Jack La Lane at 94 took 600 supplements a day." yyyyyyoooooowww!!!! bring on the supplements!
time to go beyond my Whole Foods Multi yyyyyeeeaah!

The chief business of the American people is...

2010-03-10T20:33:00.000-08:00

"The chief business of the American people is business."

Calvin Coolidge (1872 - 1933), Speech in Washington, Jan. 17, 1925

recently, swaying on subway, looking up, at poster:
" America runs on Dunkin' " . . .

business, business.. America go! go! go!

...

people "getting paid". . . heh-heh. . .

"doing stuff" to "get paid"

"get degrees".. "get paid"..

"getting paid" to like, 'pay rent' and.. 'get food' and stuff..

then there's like 'insurance' and.. 'mortgage'..

so like.. gotta.. work more - keep like, 'getting paid' and stuff..

'get paycheck' from boss..

buy groceries.. -

clip coupons though - so that you get deals - and save money..

eat stuff that's like not really good for your health - like, cheap stuff - say, cereal for dinner - I used to do that in college - to save money - have like.. bread..

now though it's like.. dude, to 'save a few bucks' you're like, putting cheap stuff into body to 'save some dough' - but it's like, detrimental to your health - so like it's like you like harm your physical body to save like.. paper bills.. aaah the current system we allow..

these days I buy health food - because like, while I believe we have souls and spirits and all, physical bodies like go a long way in helping us to like do stuff and stuff..

what do you think - how do you feel - about the current system

scenes inside

2010-03-10T20:32:00.001-08:00

Memory -
I've written it off at times - attempting to focus soley on present and future -
however - the scenes that go on in head - they're so contingent on memory y'know -
say I zing a sentence at you - say.. 'the train rode across the elevated bridge.' -
that imagery that just played out in head (is it 'head'? or 'soul'? or..?) was all memory imagery eh... - well, try thinking something up that was never put in.. didn't think so.. too slippery - can't make something if ya ain't got nothing to make it with..
though, hmm, how about the person way back when, who first had a pair of eye glasses pop into head - he/she'd never seen the things before - then there's the idea in head - and later manifests into realitly realms.. - or that person who first thought up having an eraser on the tip of a pencil - hadn't seen it before - appears in head - gets created.. - though one could say that the materials involved were in existence - and so that first thinker of the idea was calling on memory - linking two things they'd seen, stored in memory.. well how about Gumby? - that first thought - well, it's based on a man - a green man - so sprung from memory.. - how about aliens (speaking of green men)?
at any rate we draw very much so from memory bank.. -
could it be then that some have more stuff to draw from than others -
of course -
could it be that it's in our power to expand the stuff in bank. . .
one would think..
howso..
well there's the dumping in of the movies, paintings, plays, sculptures, shows, songs, on and on.. - then there's reading - which calls on you craft scenes inside..
and which books create the most amounts of scenes - (and how interesting and exciting the scenes are: Vital).. get, read '7 Cities' book. . .
Writing new book entitled "it is what it is" these days - goal: winter release!
return from commercial : )
one might say with age the memory bank grows -
indeed. - however health factors in - take some guy who's really cared for himself and ate right - 90 years old and sharp as a tac - mind clear as a bell.. - whereas take some dude who neglected health - more likely he's like foggy headed numb nut compared to some chipper 15 yr old kid - who snaps lightning quick answers.. then there's the genes thing - won't go there but it's pretty huge - this one weak - this one hardy, sturdy.. - so many factors tie in, as you already knew all along.. Clarity factor is pretty much what I'm talking about, increasing in our lives for better experiences - the sharper the senses the better the taste, feel, on and on.. hence, doing everything in powers to sharpen senses..
'll wrap up on this note - (tying in again to imagery) - say you're in Paris - and you're thinking about that one you really like - that's a picture of her in you're head - floating around over in Europe - - - - could write a letter and describe how a picture of her is moving around in Paris - - - inside a person - how deep is that!!!
but is it really a picture - it's invisible - our thoughts are *invisible* - and yet we go by them y'know - - - how amazing is that!!!!!!
ahem.. let's brunch Saturday

Ross.. Webster..

2010-03-10T20:31:00.001-08:00

between books these days, I'm reading one about Harold Ross - founder of The New Yorker magazine..
written by his wife Jane Grant..

a few excerpts - - - - from chapter where she lays out a biography..

* note, his hair grew straight upwards - as can see here:

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG02/NewYorker/rosshome2.html

* context - his Dad (a miner in Colorado) decided to move (with wife and young child) to Salt Lake City Utah to find work.

"En Route to Salt Lake the stagecoach ran into a snowstorm, slid off a mountain road, killing one and injuring most of the other passengers. Little Harold was battered. In later years, Ross attributed scars on his face to that accident. He maintained, too, that his hair started standing on end from that moment." . . . .

in school his teachers "tried to interest him in algebra, geometry, physics or languages, but without success. Yet, he read avidly and indiscriminately - historical and romantic novels, biographies, books on travel and adventure thrillers, and by the time he was sixteen Ross had a self-taught education in philosophy."

also ".. he took a boyish interest in mechanics. He tinkered at carpentry and with electrical equipment, and built a sort of Rube Goldberg contraption in his room which amazed his fond mother. With it he could open and close his window without getting out of bed, could do tricks with lights and cause furniture to rise or fall at the touch of a spring."

from Ross, The New Yorker and Me by Jane Grant

now maybe bear a new perspective in head next time pick up a New Yorker mag -
* great article in this week's on Noah Webster - who had a "custom-made desk, built in the form of a hollow circle, on which he placed dictionaries of some twenty languages. Standing in the opening at the center of the table, Webster spent his days turning around in the circle, following the roots of words from one language to the next, his heart racing at the pursuit. (He liked to take his pulse: when he made a discovery, it rose from 60 to 80 or 85 beats in a minute.)" . . . .

while in his study one day "Webster found Jesus: 'A sudden impulse upon my mind arrested me, and subdued my will. I instantly fell on my knees and confessed my sins to God, implored his pardon, and made my vows to him that from that time I would live in entire obedience to his commands.'"

"Webster's dictionary was a Christian catechism. It isn't only the just-so, evangelical etymologies. Webster's faith shines through on nearly every page, even under the most unlikely bushels:

Instrument, n. 2.. The instrument of a vastly extensive reformation in morals and religion.

Meritorious, a. . . . We rely for salvation on the meritorious obedience and sufferings of Christ.

Love, n. 1. The love of God is the first duty of man. . . v.t. . . . The Christian loves his Bible."
from The New Yorker November 6, 2006

TV

2010-03-10T20:29:00.002-08:00

is there anything watchable on TV these days -
seems like just a bunch of Hollywood sitcoms and 7th Heaven-type shows..
maybe this is because my apt only gets 4 fuzzy channels.. -
there are probably good shows on the Biography channel and. . .

Think about the engine of Hollywood -
how it would sputter, bog, conk out if people uped and did stuff rather than vegged on couches before rather cheeseball shows (which in so doing they perpetuate the Hollywood robot). . . NY would reeeeally have the upper hand if LA sitcoms were summarily clickt off for a better cause (going out [or staying in] and creating something beautiful). . .
What say we leave off feeding that animal over there -
watch stuff on computers if you like. . .
Think how much art would transform - productivity would really spike fantastic..
and all those ideologies and agendas waved on unfurled banners on TV screens to wide eyed Mid-Westerners by Hollywood robot too. . .
And how about the Newspaper empire engine - think of all the eager-beaver recent college grads spending lives to 'get paychecks' by putting in the looong hours to make that machine function..
news is available online..
Now, am not saying throw TV and newspapers out window - just suggesting going online for it moreso (eh??) - and think of aaall the trees we'd save as we cut down on printing up so many of those goofy piles which, many of them, get hurled into dumpster at the end of the day anyway..

and save the dolphins!

future phones

2010-03-10T20:29:00.001-08:00

if I could be so bold as to take a crack as to what the future may hold in store -
i'd venture to say that there will be more and more of these lil' computer phones -
but much better than they are now - they'll get faster and faster - advance in leaps, bounds - a very sharp camera in it which takes pictures so clear they could be hung straight up in a gallery - and it shoots perfect camcorder footage - quality so crisp it could play smack on the big screen like that..
and these soon to come better computer phones race the internet at blazing speed - at your fingertips bink bink bink. . . -
and have complete ipod capabilties - just plug headphones in and listen away -
and software programs - to do fianances - spreadsheets - calander - can plan whole month in a matter of boops - and word document capabilities - so you can type an essay while traveling from New York to Boston - and e-mail it *zink* to people (and/or lots of people) in London, Japan, Moscow - like that!
so much power to do stuff placed in people's hands - control freaks tight-fistedly running shows begin shaking in boots - can no longer feed off dummy masses - red alert - suddenly it's becoming a more enlightened society -
Freedom Lovers Unite!

