An Old Bolshevik Joke
A communist propagandist is sent to hell. He convinces the guards to let him go and he escapes to heaven. When the devil discovers his absence he demands an audience with god to argue for his return.
The devils begins his address, “My Lord”…and god interrupts.
“First i am not your lord but a Comrade, second, are you crazy,as we all know i do not exist… why are are talking to nothing? ,
and third please hurry…i don’t want to miss the party meeting.”
from the book “Living in End Times” first published by Verso 2010 by Slavoj Zizek p. 401-402
Now humor i’m told, often includes a hint of truth.
Zizek continues,
“This is the kind of God, needed by the radical Left today: a God who has fully become a man, a comrade amongst us, crucified together with two social outcasts (the devil and propagandist), who not only does not exist but also knows this himself, accepts his own erasure,”
continuing
“passing over entirely into the love that binds all members of the “Holy Ghost” that is, of the Party or emancipatory collective.” (p.402)
narcissism is the narrative
a surgically enhanced Demi Moore taking photographs of herself and posting them on the internet…
Demi may be talented…but it does not co-relate
to the enormous influence she wields
not talent or personal worth
but circumstance…
millions are envious
The Next generation
80% of children think/believe they are special
which is another way of saying different/ better
yet lottery odds stand in the way this expectation…
oprah is dangerous
the way to meet expectations is to
visualize it, positive thought it, manifest it,
further embedding the expectation
of an empty soul which is forever dissatisfied
For example:
You want a new car/ a new relationship etc
and you can’t make it happen because you don’t have the money, emotional maturity etc.
you are blocking you so…
visualize a car, a romantic interest , etc.
have positive thoughts about a car, a romantic interest, etc.
and remove any negativity/ roadblocks/hang-ups
A car , a new romantic interest, etc. will manifest and if it doesn’t you’re doing it wrong.
Oprah cheats a little and gives new cars away
and i’m sure some of the single women find boyfriends
Empowering People
to achieve their subjective goals has been over inflated and reduced to a cartoon in a celebrity/consumer driven culture…
we should get what we want and it should be easy…effortless…
Seduced
the age of seduction
an excess consumer society
needs lack in an imaginary sense
after all our basic needs have been met…
Noted
advertising plays on base emotions in the pursuit of profit…
and we free thinkers question neither the medium the message nor the means
lacking an ideology
we default to personal ambition
as the ultimate meaning maker…
this the marketers know
and it is so…
On a Personal Note
Performed at a local bar which has been bought by the Seattle Harbor Authority…it is on the water and will be closing in a year or so…
i told a guy who thought he was Neal Young to play guitar
and kind of pushed my way onto stage…
i forgot most of the words in the poem…
except the first line and the last
but over all it went well…
i met a thirty year professor of literature, had a fight with a barmaid, forgot to leave a tip and was cut off.
i slept in my hybrid truck.
Poems for the Shaw
Glen Gould plays a way and progress is spotty for Poems for the Shaw.
Mona Mona says i must have nothing to do if i am still caught up in that history, unfortunately my exceedingly shallow character is still looking for depth.
The old bird and the new bird are fine.
For my personal benefit
if one is at odds with oneself
it is impossible to put one’s full attention
on any particular subject or endeavor
realigning in the fog.
better shopping for all…
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