I wish I could say everything that needed to be said all in one facebook posting read by everyone in the world in the same moment. “Did you read that shit?!”“Christ that shit was solid.”
That is all. All that needed to be said.The etymology of the word “Occupy.” The reversal of the European colonial project. The melody of Martin Luther King's soul. A link to a perfect song (for is this not text, too?), a song that would pluck every listener’s intimate heartstrings, creating internal glory, each being exploding with self-love.Words that carried with them the power to heal the demons of schizophrenia, to turn the dragons into princesses, all of the dragons touched and unmasked for their true princess selves. No evil, no regimes, no end games. Simplicity and folk, Somalian pirates sailing the seas for peace, to fix France and rid it of its racism. Somalian pirates pulling up on the American shore, teaching us how to play baseball and bake apple pies. Secret pleasures found by shy men who up til the moment of the post could only think of the ways they would woo the women with their talents. The end of the death penalty, the end of economic disparity, the rise of racial equality, a woman with complete authority over her body and the decisions that affect her body, in perpetuity.
I give thanks for what is possible.
In the holiday spirit, I offer up these fine songs. I hope you feel loved and are surrounded by family, however defined:
The Everly Brothers:
Cathy's Clown
As my friend Corch said, "don't sleep on the brothers."
The Tallest Man on Earth:
The Drying of the Lawns
"I'm leaving cause you don't fear what you're dreaming of"
Camera Obscura
Lunar Sea
The song ends at around 5 minutes. After that it's just quiet. Good opportunity to contemplate the best parts of your life.
happy thanksgiving,
Anthony
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