CHANGE CREATION

2010-03-10T20:28:00.001-08:00

typing lightning fast here in Willliamsburg -
COME HERE!!!!! -
slept like 3 hours yesternight -
my younger bro in City one night b4 flight to LONDON to study a year --
LOOK FORWARD TO VISITING!!!!! -
we chilled a few of us over at my Uncle's on UWS -
celebrating: good times -
bunch of us fell asleep on a fold out sofa thing -
alarm sounds - 4am - help bro and his girlfriend lug suitcases downstairs -
as black LINCOLN pulls up in the dark -
tell him to give me a wake-up call at 650 -
return to sofa bed - snooze to till 630 - the call - he's about to get on plane -
bumble down stairs - subway to Tribeca - breakfast w/ a few arteests -
on over to work - the 8 hours.. - - -
all that to get to: waking there on couch to call - hanging up.. laying, looking out wide open fall gusty window - revelation struck in deep - surfaced - it *occurred* that - the way things are - there is no need for them to stay the same - - - - all these rules seemingly locked in place: there is no rule against us changing them - changing the way things are - think about it - what opportunity abounds! - what possibilities!!! think of how much we don't touch b/c we chalk it up to 'well, that's just the way it is - so, like, that's, like, the way it's gotta like, be, and stuff'. . . sink it in deep to chords striking, bells ringing: how fortunate that it can all fall into OUR laps to actuate changes - to be CHANGES AGENTS - - - making life BETTER - rather than stodgy resignation to sameness day in day out; automaton-fear-factor-fall-in-line-spinelessness - - - to boldness walking in confidence showing up making it happen uping tha atmosphere and pleasure quotient. . . ok this snapt fast even so we have fresh feeling and understanding and things have spiked up in bossoms anew. . . - - - and think of changing of the words we type - freeing that up - and how we speak - are we mega-dependent on those generations ages ago who decided this is how we were gonna communicate- well explode that box!!!
FREEDOMLOVERS UNITE!

time (usage of)

2010-03-10T20:26:00.000-08:00

the concept of time - how it goes on and on -
babies, pulled from wombs,
people moving about in their various stages -
how as we type carcuses are laid in coffins - lowering into the earth. . .
and what to do with (during) this thing time - - - - - -
could draw an analogy of two guys - each is given a hunk of gold - the one plunks his down - uses it as a doorstopper - - - - the other widdles his chunk down into millions of lil' gears - selling each for hundreds of dollars to Rolex Watch Company..

how productive is this person compared to that person - see how they use/leverage their time - their seconds.. think how ahead this reader is intellectually compared to this TV head..
and what does it mean to be 'ahead' - what does it matter! well, one way of looking at it: you can either do stuff or not do stuff in the time you're given.. why not do stuff: clearly the more interesting option..

and I'm realizing more and more that *pleasure" is a lot of what everything comes down to - - - think of people getting paychecks - they are providing happiness (synonymous w/ pleasure, really) to people - be it a good kind of happiness or a questionable kind..

are you conscious of the mood you're experiencing in time.. do you 'pay attention' to it..
*and how they change!
case in point: my roommate Ryan.
the other day he was walking down the street - at night - in Harlem -
out of the blue a black guy in a red sweatshirt jumps onto his back -
think how unpleasurable those 3-5 seconds were as he shook him off.. then, following day, he's serving (he works roomservice at a fancy hotel) breakfast and chatting to Paris Hilton as she stands in a bathrobe..

what fogs our consciousness to time.. bad decisions I'd posit.. - such, as they add up, meld folk into a befuddly stupors - leer around like lost sheep - we've all seen it.. and interestingly the further into goofiness one goes - the less they tend to realize how badly they're coloring, botching, the atmospheres about them..

Solution - - - truth sets free - - - clarity now! and how does that happen! ! !

Lewis

2010-03-10T20:19:00.000-08:00

figured I'd see what the hype was about re: C.S. -
read Mere a while ago - enjoyed - beyond that, his other stuff (similar to Shakespeare) while praised up and down by Manny, Moe, and Jack, bored me.. - and his chanting of 'free will' would form a question mark bubble over head - Eph. 1, Romans 8 having made predestination pretty clear in my eyes..
Anyway, so I just snapt shut a thick book of 127 Readings of C.S. Lewis - and, yes, I'll hand it, did find a number of ringers.. will start with a snip from the opening bio, then on to 2 of the best lil' passages (in my op.)..

"Lewis himself was a convert. It happened on the way to a zoo. His brother was driving a motorcycle; he was riding in the side car. At the begining of the trip he did not believe that Jesus Christ was the son of God. Somewhere along the way - he was not blinded like St. Paul on the road to Damascus nor was he sprung from the sidecar by a piece of piano wire divinely strung across the roadway - he was, as he recounts in his autobiography, "surprised by joy." At the end of the trip he found himself believing what he thought he never could."

definite feather in the cap of the invention of the motorcycle.. am liking how physical activity - pleasure, exhilaration - however you'd like to call it - can affect spritual transformation..

context of this next passage has to do with the whole 'the world is a stage, we, just actors upon it' notion.. - that God has us where we are to do this or that (i.e. He's Author of the 'script') and then he'll require answers after all's said and done regarding how we 'performed' our 'role':

"We are led to expect that the Author will have something to say to each of us on the part that each of us have played. The playing it well is what matters infinitely."

mmmm..

and here me have a glaring ringer - the imagery it called up in head: extraordinary...

".. every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something a little different from what it was before. And taking your life as a whole, with all your innumerable choices, all your life long you are slowly turning this central thing either into a Heaven creature or into a hellish creature; either into a creature that is in harmony with God, and with other creatures, and with itself, or else into one that is in a state of war and hatred with God, and with its fellow creatures, and with itself."

Great writing. Totally jives with my 'what are you doing to the atmosphere' philosophy - you are either spreading pleasantness or violence (to one degree, shape form or other) by how you speak, carry yourself.. what's what you're doing, doing to those around you, doing to you?

time to read novels.. here's one www.adamtyson.com as I work on new one..

Eat, Move Around, Sleep, REPEAT

2010-03-10T20:18:00.000-08:00

Wake, Eat, Move Around, Talk, Do Stuff, Eat, Talk, Do Stuff, Move Around, Eat, Talk, Get Entertained, Unwind, Sleep

.....

REPEAT

NYC from BIKE

2010-03-10T20:16:00.000-08:00

begin pedaling - early morning - 116 St, Spanish Harlem (loud Latino music playing from apartment windows). . .
West, on over to Columbia - erudite vibe lingering - students lounging over cups @ Hungarian cafe on Amsterdam. . .
onto Broadway.. stopped at light, pull from backpack, seal on ears, bubbly sony headphones, call up playlist on nano (electronic, other varied tunes), press play, stick in pocket, ride...
UWS - money about - can sense it.. past FAIRWAY.. Past brainy (old people kulture haven vibe) Lincoln Center.. on into Time Square, where, air turns kinda weighty - feel a cloud of oppression about - (stuff kinda gettin' old, sleepy) - save, lightened up a bit time to time, by batches of Texans and Mid-Westerners - Asians (and you name the cultures) - cams bought from Best Buy roped round necks - happy as clams, sun visors, fanny packs.. razzle dazzle lights, general bozoness.. - zainy, high volume electro tune adding a dose of hilarity to it all at points...
on into Penn Station area - oppression in air thick here too - grimey, scary - flee-asap vibes.. on into Chelsea - possibly thickest, most oppressive vibe yet - some kind of heavy.. guilt or shame or something - strangling in air.. pedal faster.. - into West Village - oppression holds pretty steady - swing left on Bleeker.. dodginess carries on a few blocks - begins subsiding as NYU crops up - students about - pretty multi-cultural thing happening.. aaaand on into East Village - Saint Marks dreariness.. smacks of coolness pockets en route Tompkins. Sq. park - loop round, bump cobble stones into Soho.. - energy up - style about - liking.. - lacks a good cafe to date - even so, has its charm - pass Apple store - over to Spring.. Elizabeth.. pass Cafe Habana - people hoping to be seen, crunching on pricey yellow corn on the kob..
Houson opens up view.. few weaves on bike for fun -
right on Ludlow.. stop at EarthMatters cafe.. chill on bench out front drinking an iced green tea w/ gaurna.. continue on.. Stanton (L.E.S. - despite its loofy graffiti and dumpy 80's, 90's vibes at points) holds award for best locay in my book (blog?).. right on Clinton - to Williamsburg Bridge.. the slow perservering pedal up long incline - song building in headphones - other bikers, bladers, whizing by in opp direction.. levels out.. and into high speed descent.. sail in kool Williamsburg - arty vibes all over.. pleasant absence of dummy skyrises and office buildings.. hints of gritty (old skool, hardcore) industrial too.. weavy flow down Bedford (ok, willyburg ties LES - just, well, it's in Brooklyn).. to verb cafe, where, park, lock, cup, Pellegrino, laptop, type this zippy bloggie - b4 hammering progress on new book. . .
read 7C book if you've yet to -
www.adamtyson.com - - - - buy it or borrow it from a friend

EUROtravels

2010-03-10T20:14:00.000-08:00

figure I'd write a bit re: recent August vacay Europa style:
train from NYC to PHILA -
next day flight: British Airways to LONDON - 2 day stay w/ friends - roadtrip in volvo up to MANCHESTER - few fotos shot - trainride up to EDINBURGH - there 2 days - great fun - Festival time - train over to GLASGOW (pretty gritty city) day o' fotos.. night flight to STOCKHOLM - 2 days - beauteous maximus - stik it on ur list - flight to HAMBURG (a favorite place) - met up w/ friends - BBQ - out to kaffee next morn @ Portuguese cafe in kool Schanze sektion - to art gallery - helped set up for a party that night. . . train to bro's house in BOIZENBURG - next day on to BERLIN (another fav). . . Flight to DUBLIN - plane change - on to SHANNON - another - on over Atlantic to BOSTON - next day Phila - NJ Transit Train up to NY. . . -
if up4 a coffee in Williamsburg Sat or Sun let know - will have rich B and W fotos : )

EUROPE

2010-03-10T18:26:00.000-08:00

Thinking of movement these days. . .
it's significance, it's role..
Movement connotes life.. - imagine a live puppy - bouncing about w/ tail wagging. . . now picture a dead dog - motionless; 'lifeless'. . .
Motion..
how it. . . triggers certain responses in viewers. . .
this movement setting off that feeling in us.. that movement setting off this feeling.. -
witness a grand moment: feel grand.. witness an embarassing moment: feel embarassed.. and see how key a role motion plays to the conductor of a symphony (read this month's NewYorker article by Justin Davidson) - there they are, gesturing their arms and fingers - 'controlling the sound, energy' one could say. . .
I think it's possible to change whole atmospheres via your movements.. - speed, being the integral component of course - be it in movements, be it with words. . .
Readying for a European adventure.. - planes - trains - trollies - buses - cars - motorcycles - bikes - you name it. . . something about motion. . .
Then there's motion inside people's heads.. Some think about.. few things.. - what they're going to prepare for dinner tonight, thier cat, their bike... While others are thinking zillions of thoughts - then redoubling that over - then layering that with another load of fresh angles. . .

