Memwah of a Newborn

the misuse of even as

the title for a pedant's memwah

art is always on borrowed time

torn from its babies
thrown in a pauper's grave
its ribs
heaving up in the winter thaw
and used as swords by the
by the neighbor's children
at play

I scream at people hardened into these little conceptual nuggets of self-satisfaction!!!!

leaders

if we're overwhelmingly inclined to extermnate ourselves as a race--if we're helpless before this design, a leader is one who is going the opposite way. that is the definition of a leader. one who is with every fiber of his or her being going against our current. We take note and are inspired by that novelty. A leader may make a difference, but as far as I can see, leaders historically haven't been followed long before the current resumes. 95% of so-called leaders actually speed our way along to extinction, aping the behavior and language of leaders for destructive ends.

film as suprise machine

a tunnel through which surprises come without warning

or a means of artistic expression, which involves presenting, expectation, beauty, pacing etc

Brene Brown schtick

and this Brene Brown person, yes very perceptive about scarcity--made me realize the connection. It's really about relation. Back to Buber's I & Thou. Significant to me that such intellectual lights as C Hitchens roundly trash Buber as a hypocrite. I know little of his life, but the work has always seemed essential and true to me. about the most essential thing I can think of having read.

here's my beef with G and Hollywood and all

on some level, they forgot what films are about. films about films, films about self-congratulation. or films about people and the world now. Not ersatz world. this world.

film: private school field trip to do community service at public schools

The Effective generation

I'm going to be effective, not ineffectual. Morally neutral position, enabling those who want to be effective and immoral too.

Obama, bro