SHowing our true colors yet kind of hard to see the "Jolly Roger" in the many other colors.I hope that this composite will blow up so you can see the effect of suggested paint brush strokes in sections .This un- colorful face is a very recent shot of me I made just to use these hands reaching out of the canvas ,trying to grasp reality, a concept that is getting hard every morning.I am grabbing the tip of the wave and threatening the imaginary pirates aboard ship.The truth is I just didn't want to see the "Upskirted" ,humiliating vision of the Statue of Liberty , the composite illustrating my last political post,"Liberty Burning B", at the top of this page anymore.Let the world turn a few more times..

Liberty Burning B

Characterizations are entertaining ,rhetorical fantasies but not realities.Lenin and Stalin were Marxist,Benito Mussolini was a Socialist.The Obama administration is not either of these things.Campaign rhetoric is expensive advertizing paid for by corporate interest and repeated by those swayed by the propaganda.This includes the delegates elected by the citizens of this country as well as the people who are accosted by expensive television ads.What individual citizen can afford to buy television ads to promote his or her particular point of view? No individual is taking this action.

The United States came together incorporating many compromises to form a stronger union against the British.Compromise means coming to the table ,discussing,and facing the opposition,with give and take.Compromise doesn't include the next election or personal gains.If there is no compromise then there is a shut down and that is what we are experiencing right now.Our elected representatives are failing to do their job which includes compromising and moving forward.

The executive branch does not run this country.The people who own this country ,those "powers that be",will do what ever they want in spite of our elections and the imaginary democratic majority will.Some may see this as the corporations who can afford lobbyist and major campaign money at this point.The lobbyist of the people used to be the Senators and Congressmen but they have changed alliances to follow the money,the trips, and the perks of their position.

The Supreme Court Decision of Jan,2010 was an insult to the American democracy and negated the "One man ,one vote" system that was the basis of our representative system from it's inception.Giving corporate entities the same rights of individual citizens has openly allowed "Plutocracy" to flourish.The Presidency and the individual presidents are one third of the corruption .There will be no panacea ,no way out, and no sudden resolution to the economic, political,or systemic problem.Poking at Obama is merely another distraction,much as in my opinion,the "Health Bill" was a distraction from the real systemic problems that have existed since the early nineteen sixties and not beginning with the attacks of 9/11/01 or in Obama's election of 2010.

It is hard to imagine the US government going socialist or communist when it has achieved Plutocracy for the 1% or less.Corporations have no interest in sharing. They couldn't exist and thrive as they are without a capitalist system.

Some people seem to have the hope of bringing back some imaginary better era ,a paradise America of the past ,somewhere in the idyllic fifties.Who could forget the McCarthy era .We are way past that in fear mongering having come through the Bush-Cheney era.That is not to say that Obama has changed anything,in fact,I am tempted to go to the airport and get in line just to be felt up and smile for the TSA agent,even though I am not getting on a plane.

Communism and socialism ,in general, are moot points , an imaginary enemy with no teeth, something like making a point of "Where was Obama born?". There recently was a debate on a Constitutional Amendment to balance the budget which was on the same par as both Communism and birth places in being a waste of time ,a diversion,smoke and mirrors,like the year spent on a phony,watered down "Health Bill"eventually orchestrated by Insurance Companies.The foxes are ruling the hen house.The rhetoric of pointing fingers at others as a defense of the proposed Messianic Republican clowns running for president and being covered intensely by the press ,is not a new tactic and it doesn't really help the Republican cause .At least they are openly supporting their corporate masters.

The Democrats are more subtle but the misplaced loyalty crosses the aisle.The BP Oil Spill was a perfect example of the Democrats bending over to protect big oil.Need I remind you that the protection of the shores of America is the duty of our government and not the oil companies.The millions of people who have been negatively affected by the British Petroleum Oil Company's catastrophic mistake and not reimbursed for the hardship or destruction of their livelihood shouldn't forget that the regulation of drilling was lax under the Democrats as well as the Republicans.This gambling method of protecting our shores and seas continues to this day.Regulations are constantly being tested and withdrawn instead of endorsed .Campaign funds should not be more important than the welfare of our citizenry and the protection of our environment.

Essene,Christian ,Monotheism, and Akhnaton

My response on a Facebook status became so involved that I decided I had better keep it in my notes.I am not sure how cohesive these two entrees are but the subjects became related.I once dissagreed with an author(Robert Feather)I met and wrote back and forth with in a Yahoo Group who had written an entire book about a relationship between Akhnaton and the Essenes .I still do not believe there is an actual tie between the two yet my own writing here brought them together in a way.Monotheism ,after all , is the foundation of Judaism,Christianity,and Islam and ,if one accepts the first theocratic dictator of monotheism as Akhnaton,then ,perhaps there can be that kind of a tie. I never have seen any actual proof of the Essenes being dedicated to Akhnaton or even to Joshua but the world is young.