Let's up the movement. . . 'good health', I'd posit, would help to actuate this 'more movement in our lives' with fuller gusto. . .

CLAIRVOYANCE

2010-03-10T18:25:00.000-08:00

Clairvoyance:

the power or faculty of discerning objects or matters not present to the senses.

apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses.

Acute intuitive insight or perceptiveness.

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Loving every second. . .

Recently I worked at the studio of famous photographer Clifford Ross

* visit www.cliffordross.com

Smack in the village: a very clean, well lit, beautiful space - huge (we're talking size of movie screens) photographs of his in frames or pinned to the walls. . .

I was there to help with last minute preparations as he and his crew rushed to get everything together and into vans - to bring to airport - for departure flight on the morrow - a photo shoot in the jungles of Brazil..

Standing in the presence of the pictures - mostly vast landscapes (e.g. river in foreground, trees leaning over it w/ reflections, snow cappy mountain in distance) it led to contemplating how all that creation came to be - who wrought all that nature into existence, the craftsmanship, intricate detail, yada, yada, yada...

the sharp clarity - blades of grass even distinguishable - really slaps it into your face - to deal with - though, subtly - in a soothing way - peaceful - more like (or, better, simultaniously), laid in your lap if you will, to pet, like a cat, purring...

Aaaaanyway.. art has that affect.. you stand by it, observe it, and clairvoyance (if it's good) enters the scenario - elicits qualities in you - surfaces responses, good or ill...

inspiring people, also, infuse you with a type of clairvoyance - draw forth this or that from your depths.. - I was with one tonight - she could have said nothing - and I'm in the hieghts - it's a vibey thing, really - that 'click' thing - inexplicable mutual understanding, pretty much. . .

on another token, Cliff brought to my mind the concept of "what we do to 'earn' $$$". . . think of it - all those nameless worker bees droning to, fro cubicle: clock in, out, day after day, year after year.. - - - while Cliff - making double (quadruple!) their salleries - soars off to exotic lands to take in, experience, capture pristine majesty - - - or how about fashion photographers - talk about a sweet gig. . .

what are you 'getting paid' to do. . . really fascinating, if you really think about it..

enter clairvoyance. . .

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FREEDOMLOVERS UNITE

2010-03-10T18:24:00.000-08:00

Loft, rooftop pool, diving board, slide, dj, live band, catered, East Village, Friday night -
all of us - bring friends - - - how awesome would this be.. - - - current system as it is however.. hmm, one of us throwing something like this: FAT CHANCE.
rather than hosting an epic bash, I'm sitting in toasty Spanish Harlem apartment..
look at the youth of this generation - seems such a large majority are scrambling around fulfilling wishes of the 50 somethings - terrified that they're gonna 'loose their job' if they don't put in the 40, 50, 60 hours per week.. or, if they do have $$ - often there's agents calling them up, calling shots, tugging strings like puppeteers : )
What's the solution?
Youth RISING UP: insisting MORE FREEDOM to live, fully experience and enjoy life..
Such will require a powerful unity amongst fellow believers - fellow freedomlovers. . .
True, the elders may enragedly fire a large number - even so, this would only serve to STRENGTHEN THE CAUSE - as we unite stronger and stronger - work, grow, experience together. . . what's the alternative? Continue as things have been - scittering about in mouse mazes for lil' niblets of cheeze - while power trippy old folks - padd their mansions by the enegry sapped from befuddled youth who just keep going along with it year after year? Is that what you're going to let happen??? Do you want to pass on the current system to the next generation, passing the 'working 50 hours a week to squeek by' batton to them?
How long do we have to go on seeing (in name the big city) SAD SACKS walking around, worried sick over whether or not their dummy rent check for thier dump apartment is going to clear - and to think! youth going around like this!!! - as 60-something Richard Sternberger cushions his fat bum into Mercedes leather seat and cruizes off to Bridgehamptom for a long weekend. . .

Yes, yes, there are honest older bosses and company owners who are aok - but you see clearly what I'm getting at with all this. . . Let's rectify the system and have it so we can experience great times together (yes, of course we can have great times now as things are, but again, you register my gist) - in great locations - and have plenty of money to spare and go around y'know. . . to think that printing machines (which churn out the paper the bills) wiels such control - are hindering how we live our lives - it's really extraordinary if you really think about it - and that's a key there - let's THINK about it - pop the ipod nubs outta ears and THINK ABOUT how things are - we serve our thoughts - thoughts lead to action - RISE UP!

* raise awareness about all this. . .

MANIFESTO

2010-03-10T18:23:00.000-08:00

open your mind wide to MANIFESTO
Youth are so bossed around by the over 40 brigade it's almost laughable..
What say rise up and make changes - this generation!
Not in a dummy (picket signs) way -
in a very free, concerted, intelligent way. . .
What does this look like?
You tell me. . . Show me. . .
To think! of going through life under gray clouds of stuffy rules (held overhead by folks on there way out) then passing this system of stodginess on to the next batch of impressionable youth and on and on! To think!

and to think of things as they are - here in States (2 of my myspacey friends actually held an art show recently called 'The Uncertain States of America') - how if you try and live a bit outside of 40-hour-a-week box you tend to get slammed with financial thwacks from this angle and that.. go to Uni and it's locked-into-job-to-pay-it-off-loans time! - 5,10 years - run harder on that hampster wheel you sap!
there are exceptions - you who make it without having to sweat under the directives of a team of oldies calling shots from their comfort zones - what's your secret?!
anyway exceptions prove the rule..
Yes, so think of all these teens - locked in colleges (don't get me wrong - it can be good! - have to choose the right school though - which opens the can of 'getting accepted' - yipes!) - think of all the kids fresh graduated - bumbling around in this or that job in big city, wearing their smiles - just barely scraping by with rent - eating raman or some trash to stay alive - - - - - think of how they have such incredible energy, which is often squelched out by these old power mongers who want their cake and wanna eat it to - cocking head back and laughing at the pions running the engine. . . the youth have the capacities to experience peak pleasures - but CAN'T AFFORD to because they are scrambling around trying to fulfill the wishes of old (who lost the capacities [scientifically proven] to experience peak pleasures - things get going downhill after 40) - so all these incredible experiences are being thrown in the laps of white haired folks with $MONEY$. This is how it's been going - and appears to be chugging right along without anyone really rising up and calling a spade a spade. . .
Twenty-somethings, are we contributing to the perpetuation of this egregious cycle!
Will we continue to - as years ebb by..
Rise up!
Stop the insanity!
Face facts - life's a passin' -
Truth sets us free!
Clarity now!!!

ahem..
So how do we go about obtaining greater freedom. . .
Well, it's subjective - so pull the above words into your present context and run with it. . .
Think of the Aussies, who work like 4 hours a day - think how much better they probably know each other- how many more experiences they have - outside the walls of a stressy office...
Think of the Swiss and the Germans - who have these wonderful CHUNKS (like a whole month) of 'Holiday' they enjoy summer after summer after summer after summer. . . . - then they're carving up the slopes a good 2,3 weeks in the winter.. -
in States it's like tip-toe-on-eggshell up to 50-something boss - who hase full 'power' to can your ass and replace you with some eager beaver, waiting on the wings. . .
Face it! (as nutty as it sounds - due to how cliche the expression has become) The system is whack! Unite to remedy - or it's timid-bunnyhead here on out - years grinded away into timid coffins. . .
Stand up and fight for freedom - grueling as the battle might be -
the tougher the struggle, the sweeter the victory!

* working on new book 'it is what it is'
* read '7 Cities'! www.adamtyson.com acquire! read! consider! discuss! gift!

atmosphere.. as it applies to reading

2010-03-10T18:22:00.000-08:00

after work today I subwayed to 86th street..
had time to kill so walked around a bit..
ate a bulbous tuna bagel while watching a big flat screen tv on wall - show called 'can I be like you' - about a nerdy kid getting tips from a 'cool' kid on how to pull it off.. the cool kid was teaching him how to surf - and encouraged him to ask 2 girls sitting on the beach to go to a party that night at the cool kid's place.. the girls show and the cool kid offers pointers.. then the cool kid takes him shopping - to buy cool clothes - he bringshim to American Eagle - and they wear the exact same outfit out of the store..
was killing time because I was planning on meeting a batch of friends in central park to see a free concert - the new york philharmonic - I've been before - fantastic - and I'm still early, even after the bagel. . . decide to stop in a deli to buy a bottled water - it's called the 'Parisian Deli' and this guy inside is chatting up the laughing Asian cashier girl who speaks perfect English.. and he gets into talking about the philharmonic concert last night and how a thunderstorm blew in after the fireworks.. 'philharmonic is tonight, right?' I said. 'this was last night' he said - something to that effect..
i walked out with furrowed brow - booped around on computer phone - to find the concert was yesturday.. the e-mail said they (friends) would have bright orange balloons - to see them in plain view..
so I started walking for 1,9 trains.. i turned a corner and espyed big bundles of books, by the curb, tied up with string - pieces of paper with 'garbage' markered on them..
so i glance through.. a bum turns up next to me, doing the same.. eye catches one by Saul Bellow.. 'December's Dean'.. So I pick it up.. and walk off, reading its yellowed pages.. and it paints this picture of the main character holed up in an apartment in Bucharest..
and right there interest began to dwindle, ebb away..
books bring you into an atmosphere - and these days as I read I seek that out right off the bat - and if it's some place I deem as kinda lamos (i.e. some place I wouldn't really wanna be) that tends to be it for that book - curtains - onto the next book.. books sling their messages into you - do you want it to do what it's setting out to do - do you desire to be where it's trying to bring you? tv shows too - take sopranos - who wants to be hanging around mobsters in NJ? someone pass the remote..
I like reading books that carry you to places you really dig..
and we're due for a better word than 'dig' these days..
all the same, you get the point. . .

