May 2010
2 posts
Grief as criticism...
Grief is the ultimate criticism of the Empire because it exposes the powers for what they truly are in reality. You can’t control grief and you can’t rationalize it away. It has the power to strip away all the pomp and circumstance surrounding life. To weep is to be alive, to feel, to see, to hear, to know. The prevailing wind in society would like you to think that life is all...
Awkward...
I had some friends tell me recently of their niece who recently learned the word awkward. It is really hilarious the different instances that she has used this word. What is really interesting is how we are conditioned as children to think certain things/feelings/situations are awkward. We begin to build these ideas around how to act and live amongst each other. Certain things are ok to discuss...