on the intersection of 'the good life' and sadomasochism

pedal to the me d/t al

there isnt a moment to lose

i can't stop thinking about

what has to be done
what has to be done
what has to be done
what has to be done

i know and
then i don't
i won't and
then i will
i will and
i don't wait
for the kids to go to bed

rough amalgams
of Christmas' Past
line my longjohns
i'll never escape them
don't want to escape them

constricting...

...invigorating

like,
some psychic primae noctis,
i can't help but bow to my Lord.


_________

"did i?"

"should i?"

"are you?"

the penguin huddles (you're gonna catch pneumonia!)

on suhla

a friend recently introduced me to sulha, an organization focused on ending religious wars in the middle east, by transcending the religious and political, by resolving to make this a solution of the people, not of the rulers.

the human lobby connection is obvious: sulha endeavors towards dialogue across ideological bounds - and the strongest of contemporary ideologies: judaism, islam, and christianity.

i'm sure there are many differences between their prerogative and our own, but the congruency is the material, determining factor: we each desire peace so that we may live as we will and not as mere descendants in a decades, centuries-long struggle, but rather facing our inheritance as human beings, as the recipients and actors in a millenia-long struggle towards freedom. and we mean true freedom, real autonomy and empowerment. real opportunities.

i'm probably inscribing my own views somewhere along the way here, but the fundamental intersection exists: the desire/need to take that power that has been and can be left in the stars ( or to our relative kings and gods), and fill our cups - and the cups of our neighbors, community-wide - moving passed dogma, ultimately reaching autonomy and the possibility for real Human flourishing

broad strokes of an idea

purpose*

use available/appropriate mediums to discuss/report/speculate/analyze the experience and meaning of being human, contemporaneously, historically, and eternally

bridge ideological gaps, bringing both disparate points of view and communities together. the latter composed of people who share philosophy but for a variety of possible reasons have been isolated. common reasons include cultural marginalization and characteristics essential to the philosophy which don't commonly or naturally precipitate, suppose, or contemplate organization

engender more cohesive human community, focus on unification

play role of The Human Lobby (another possible mag name)

transcend the political; preempt political with social, community-wide action

*there will be, of course, more specific ways to characterize the overall philosophy (which is to day the purpose), but, for now it remains very much amorphous, awaiting not only the prerogatives and particulars of artists-yet-to-be-determined but the push-and-pull resulting from the interaction of these common and disparate philosophies. therefore, in the interim, this is all i'm willing to identify as far as content, but i most definitely have my contribution to this philosophical scrum.

format

web-based, no physical product^
advantages: lower production cost and wider spectrum of available mediums outside written word and images, that which can be expressed in print

^ not necessarily true. there is possibility for a pamphletized version of some of content, but it will mos likely not try to be all encompassing. the need and want for the pamphlet coming from the dynamics internal to and created by the particulars

mediums*

written word:
short-story and novel-length (perhaps serialized) fiction, poetry, journalism, philosophy,hard/soft science and political essays; more "pop" cultural directed essays on topics like music, movies, television; and the intersection of the foregoing

music (#)

moving image (#)s:
short and full-length documentaries, short and full-length movies, serial programming

still images (#):
photographs, paintings (tho this seems to blend with photography since it
would be a photograph of a painting), cartoons and other drawings.

# due to potential physicality, these could be part of an off-shoot project which would basically be an art show covering movies, concerts, painting, photographs, literature and poetry readings etc.

wanted:

peter pans of every variety, proficiency,

wo(men)-children to form

a possibly-more-than=ethereal

community composition

as yet unknown

always unknown

always becoming

always embracing their

our humanity

our fragility

our need

for other

hearts and minds
arms and legs
mouths and hands



rupturing
transcending

the word 'powerful' is so often used in reference to a lobby group or a particular lobbyist. but shouldn't we be more descriptive - mmmm - persistent in our definition of "power". it isn't the power of persuasive rhetoric or rigorous statements of proofs. when we talk about lobbying power, the specific relationship is lobbyist <-> politician (or some representative). so, my primary focus here is not lobbyist groups concerned with individual or environmental issues; i'm concerned with those most apt to gain power and wield it with their money. for lobbying is not an unjust activity as such, but what is the dynamic between the lobbyist and politician, what is the originary instrument of persuasion: dolla dolla bill ya'all dogma or reflection, openly considering evidence with no view to entrenched opinion maintenance. we need people with an allegiance to their methodology, not their conclusions. but this is not a unique problem for government. socially, conversations are strained not just along political or religous lines, but really anything that calls into question anything remotely moral in nature. and now, like in previous centuries, science is again battling morality, this time from the incumbent position.

how can we in the social sphere work towards political transcendence, affecting some sort of real change deserving of the power in numbers we have while acknowledging the fallout from our wealth disparity, specifically the cool kids table in the distance with the lobbyists and politicians justifying each other's existences while we who birthed and sustain them diddle each other and look at shiny objects.

The Man Said, "I have to walk up seventy-two steps."

• to one degree or another, fiction is yet another groping after forms - disingenuous, callous, even hateful.

1. no grand introduction to concepts - a coherent structure that flows continuously can be a dishonest attempt to reconfigure life to make it more palatable. not always the this incoherent, scattering of thought processes represents a particular archetypal modern human experience. in its most offensive state, coherence obstructs creativity, rupture, and thus growth. at its most flourishing friendly, coherence stabilizes and saves, organizes a cluttered library. however, at its most impoverishing, spontaneity spirals, loses focus, becomes incoherence, becomes arbitrary, splintering the self: this isn't animalistic abdication; this is the willed slavery of the dilligent dogmatist; and soon he'll eat his own tripe, slowly beginning his descension from mere ennui into anonymity. spontaneity finally begets the static.