how about reading 7 Cities this summer - 7 European cities and NYC crammed between its covers - and the philosophical lines in there to boot... level to level - and onwards we go - writing new book: 'it is what it is' - do you like that title. . .

personality extensions

2010-03-10T18:20:00.000-08:00

saw film 'Bullit' in Bryant Park other night -
sat right in front row. . .
huge screen. . .
the sound was incredibly loud. . .
it has one of the best car chase scenes in it - ever - in the history of film. . .
if you've yet to see it - see it immediately -
go rent it - sit in front of a large screen TV -
sit close - comfortably... lights out. . .
fast forward to the car chase scene -
turn the volume up real high. . . press play. . .
the 3 best parts are (1.) (obv.) when the mustang appears in rear view mirror. . .
(2.)when the bad guys accelerate (to initiate chase) - veering left. . . (3.) when Steve Mcqueen doesn't make that right turn - and so has to back the car up - that 2 seconds - as smoke rockets from screaming rear wheels - - - solid gold.. - hands down strongest 2 seconds of entire film. . . worthy of rewinding and letting rip a few times. . .
all that to get at: 'personality extensions'... -
which we all know about - still, this movie drove point home so glaringly (the stang: an extension of McQueen's personality - i.e. 'him' in a sense) that, figured I'd lay out a line along this (the stuff we have saying so much about us) vien. . .
that stang was *so* him - backwards, forward, left, right.. so, what do you drive? - it's like an extension of you - - - - - - how about your pet - - - - people's pets speak volumes about them - this guy has a pug - this guy a pit. . . - and look in the eyes of the pet to gage the control-freakiness or freedom-lovingness of the owner - the eyes tell.. shoes are a biggie for me - i read shoes like books - have people figured out in seconds. . . - what you wear screams your personality (values too). . . and what you eat - very insightful into the pysche of the individual.. - and the gadgets they have.. blah-blah-blah..
silly little blog but you can see how it could crack into so many interesting avenues and unpackings and branches. . .
everything you have sends messages - to those around you - which describe who you are.. people who have a clue read these messages.. Artists especially - keen at reading (highly sensitive to vibes - pick up on them easily) - and interpretting messages..
personality extensions are all over the place..
yes, seems obvious, all this stuff, yet go for a walk and people watch though - suprising how many don't really seem to have a handle on this thing - seems they aren't really in control of the messages they're sending forth - unawares or something..
look around at your stuff.. what messages are you sending? maybe chuck some of it?
anyway, working on new book entitled 'it is what it is'
and continuing to promo 7C - get it, speed read it. . .

Look at today's scholar... What's an artist to do!

2010-03-10T18:19:00.000-08:00

Look at today's scholar. . .
So much ground to cover!
Compare today's scholar to the scholar of.. 1000 years ago. . .
So many more authors to research - so much more information to take in!!!
I tip my hat to them -
and stick a feather in thiers -
simultaniously.
but seriously, have you ever thought of that?
well now you have..
give our scholars credit, they deserve it.. and I lump myself into this ball now these days -
as I'm on this readig rampage - seeking to tackle all the biggies - the seminal authors throughout the ages - the heavy hitters on down the course of the line of the ages...
back in Plato's day, dudes had to just read, well, Plato, Socrates, and a handful of others.. - now it's like - that's just scratching post man - a springboard! - you're just skratching tthe surface hoss! - dig in! - - - - and what will it be like 500 years from now - throw another long line of 'must read' books (chuck in songs too - and films - heck, art across the board)into the batch, add spices, stir around.. - thousands (hm, with the rapid spread of knowledge: millions?) of 'crucial' writers, thinkers that those living then will have to have knotched onto belt if the would call themselves 'well read', 'learned', or 'an authority' on this, that. the next...
seeing as there's so much now to cover - is it fair to keep lumping on more and more - when does it just become too much to bear - like, a point where, even if you popped out the womb and took straightway up book and read clear through to till laying back in coffin 80 years hence - you still haven't covered all the 'required reading' for your 'field' of that day.. maybe this is, like, a sign that the end is nie(?)... or do we just start ditching key philosophers and ideas and books - because there's just too much - to perhaps discover them anew - and laud the contemporary that brings it up? maybe we're doing this already to small degrees..

And consider artists.. How much is there left to do?
If a painter sits down in front of a blank canvas -
thinks hard to him/herself "I'm going to do something sooooo totally original."
good luck..
- they're like "I'm just going to schmear painting on in this totally wild way."
uuuuuuh, been done.. - "well then I'm going to hurl tenis balls covered in paint at the canvas.." uuuh, that's been done too.. - "then I'll just drip and spatter paint on it" - done.. "make a whole bunch of really straight lines" done "spirals then!" done - - - "then I'll.. - then I'll just like, stick trash to it" - done.. "put lights on it!!!" - done.. "leave it blank!!!" - done.. pulling at their hair "Aaaaarrrrrgh!"
is this a sign too of the end - ideas all running out? - granted; some innovative stuff is happening with film - - - but will that ball of yarn start running thin eventually - then what!
What's an artist to do!!!

entering into a more conceptual age

2010-03-10T18:18:00.000-08:00

I think we're entering into a more conceptual age. . .
Yes there've been words amongst intellectuals for a while about this (with few convincing results). . .
But it's making more and more sense to me. . .
Seeing as.. when you build something.. you're intently focused on the building of it...
When you're done, you go have a meal and enjoy some sort of liesure. . .
Now, think of this country. . . Think how it's been so 'build! build! buuiild!!' for so many years. . . - and who has time to appreciate the arts when you're drawing up architectural blueprints - or swinging hammers - or rattling at a jackhammers, laying railroad tracks, constructing Universities, on and on. . . - and throw wars into the mix - who can focus on creative endeavors when bombshells are blasting the house nextdoor. . .
Now though. . . things seem to be setting pretty well into place.. lots of stuff is built.. focus can shift from 'build-build-build!' to more of a 'maintenace mode'. . . less frantic swinging of hammers, less rumbling bulldozers.. - and factor in computers - see how many jobs they've replaced (are replacing)... - and far as wars go - get this Iraq thing over with asap.. - and even that - as it goes on - doesn't seem even close to the scale of how things were back like, say, during WWII. . .
So, all that energy (think of the great energy of this country - of other countries!), think directing it from hauling big red iron beams, from leaning into a hummer mounted machine guns) to. . . colaborating in a new experimental film project, writing a new style of poetry - a new novel, opening a venue for readings, performances, you get the point. . .
The conceptual getting the upper hand over constructional. . .
Brains over brawn. . .
The more we move in this direction - and the quicker - the better. . .
enough with the spazzmunchers. . .
Reign Freedom Reign

*remember to buy '7 Cities' see adamtyson.com

time

2010-03-10T18:17:00.000-08:00

shot to Philadelphia over the weekend -
pretty frequent occurance these days -
in this case: Father's Day BBQ. . .

On this particular occasion -
in a very real way (it seems)
I experienced.. time.. sped up. . . - - - accelerated. . .
how did it happen?
*and you're free to try it (are you?). . .
I had a late night out the night before. . .
crashed at apt -
alarm blared way early -
cruised 6 train to Canal Street. . .
schlept over to line of grimey China buses. . .
paid (peanut) fare. . .
5 minutes till take off, stept in lil' china bakery - bought lil' coffee -
boarded - sat by stinky bathroom -
relocated -
bus rumbled to life.. we.. 'set sail' -
laptop, slid from bag -
had some listening to do -
tunes, freshly zapt into g4. . .
song after song - rad ones - rich - played one after next -
as we barreled through HOLLAND TUNNEL -
on over NJ bridges. . .
slid DVD -
acquired day before from lil' Brooklyn video store -
on in it went - played -
a ringer -
drew in, caught up -
thought bridged to thought -
branch to branch, on and on... -
thoughts aflur like so, it was as walked through bright Center City, bubble headphones aclamp on ears - pickt up a mango slushy thing at DUNKIN DONUTS - suckt that down - as onwards - up hipy WALNUT street - through RITTENHOUSE SQUARE - - - over sun drenched bridge - into peppy PENN campus - to sitting on stone stairs at Avril 50 cafe - younger bro - fresh back from IRAQ - pulls up in SUBARU - and it's a zing into burbs - to sitting back, back patio - cracking top off LOWENBRAU, Dad, sizzlin' burgers on GRILL - to teeth, mashing into burger. . . - and it's like.. 6:30! - "what the!"

That bus ride was the fastest I've experienced to date.. - nothing to do with the Chinese man's foot on the accelerator - more to do (I'd posit) with my being into something I really 'dug' - something 'opening doors' - asparking newness. . .
so we have keys in: being fascinated in/by something as means of accelerating time.. time quits dragging - gets 'flying' as cliche goes; time flies when having fun blah blah blah. . . - however - is that good - seeing as it's a quicker (in a sense) luge towards.. DEATH..
hmm, anyway, LIFE for now... LIFE experientiality.
then there's that catch - tought it up a while ago -
life's never faster or slower -
the days, the years -
they never go by faster or slower,
save (at times) (seemingly) between the ears..

Attention, Excitement, Happiness. . .

2010-03-10T18:14:00.000-08:00

Are you a pill?
A pill is someone hard to swallow -
stuffy -
'unfun' -
stodge muffin. . .

Or are you a freedom lover (self explanitory)?

Would we'd all be the latter. . .
Spreading good vibes, wherever we go -
and remember: wherever you go, there you will be. . .

A lady was sitting, griping on cellphone next to me - and I felt this like invsible, boggy presence ebb its way over to, into, me - attempting a beatdown on my insides, trying to grip in control -
exhibit A: stodgemuncher on cell...

That to say - would that we'd continuosly lift atmospheres about us - what else is there. . .
All that to get at:
3 quotes by the late Bertrand Russell -
3 hammer-hitters-on-the-headers:

" 'Look at me' is one of the fundamental desires of the human heart. It can take innumerable forms, from buffoonery to the pursuit of posthumous fame."
*some run with this more than others.. reminds, also, of the saying 'the bigger the mouth, the deeper the void..'

"The desire for excitement is very deep-seated in human beings, especially in males.."
*cheers Bertie...

"Happiness is promoted by associations of persons with similar tastes and similar opinions."
*nail, slammed on head, knockt fast in..

levels

2010-03-10T18:13:00.000-08:00

type this on the 5 express..
ipod blasting Metalica..
mac on lap..
subways in city used to be thrashed -
graffiti tagged hunks of junk - depression chambers on wheels.. -
not a place to be chittering on a laptop..
Now: clean, sky blue seats, well lit.. AC..
up and up, level to level, we're on the way..
next to next -
on to the next 'thing' -
higher to higher -
then higher, grander than that -
then top that..
be a part of the ASCENT..
consider the alternative y'know..
and where's it all going..
I'm going to East Harlem - ah, Grand Central - time trot across platform - switch to 6 train. . . . .
There, onward we glide.. new batch of faces.. some glum, some into reading (mind in another place).. - here, a guy in a suit - ah, a cut-throat look in eyes..
press fast forward button - zing it all 20 years hence - what look in eye then - might be whistling a different tune, or. . .
what look in your eyes now - what look in eyes when you leave the computer here - a bit changed since when you first sat down perhaps...
Are we comprised of cells.. - cells that vibrate - and some have more intense, sophisticated vibrations happening than others... did a science teacher from back iwhen teach that to my class? would like to get clarity on that.. yet who has the time... forwards I say - progressive - level to level - more interesting vibrations happening - new styles - new dynamics - better and better. . . .
rattling change jar of legless man sliding this way synchs with song jamming now on ipod.. - he just opened the door between cars - slid out of sight - in car behind us. . .
It's forwards! FORWARD!
Ah - 116th St. stop - time to go - - - tschuss!

the heart is pumpimg blood

2010-03-10T18:12:00.001-08:00

as you read this -
your heart pumps blood. . . -
will this be worth reading -
i.e. while your heart is pumping that blood, which could be being pumped now to contribute energy to go towards doing some other (perhaps worthier?) task. . . think of all that that heart could be pumping blood into muscles for you to be doing this second - these seconds (look at 'em go! go seconds go!) - well get up then, go! go do something!
but what (like how that rhymes) - - - what, really. . .
The gears are turning - they are. . . it's clicked. . .
and how about how all these heartbeats are given to you -
nothing you can do to make the thing beat - it's entirely out of your hands!
then what does, becomes the question - what force causes this bundle of valves to th-thump, th-thump, th-thump - pushing that liquid life to spread through your body - to animate it - empower it to go do this or that. . . if ever there was a 'being' to worship - it would be that one I suppose. . . because without.. the heart beating, blood wouldn't like.. go to your brain and stuff. . . so you wouldn't be reading this and.. blah blah blah. . .

and to think how life is in the blood. . .
I remember seeing this guy - who just crawled out of a freshly rolled over car (smoke eminating upwards from its upturned underbelly).. - it was like, in the middle of the night - i was walking home from some party - and the guy came stumbling towards me - blood streaming down over his face - yes, eery for sure - and he was talking about 911 (if I remember correct) - and I kinda jogged away - I think flashing lights were just appearing in distance - figured it'd be better they took care of it.. - anyway the guys face was pale - his eyes, bugged - it was like life had gone from him - like it was in the process of going from him.. - that's what happens when one bleeds to death - the life goes out of them - interesting, if you think about it. . .

On a cheerier note: you're about to finish reading this - and so can go utilize - yea, *leverage* - those heartbeats - those heartbeats given to you second to second. . . - and may it - for the love of all things holy - be for good (what you do with them)...

and what is good?
*dig around in my blog archives, find the one that has the definitions of the word 'good' in it - in both the Greek and Hebrew language. . . yyyyyyyyyyyeeeeaaahh!!!

what are you doing to the atmosphere

2010-03-10T18:10:00.000-08:00

'atmosphere' as in the 'vibe' in the room - the 'ambiance' - 'air'. . .

what are you doing to the character of the air. . .

2 possible answers to this -

you are either emiting from yourself (via appearance [attire, hair], attitude, words) a 'drag (tear) down' thing or a 'lift (build) up' thing. . . indifference falling into the former. . .

I like 'reading' the air. . . have been doing it for some time now. . . you can actually gauge it - it's fascinating. . . for instance - someone saying this or that 'sucks' - can be like an instant knife wound to the atmosphere. . . or someone clanging or banging things around when you're trying to read: discernable atmospheric damage. . . someone talking loud on a cellphone in public right in earshot. . . someone sitting closeby drumming with their hands, tapping a pen on table or foot on floor, whistling, popping gum - all can send manic frenzies into the air. . .and anger, bitterness. . . what's in you, flies out. . .

The air can be manipulated (such a negative connotation to this word! - but you get what I'm getting at - they 'control' it - weave it around)... DJ's manipulate the air - as do the lighting guys - it all draws responses from the crowd. . . music does so much to the air. . .
and how about art.. - think of paintings - how they send messages right. . . - how the project things into the air. . . how they flavor the air. . . - hung on wall, thay can change, flavor, whole room. . . and the atmosphere, you must understand, seeps into you, so it's rather significant you see. . . and there seems to be so much angry art out there these days - and naughty stuff - why is this. . . - it's flavoring so much, in those ways - spreading the insides of the artists about, and this pours into the streets in a sense. . . time to 'turn the beat around', eh. . . 'up' things. . .

Artists are sensitive to the 'air' - to the atmosphere - heightened sensibilities - are 'in tune', could say. . . 'soft' to it.. Other's 'don't get it', aren't paying attention, or just don't care (are 'hardened') - loose cannon types, in some cases. . .

'Pleasantness'. . . At any given moment you are either discharging pleasantness from you, or 'unpleasantness'. . . Pleasantness I'd define as 'sweetness'.. - CONTRIBUTION to the beneficence of those around you. . . 'pushing things forward', too, can 'up' things.. there's joy in excellence. . . and to think that at any given moment you are either getting ahead or falling behind in this, that or the next. . .

what are you doing to the atmosphere

ONWARDS!

Readers are Leaders

2010-03-10T18:09:00.000-08:00

was in Madison Square Park other day,
walking in the sun, to go have lunch at one of the little outdoor tables. . . -
and there,I noted, sat a girl - next to the fountain there -
and she was reading a book, I noted. . -
and it did my heart well -
knowing that this, this is the most mind-expanding exercise going these days - yes, to this day, I posit. . .
see, films, they spoon feed your head all these images -
while with reading - you're imagination streamingly produces, yea, generates the imagery. . .
Of course, what's hugely important is WHAT you're reading -
for the mind grows by what it feeds on. . . EH! ! !

What do you have on your list for Spring reading?

Consider reading '7 Cities'

http://iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0-595-38531-1

If you show me a book containing more energy and scenes packed within a 154 page span, I'll happily give you a 5 dollar bill (and go buy the book immediately!). . .

a + b = c

2010-03-10T18:08:00.000-08:00

Algebra. . .
remember those days?
what does all that stuff mean to us these days. . .
feel it just about in no way 'holds any bearing' over my daily affairs. . .
x plus y = z. . . so what? and teachers get paid for this. . .
maybe some kids had a knack for it - - - let them run with it all they like - - -
the others. . . time is time, eh. . . - - - they could be honing their strongsuits. . .

and how about children's books. . . fascinating if you step back and just consider how.. far out they are - talking animails, fairys, dragons, spaceships, cat robots - they used to even have turtles that were ninjas - named after Renaissance painters. . .

a plus b = c is a lil' equation, positing here, that's more.. philosophic - like, behavioral. . .

action plus belief = consequence. . .

hm.. belief plus action = consequence is more like it. . .

though 'consequence' has such a heavy, scaryish conotation. . .

belief plus action = outcome(?)

what I'm aiming at is

what you do is what you get. . . this plus this is gonna get you that.. cause and effect. . .
loaf and goof: goofball results. . .
diligence: productivity. . .
then swings in huge key factor: the WHAT that you're 'being productive' for. . .
if this is off everything's shot through. . . if it's on it's stage to stage.. snowball. . .
What's 'on'?
get the right 'on'.. genernate excellence w/ that.. joy springs from that - there's joy in excellence - - - excellence in the right 'c'. . .

a plus b is gonna get you c - - - no way around it. . . throw a basketball up into the air - it's going to come down. . . unless you're in a dream - or if you're imagining it - - - here, picture clear in your mind now: you, throwing a basketball up, high into the air - and it.. launches up - up-up-up! smacks off moon - soars east... - shoots off a sphinx's face - way up high in air again it goes - arches - down - down.. down - towards you - - - - your friend.. standing next to you.. - it bounces square off his/her head, spilling his/her drink, - you both, having a good laugh over it. . .

Dickens and Da Vinci

2010-03-10T18:07:00.000-08:00

see a sing-songy harmony fusing these classic bits here - expressed in little letters - black on this lighted screen here you're looking at - be it on a lighted screen in England, in Australia, NYC, Phila, Cali - linkage! ! ! - lil' black symbols on lit-up screens - linking us - feel the love! ! !
yeah writing. - you like the entering in of newness via words - the feeling of the writer - living in them - see you're feeling that now - you're happier - see I'm very happy typing this here now - very suny May day outdoors - and this vibe will live on - in you - aaah yes letters - appear on illumined screen as I chitter on keyboard - and to think they'll appear places - and flow in through you're delicate, unique eyes - and affect that mind of yours. . . - and remember 'the mind grows by what it feeds on' - what are you feeding your head - yyeeeeeaahhh!!!

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.
Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519)

"Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort."
Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)

an incentive to up anty or what. . . glooory. . .
and time to top guys like the 2 above - considering how much more we have now than they had then, eh. . .

in control of it, or it in control of you

2010-03-10T18:06:00.000-08:00

'It' being life, your career, your relationship with. . .
hobbies (e.g. sports, music, computers..), drinking, druging, your closet, room, on and on. . .
Goal is to have edge on it -
be on top of - rather than under heel of - 'it'. . . (well, wouldn't advise 'getting on top of' hard drugs.. but you get point). . .
you see people - if you're an observant type -
who are under the control of 'it' - some, badly so - those extremes about. . .
some, model citizens.. - you're upstanding Joe.. - next thing - in grips of 'nice-guy-ism-ness' - what people think of him, grows into in control of him - he's under control of pleasing this, that, the next person - pleasing the ones in whose clutches he wrrriggles. . .
This guy, looking to put in more hours, - responsibilities explode through roof, he's swallowed into belly of 'it'...
tends to start out by 'it' wearing one down - overworks - bleeds life from - the victim - who. gradually. zombifies into autopilot drone type - perhaps wearing smile when must. . .
An abundance of these types seen in big cities.. -
think of my older brother - e-mail sent by him (from small town in Europe) -
regarding my younger brother's thoughts of moving to NYC -

"I'd rather have him (and you) in London than NYC for health reasons alone. There seems to be a tendency to develop a grayish, wheezend look at 'ground zero'.

ti the which I replied there are plenty of very beautful people in NY. . .
but, later, walking about, taking a bit of note.. hm, he did have a point. . .

I like, I respect, those who are in control of it - working 'it' - rather than 'it' working them.. - kick it up notches - they're *working the system* rather than *the system working them*. . .
Very few find, work, this way. . . Very few of those who do, are honest. . . Those few though, who find this state, live this way, they have a good vantage point on things. . . They can see the forest. . . They're happy they've gotten out (clawed free) from the dummy fortress; the to-and-fro scramble. . .
yet, sad by those remaining enmeshed therein - squigling helpless, like mice in a sticky traps. . . 'they're not in control of 'it'' he sighs ''it's in control of them'. . .
Raise awareness of 'it'! Let's be in control of 'it'! - - - and set friend's free to be above 'it' as well!!! Swell!!!

do, do, Do!

2010-03-10T18:05:00.000-08:00

So goes the American way - such 'doers'. . .
and could this (all this flurrious activity) be a cover-up for past wrongs; overcompensation to hide flaws?
Have you seen the 'Bowling for Columbine' movie? The section with the Southpark-looking cartoons playing out a satiric account of Europeans first settling here - - - them effectively booting natives aside, enslaving peoples they boat over. . .
Uberwork (you've probably experienced this if you're a U.S. citizen) can serve as a strong distraction from the truth - i.e. one can deal with this or that - or they can throw themselves headlong into some mega project - lose self in it (perhaps even in the name of 'progress') hours, days, years. . . - - - think history of this place - UP flew the skyscrapers! urban sprraaawwlll!!! and technology BoNanza - TVs in every house! Entertain us!!! what past!? We're PROUD America! UP beef the defense forces - - - most powerful nation on Earth - our military kicks anyone else's aass'! Don't mess with the U.S.! ... but does a lot of this fall in line with overcompensation (do-do-do-don't stop-don't-slow-down-do-do-do!)?
Has the U.S. been doing this (nutty overwork-it-ness) for maaaaaaany years. . .
Are we beginning to wake up to it now. . . Rubbing eyes, stretching, combing hair at mirror.. Seeing things for what they are. . .
Have a rest.. 'take a chill pill'. . .
See situation more clearly, catch breath from being so overworked..
Now, face truth.. Deal.. Sort..
Yes, to fix problems, one must first face them. . .

*I dare not throw all pioneers who journeyed to this country into one big bad ball - I definitely believe there were many who had their hearts and eyes set on better hopes and/or adventures in the New World. . . I think these have sustained and continue to sustain America. . .

accentuation

2010-03-10T18:03:00.000-08:00

Recently have been walking around city - headphones on -
playing loudish electronic music - - - - - - - really adds a comedic element to things -
Look at all these foriegner's faces - Americans too - some of the expressions - accentuated/punctuated by the music - are classic (e.g. dollar-chaser-eyes, the dear-caught-in-headlights expression, the let-down; unmet-expectations guy, cellphone-drama girl, cut-throat eyes, frazzled-overworked-pants-suit lady, the just-swallowed-canary look, the totally-brainwashed-to-fit-in bamboozly look) - some of them even eliciting out loud laughter - at the sheer bozoness of it. . . - - - esp. in light of the whole '100 yrs hence' deal - - - i.e. 'what will matter 100 years from now. . .
A smile curls on - watching a scuttling batch of leary masses - scared stiff, waxing andriod, eminating gonzo 'I fit in' vibes.. to quote Thoreau: "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." behnd all these sad sack or what not faces, on beats in the inner hearts... varying degrees of hope across board - by looks of it, far more on glum tip than high hopes for eternity in Heaven. . . guess I should be uping and doing something about the situation rather than just chuckling about it, wearing pair of bubble headphones... (*watch this rhymes*) but what? write a paragraph blog about it? what's that going to do!!!!!!!
Ok, remove headphones (listening to large set of philosophical lectures on cd [burned into ipod] these days) and engage people in Spanglish heart to hearts. . . hmm. .
'six' to one, 'half dozen' to another. . .

pieces of paper w/ pictures of past presidents on the

2010-03-10T18:00:00.000-08:00

pieces of paper w/ pictures of past presidents on them

this is what cash money is...
dawned on me just other day...
odd, when you look at it (longishly) at this angle...
look at it after a good healthy travel..
say you go to New Zealand..
they use cards for just about everything over there -
that sounds more advanced to me -
than carrying round pieces of paper with pictures of presidents on them -
and coins - with engraved guys on 'em -
and look at this guy -
jingling a paper coffee cup -
he wants more of these coins -
and people are reluctant (or, more oft the case, just plain not going) to give him any of their pieces of papers or coins -
me too at this point -
i have to hold onto my green pieces of paper -
so I can buy a burrito at the mexican place -
to.. stay alive.. - is life hinged on these pieces of paper with past presidents on them??????? is there something majorly shot-through in this???????

and I have to pay landlord invisible pieces of paper (this is a very faithy thing) via a 'check' so that they (whoever 'they' is) won't come and play out the picture that appears in head when I think of failing to sufficiently pay rent: a set of burly Russian guys dragging me down stairs - big kick to behind - rolling to lying by curb...
what a system that's so seemingly aLOCK in place these days!!! Eh???

and this lady - in deli asking for a "Lucky Seven" ticket - trying to win many pieces of paper - just by scratching stuff off with a coin. . . and what's this I hear about this 'lotto' business funding public schools - like textbooks and programs - - - can this be any good? Is this in some way fueling to keep things flowing along as they are. . .

Let's switch to cards - and put credit on them - on everyone's - credit enough so that no one ever has to subject themselves to having to look like a dope, jingling a paper coffee cup in the metro car. . . a system where people can at least afford to eat and drink in this brief vapor of a life we get. . .

Virginia

2010-03-10T17:59:00.000-08:00

From Tekserve (mac store work @ these days)
F train to Earthmaters - organic caf on L. Eastside
Sit typing on mac song over head: "eevery Roose has its Thornn"
Now: "I wanna knoow what love iisss, I want you to shooww meeee.."

Walk a block over to Mercury Lounge -
Watch Susan Enan perform piano, singing..
Jet at 9 over (few blocks) to Rothko..
Rolling Rock from tap sit back, watch friend from work - electric guitar, electronic beat combo perform - quite the voice. . .
Long hike.. Elizabeth Street.. Prince.. 6 train.. leaf New Yorker mag on up to 116 - emerging from subway car through turnstyle eyes caught by large orange (fresh) crab leg, resting on beigey floor tiles surrounded by tiny, bright orange shrimps, scattered hither dither slip lil digi cam from inside coat pocket snap pict walk on..
Tough push up the 6 grimey flights carrying heavy bag.. roommate on futon in living room (air mattress in his room having poofed out again - second within a few months).. his $500 rent check, sitting on table - half tucked under newly arrived Time Out mag..
In room, drill 3 holes through thick wad of pages printed out yesternight.. string thin wire through each, bind it tight.. - a book I wrote, self published, 2 years ago, entitled 39 Days a gift for bride-to-be in line with her request via e-mail some weeks ago..
Brief deep sleep - blaring (talkshow) alarm.. bowl of hot oats, shoveled in..
Spiral down 6 flights headphones clamped on listening to book on cd (Michael Medveds autobiography). . .
6 to Canal, speedwalk through bustling vendor scene swing into Citibank, rent check deposited.. help to float journey..
Press on.. - line of tired China buses.. tough Chinese lady ticket sellers hollar "where you going?! Philadelphia, D.C.! Leaving now! Where you going!?" -
Hand 12 for a oneway..
15 minutes till departure, pay White Swan Bakery a visit order a coffee, point to vanilla chocolate frosted pastry thing.. sit and eat amidst batch of locals cutthroat vibe in eyes round these ways - comical elements too though: blissful gold cat statue with waving arm..
Board, rumble off as I punch emails into sidekick phone, sipping at yellow paper cup two white swans facing each other on it, forming hearty shape in negative space between their breasts..
Pull plastic case from bag - full of CDs each containing lectures from a world renowned philosophy professor - called The Birth of the Modern Mind - lent to me by boss @ mac store One by one import them into computer then, hooking firewire up, zap em into ipod - all the while listening to electro tunes on puffy headphones, gazing intermittently out window at blurred Jersey trees flowing by. . .
Phila skyline crawls into view.. weave over bridges to parking on Filbert - - - - off bus, head for Market Street buying fruit salad from silver-carted vendor en route.. Opening it loose an instant fifth of it grapes, strawberries, bouncing, roll across sidewalk..
Cut through massive City Hall - has a big hollow center area city compass embedded in ground.. North on Walnut.. Phila has a magical something or other to it a kind of mystique.. The people have a.. knowing to them really seem to get whats going on.. See things for what they are pretty much.. Stroll through pretty lil sycamore-tree-strewn Rittenhouse Square Up a ways a bit more right before vast bridge over the Schyukill river.. Come across a dingy little storefront.. behind the filthy tall glass pane, dusty little antiques, statuettes, framed posters one (80's-looking) has two beauties in skimpy bathing suites - wearing Marine officer hats - caption above them reading: "Were looking for a few good men.." - "you like the window?" says an old man sitting on stone stair close by, closing newspaper, looking up. Standing, walking over.. grey mustache, glasses, bloodshot eyes, points finger to glass, "you know who that is?" referring to a foot-high statue of a guy wearing a mason's kilt, standing next to a podium. "Uh, is he a mason?"
"On the dumb side are we? I asked you who is it?" . . . gauging no answer forthcoming - "Thats Harry Truman." he grunts.. Turning to walk away, "yin school?"
"Im a Temple grad." - lightbulb seems to flick on in his head and he hooks a finger, inviting me into the store/shop..
Tools, stacked papers, junk all over.. He points at old photos, tacked to wall, - guy in crew boat - with a line of others - "thats my son." points to one of a big old white haired Irish man "This is (so n' so) - he gave a million dollars to the football team.."
Out again.. Span the long bridge lookin down on green water and on under navy blue bridge - "UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA" painted (white) across it.. into campus.. leg the full extent of Locust Walk budding spring trees, violet azalias, students, chipper..
Into Green Line caf - vegan-organic joint tuna on the menu(?) get it, piled on grainy bagel nosh at it, zinging e-mails on free wireless.. text message buzzes reply to meet on 42nd and Walnut.. hoof it there buy big bottle of water in 7 eleven on corner step out as white Honda pulls in containing a smiling Chrissy and Dave - - - -
95 South. . . . . Jersey.. 495 South.. Delaware.. stop in New Castle, early dinner at "Pizza and Pasta": big fat greasy slice, lots of garlic.. Onwards, shotgun, ipod djing, electro tunes. . . rays of sun cut through holes in gray cloud cover.. tolls, pit stop @ Shell.. back seat, e-mails on phone.. reading book lent by co-worker: '48 Laws of Power'.. grows dark.. to real dark.. VA wind gushing in windows, filling lungs..
Pull into Red Carpet Inn round 10.. Guy at counter gives a gruff "thought you were gonna be here by 6" typing on old PC.. "See what we have here.." two large keys slid on counter.. drive over, find 350..
Room has crossed swords with shields in front of them painted on the walls.. and a bottle opener screwed to the wall in the bathroom next to toilet..
Dave and I drop Chrissy off at bachelorette party as severe lightning storm swoops in.. Brilliant tangley white streaks flash whole sky, crash close by.. One extremely loud and close bolt cuts out the power of the entire fracnchizey maze of a parking lot we're trying to find our way out of - all fizzles black inside big stores.. remains so a few seconds till back-up reserves kick in - with a lone white sign illuminating itself to life bold right before our eyes: 'Berk'.. U-turn after u-turn and multi-loopty-loos brings us around to a different exit.. another turn-around, bamboozled driving, squinting to see through squal.. Spot an SUV - appearing in same boat as we - lost without a clue.. another car, stopped, lights on, "they just gave up.."
Eventually break free, make way to campus.. Walk up none-too-happening main street, in search of live music.. here a kid, striding intent in opposite direction - "hey you know where there's some live band playing or something or other.." - "yeah there's a house party - up by the stadium - on Stadium Road - right behind it - there's gonna be four bands playing.."
We park near the loud old college house, students overflowing out door.. Walk right up, squeeze through porch folks, fill black plastic cups from keg.. in through screen door - to live band - stand drinking runny beer watching scruffy-looking dudes head bang with a vengeance.. singers voice at points - squeals, one side of brain to other..
Buzz Civic back over to University Street.. more happening now.. In search of food, go with "The White Spot" swivel bar stools, high counter.. order a chicken gyro - "no more chicken" replies the chef, removing two frozen slices of a red meat "lamb instead?".. Stand vacillating a second or two - till unshaven student eating cheeseburger at stool to immediate right chimes in with "get it, it's good." -
"yeah, go for it." I say, chef setting them on grill.. Dave and I talk, philosophize, a bit - on how youth ought to be freer than how the current system tends to render them..
As buzz civic towards Red Carpet, passing one of the main student buildings, notice a number of gumdrop tents set up on lawn - and large amount of students present, engaged in a form of protest. Park, walk over: news cameras rolling, kids holding posterboard signs up - one guy repeats over and over again: "Social justice should be everyones mission!" in Dave's ear.. - looking closer, its the unshaven guy who recommended the lamb gyro..
We ask a girl whats going on - tells us a bunch of students (14) marched right into the president's office and staged a sit-in - over the low wages given to the university's vast amounts of non-teaching employees.. the students are refusing to leave until changes happen.. it began Wednesday - - - Saturday now. - "theyre not allowing anyone to feed them - they haven't eaten in three days - and now the police are here thinking of arresting them, so were here to support." I climb the stairs, to where the news cameras are, and look through doors at the students, negotiating inside.. Theres a professor-looking guy (beard, glasses, sweater) leaning against one of the doors, in conversation with a tall student-government-type kid.. Im half-listening in, till he halts the dialog, turns head to me, points a finger and "who are you?"..
"just checking out the scene here.." - "could you (flitting finger) move over there"..
Down stairs, into Civic..
Wake up half shivering on big bed, all blankets somehow on floor.. cell phone call.. Meet in lobby return keys, get on road - over to 'Bodos' - bagel shack on main street - pretty good - tidy, smart, together-looking - compared to thrown-together, piled-up (more generous) things you find in NY..
On to the wedding - en route though - "we have to stop in a restroom somewhere - have to change pants." - there being a growing hole by left pocket.. We pull into Arbys. Change pants in grimey bathroom.. return to car.. sitting shotgun, pointing, "pull up to the dumpster." ripped pants in hand, cock arm back, the shot - flutter in through dumpster's side door. . .
Searching for church - turn sneaks up - wheel cranked hard - car veers into long horizontal screeching skid - Dave and I, seatbeltless, cling seats, doors, as it's barely pulled off..
We stroll in.. knowing no one.. seeing the wrapped gifts on table - dawns mine's not - somehow has to be.. ask to be driven to CVS - just 10 minutes to go though.. Young guy walks in with white bag - overflowing with tissue paper - "Im trying to wrap my gift a book I brought - it alright if I have a piece of that tissue paper?" Agreed, I fish out a piece - get keys - jog for civic - book snagged from bag - wrap it - jog back - scrounge, utilize spare cassette tape labels, laying around by bookshelves, as tape.. improvise a 'first time visitor' card: folding it, jot a message: request pardon for homeless wrap job..
Ceremony goes along well enough - sort of a headscratcher message from preacher - entitled something along lines of "I love you like meat loves salt."
Were dismissed for a while - to allow rearrangements for reception lunch
Milling about out front, I notice a friend from a few summers ago (lived in a beach house together) - his name is Gonzo - real name.
Catching up with Gonzo - a sudden 'CRACK!' cuts through air.. Note - over Gonzo's shoulder - a man whirling a whip around - makes it fly again 'CRACK!' - but Gonzo keeps right on talking.. hear guy next to us mutter: "what in the world is this guy doin'?" - 'CRACK!' - all eyes on him now.. I grab a Mountain Dew, station self front and center, slipping lil cam from pocket.. "Anyone have a pack of cigarettes!?" he calls.. pack is thrown.. lights up.. flutters hands a bit - cig vanishes.. applause... gets up on unicycle, juggles gold bowling pins.. - then, on feet, - cracking jokes all the while - sets aflame 3 batons juggles 'em - progresses to finale - full-blown juggling of flaming baton, an egg, and buzzing chainsaw - big applause.. calls for another volunteer - a teenage girl - named Frank(?) steps in.. hands her a plastic flower.. steps back.. takes up whip.. 18 footer.. the wind up - 'CLACK!' yellow head of flower - nipped off..
We file back in - forming line at food table.. Sandwiches, salads, a mound of fruit - sign, sticking out from it, reading "Washed Fruit"..
Jellybean-filled gift boxes sit on tables.. I backslap one, spilling them about.. Dave accidentally backslaps his Coke.. we mop it off tablecloth.. pile soggy napkins on my plate.. Old guy who'd sat at our table for some time, rises now, leaves us.. I place an orange jelly bean in plastic spoon - bend it back - aim it at Chrissy, let it fly - but it soars over her head bounces (textbook, comically) off buzzed head of one of the groom's Air Force buddies.. Swivels thick neck my way.. - "sorry, I was trying to (pointing) hit her."
Time to hit dance floor.. whirl Chrissy round to swing tune.. Taking a seat, mother of the bride swoops in - asks if Im single - at the "no" - whisks me into dancing with a bridesmaid - her daughter, sister to the bride..
We're all handed colorful plastic eggs - all containing bird seed.. we form an isle out front the church doors.. newlyweds beamed right and left, ducking into little maroon Ford - puttering away - string-tied plastic 2 liter bottles and cans, trailing arattle in wake. . .
Heading for car.. "Adam you have the keys right?"
Locked in trunk, Dave appropriates clothes hanger from church.. shimmied through window.. 'click'.. lean in - crank lever - pop trunk - keys by bag
Roll into 'Historic Downtown' Charllotesville - walk along pleasant lil' promenade - duck in bookshop - on over to restaurant - outdoor seating at black metal wire tables, chairs - amidst other outdoor diners - comfortable, clean-clothes-wearing Virginians. Tall thick straight trees, extend up out of promenade brick in seating area.. waiter brings me a gold-orange - shade of an autumn leaf - opaque German wheat beer.. Chrissy a coffee.. Dave, a tall ice water.. Lean back, gaze up at delicate leaves budding on delicate, sophisticated network of branches.. a rare, rich breed, whatever they are..
On road.. long stretch.. another hack of progress at 'Power' book.. sling e-mails, myspace messages, on sidekick phone..
Dodge Ram pick-up growls up alongside - decal near taillight - cartoon-looking bee - above which, the words "RUMBLE BEE."
A Monte Carlo - stuffed cats in rear windshield.. cheetah-spotted steering wheel cover - long nails, wrapped round Cruise past a K-9 Unit squad car. . .
On into Philly - park at Penn - walk over to 'Mad Mex' restaurant on Sansom.. where Chrissy goes ahead in - to meet 3 friends waiting for us.. Bouncers check I.D.s at door - hand mine - knowing it's expired.. smile spreads on dude's face "got another" - hands it to giggling co-worker "sorry, can't let you in man - policy..
"Aww cmoon - just gettin' a burrito.." - "sorry (pointing to other) this guy takes bribes - besides that.." Dave phones Chrissy - who emerges - big, pleader eyes, smile.. see ice melt a bit.. they drag it out though.. turn to go - the one gives - "go aheead".. Mex all round.. - minus any alcoholic bev.. - fried doughy triangle things for dessert
One of the three we met there, Brenda, rolls with us.. I'm to crash at her pad tonight - on 'loveseat'.. as, in recent developments, having heard there's an early (6am) Easter sunrise service happening tomorrow morning in Fairmount Park hosted by some arty church I'd heard of often - I agreed to go along..
We zoom 76 a while - beyond Manayunk (where I'd once lived) - to some random exit.. Down a slope there - past old-style-construction stone and brick houses - quaint line of stores.. few turns.. park in lil driveway..
Pretty spacious apartment - clean, together - an Asian umbrella as decoration hung on wall in living room (above loveseat).. another in kitchen (above fridge).. She rustles together a few snacks - brews a coffee for Dave: a late/long journey to NJ ahead..
Crack a few bleary jokes.. and he goes..
Recline on loveseat, feet hanging over edge.. - gals retire to room.. sleep goes off like a prolonged blink - insano dream tucked therein - and alarm blares alive from bedroom.. activity rustles.. the two girls from Mex dinner last night appear.. we drink coffee in oddly-lit kitchen.. eat trailbars, strawberries, pineapple slices.. Pile in car, buzz along 76 through dark - moon shining full force - towards Center City.. increase speed - racing against the sun.. wind snakey Kelly drive - past boathouses - turn into Fairmont park - see crowd gathered under pavilion on Lemon Hill.. Close car dors, climb hill towards.. join group - preacher speaks on a resurrection passage - congregation all reading together at times.. sun rises slow over blue trees in distance - changing whole atmosphere.. Spot a friend from New York, walk over, chat a bit - turns out he's moved here.. See another friend, Aaron - lead singer in a rock band.. go over.. having just returned from California (played concert out there) night before - he's looking tan, ragged, wartorn, sun behind him, shining in my face.. see in periphery girls are heading for car.. trot over.. drive a little ways - to Logan Fountain - blasting its streams - where I climb out of car, grab bag from trunk, say byes, and get hiking for UPenn.. up Chestnut.. past Drexel.. through Locust walk - to 42nd - hm, Green Line cafe closed though.. take a roundabout route towards subway - through warzones (trashed/thrashed hoods) - snapping pictures of a few odd and/or beautiful sights..
Catch 40th St. "El" subway westbound - shwooshes above ground to sunny ghetto - prompting unpocketing of cell - dial.. arrange for Dad to pick me up by 69th St. At the sushi place - which isn't actually a sushi place - it's a Korean restaurant, with red Asian lettering on it.. Arrive, hoof over to it - where Dad soon rolls up in Subaru.. Rita (sister's Chihuahua) fitfully happy at my presence - jittering on lap, licking at chin..
Into Suburbia - 10 minutes outside the city.. The lunch - topped off with ears of chocolate bunny.. The crash-hard powernap on couch.. The big Easter dinner: meat and mashed potatos with - Ma, Pa, and sis.. The ride to 30th Street Station - ticket from machine - run for the 6:08 - caught.. Glide rails towards Manhattan again. . .

Location.. Looks..

2010-03-10T17:58:00.000-08:00

Location and 'looks' have recently unravelled an interesting line of thinking in mind. . . -
in how vital a role they each play in what he or she, this or that tends to amount to. . .

Location: if you stuck nose hard to grindstone for ten years straight and accomplished some enormous feat - - - - - - - - - - - "where did this happen?" bobs to surface - - - - - - - and when it's discovered it occured in Fannytown Kentucky: instantaniously shot to pot - football thrown long - spirals into history oblivian. . . If you cross the street in London or NYC on other hand - - - - this merits more wieght (not really but we all get point) - - - Location, Location, LOCATION. Where you're doing what you're doing will definitely add or subtract to its significance, I posit.
Further, "where are you from?" - pitched so frequently in introductory banter - - - - "Boston": picture painted - - - "L.A." picture painted, "Miami".... "Texas"... "Pottstown - Pennsylvania." Where you live - paints such a picture of you - like, you are where you live in a sense. . . Very interesting - and significant. . . Get where it's what you desire to be, eh. . .
Now, why don't people from Fredricksburg Maryland just up and leave - b-line for NYC? - - - it (why this ain't happening on a grand scale all over) speaks to there being a design to all this - one built with make up to be a farmer - another a suburban worker bee - another a a superstar..

As for looks - - - - and this question ebbed into mind just today (freshneess factor) - - - - - is there fairness in this whole thing - that one is born with amazing physical beauty - get paid 5,000 for wearing this designer's dress - - - 10,000 for posing for a few photos. . . Whereas, this one - born with a squatish type nature - puggish nose - or this gal - your regular plain Jane - - - - - these two - - - - having to bust thier asses, break backs to pull a min wage weekly check - - - to 'get by'. . .
Where's the justice in this? It's how they're born - one this way - looking like this - ushered into lap of luxury - rockin' the Benz's - - - - another this way - 'schlepfest' the years away under 'iron fist' - bumpin' in the ford escort. . . doesn't seem to add up. . . if i wasn't a believer in there being a definite design and intent to all this - it'd be up the creek with out a fiddle-faddle - - - - - - - - - - - - - paddle. . . shaking fist in air, hollaring out 'why, why.. why!'

the poem held in hand by the statue of liberty

2010-03-10T17:57:00.000-08:00

Yes, are you familiar with this poem. . .
The big statue was a gift to the U.S. back a while ago from... the French(?)
Anyway, have you ever stopped to really consider the poem - inscribed on the scroll she holds as she casts determined gaze across vast seas?
Here it goes, in case you blocked it out of your memory:

"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

Hmmmmmm.. Uuuuhhh..
'huddled masses'? 'wretched refuse'? 'homeless'?

were those French up to something, giving us this 'gift'?

will say the rather downer poem rings somewhat prophetic each morning I step onto subway - confronted by a mass of swaying sad-clown-faced batch of huddled masses. . .

Couldn't we reword this poem?

"Give us your best, contributing, upstanding, good looking, prosperous, type-A go-getters"

Imagine stepping onto the F train - finding yourself sorrounded by a bunch of these. . .

*Seinfeld has something similar to the above in his book 'Sein Language' which I read at the beach a while ago. . .

why are many young people angry?

2010-03-10T17:55:00.000-08:00

Are young people angry?
It seems so. Frustrated. Burdened.
Desiring to have fun, yet. . .
By 'young' I mean teenagers to mid-thirties. . .
High expectations -
expecting one thing, getting another. . .
Feeling trapped. . . In back of mind it lingering - that thought - knowing it's just 'one shot' here on spinning globe. . . And what are they doing with it? - - - alarm sounds 7AM.. - This!!??
How they desire to be free - yet that fear of breaking free from this or that 'system' - rooted on fear of rejection from those who are locked into this or that humdrum system - the 'daily routiners' - those who 'get a paycheck' - to 'pay bills' and 'pay rent' - - - run faster on gerbil wheel - maybe afford that new DVD player at Best Buy!
Anger stems from being held back from self actualizing (achieving, reallizing full potential) - turns into being bushed - frazled from pouring all that energy into all those hours (how they add up - what happened to last month?) when they'd rather be doing what they'd like to be doing... - like having fun. . . By 'fun' I don't mean necessarily bouncing a ball around or singing with friends, skipping through a park. . . Henry Ford's saying springs to mind: "find something you love to do and you'll never work a day in your life." (paraphrased). . . Yes, I believe there exists people who are actually doing what they love - - - but they don't apply so much to this here chunk of thought expressed via words - - -because they're not all that angry - - - they're radiant - joyful - amped up - driven. . .