Christian superiority is deeply rooted and related to the strange ,difficult discipline of the Essene Jews."The Way" is actually another term referring to one of the Essene Jewish sects circa 20 BC when they had a skism with Herod who wouldn't rebuild the Great Temple according to the Essene design found in the "Temple Scrolls"(Qumran 1947).The Essene's were exclusive celibates,many of which were actually orphans taken in to the all man community.Qumran,about 14 miles outside of Jerusalem,became the "New Jerusalem"for the outcast who continued to change politically till they were mostly Zealots and the ensuing persecution of the Romans nearly wiped them out in 42 AD and later in about 72 AD.Essene literature was also found at Massada.They actively were baptizing as far as Rome and Persia ,collecting half a sheckle per person, they sent the money back to Qumran.They continued to pay off Herod and his line but amassed great sums of money.While Jesus was an Essene,a recognized "David",the "Son of Man" or King that represented the laity in the Temple ,the Jesus party separated from the Essenes during their Zealotry when Jesus said ".. Render unto Caesar..". His group was seeking a peaceful settlement and had friends in Rome.The separation resulted in Jesus and his party becoming the enemy of the Essenes(Caiaphas,High Priest of the Sanhedrin,Judas,etc).Barbara Thiering wrote that in the Dead Sea Scrolls(Qumran 1947),Jesus was the "Man of Lies" while John the Baptist was the "Man of Righteousness"which are two dominant characters found in their Qumran discoveries.Till his death , the Baptist was a dominant force while Jesus's position was questioned .Jesus's brother,James was more acceptable to the Essene's discipline of living.Seeing the scroll written from the point of view of the enemy brings other truths into the historicity of the life of Jesus,his family, and the resulting religious movement that broke off from the Essene.I have paraphrased some intricate theories but you can look further into the Pesher code of the scrolls here: http://www.peshertechnique.infinitesoulutions.com/

Actually, the first monotheist,Akhnaton,dictated the first law of
monotheism,"Thou shalt have no other god ". Before him(Akh) ,Egypt was
polytheistic and after him they went back to polytheism but the seed
of intolerance was planted by him .The repression of his name from the
list of Kings didn't help to put out the fire,in fact any repression
brings a backlash.Cults were replanted on the very site of Akhetaten
,in fact across the Nile the Greek Heliopolis continued the sun
worshiping and the memory of the Amarna- Akhnaton experiment or revolt from the top.

The question in 2000 was "Is Tut ,Akh's son,Jewish or was
Moses an Atenist"( "Moses and Monotheism" ,Sigmond Freud). The
Japanese DNA team was expelled in 2000 with the words ,"A Zionist
Plot".The darling of archaeology and Mubarac , the Keeper of
iniquities at Giza,Zahi Hawass,was part of that repressive technique at that time.
(I wonder where that guy is at now?) The DNA test were attempted ten
years later and the results of finding the "Jewish gene" seems as
illusive as the results from the several mummies that were examined in 2010.I
haven't seen it.The only result I read was to confirm that Tut's
mother and father were related. The important answer didn't rule out
that Tut's mother could have been his grandmother, Tiye . The question
is important because it could show that Akhnaton was the historical
Oedipus of Greek Tragedy, another story of repression but obsessive in
the psychology of men.

All the Christian sects come from Roman Catholicism and Catholicism still originates from the Essene Jewish culture and eventually the dictates of Constantine at Nicea.The basic sacraments,"Baptism,Communion,as well as tenets of being reborn in the
religion,are from the Essene practices which included a
Pope,Cardinals(Saints),celibate priest,and the concept of
"Messiah".

This concept "Messiah" also has an Egyptian origin. Each
Pharaoh was a "Messiah",an anointed one.The Egyptians were generally
more tolerant as polytheist,living and donating to the Temples of
their choice,as many as they wanted ,or as few.Monotheism brought
intolerance as well as subjugating people,promoting supernatural fairy
tales ,and inhibiting intelligence.This continues to this day in all
the variations of monotheism including Islam.It's all fruit of the
same bad seed, Akhnaton's theocracy and Atenism ,which covered the
kings excesses and the aberrations in his behavior.It is ironic that
the giver of laws ,Akhnaton, who could have become the Moses,was such
a deviant yet we can see other cases in present day of the same kind
of scandals and cover ups while pointing at others from modern televangelist.

Out Blue B Detail B

This is my current desk top. I do change them often.I can't imagine how people can get tattoos that are not changeable ,immovable things.My other sites feature slides of my painting composites,which tend to change and grow.Maintaining sites that have slides and music is an ongoing project . I feel that the image and presentation on line is the art . There is no more . I made them with this presentation in mind .More recent sites are meant to be viewed in full screen. I know that people don't tend to sit and stare at these though I have spent time doing just that. Youtube is stared at and those films are just terrific entertainment sometimes.I wish I had a larger screen to see my own presentations but I don't have that choice right now.Maybe someone else out there does .I hope so.

Yesterday I repaired a slideshow that was going too fast. This page from "Widgetville"features some of my earlier experiments with this medium.The music can be switched off by the little speaker logo on the lower right under the slides.The two slideshows can be viewed individually in full screen with their own music or the "Playlist" widget music. "Widgetville"
Widgetville doesn't have any links right now but "Superdreamer" is another variation on my theme and it has links to other sites ,each slide is a different collection with different music,most of which is personally played and recorded by me.

My post have gone down yet I want to keep kicking the side of the "Net" to let you know I am still alive and kicking.Again, so much water is over the dam that it is hard to catch up. I am bailing as fast as I can but right now I am truly in yet another transitional period,all over the place between here and a hundred miles away ,wondering how it will all resolve. I also wonder what will become of my Internet works and connections if I'm not here to repair or continue.How long does anything last? Everything is , after all ,in constant change and adapting to what is coming around the bend.
Well, Onward...

Gently Playing the Woman

So much has happened that it becomes hard to catch up even in the impersonal writing of a distance of time . This composite chosen out of the guitar series in pastel colors seems watered down like time looking back toward what once was or remembering something but not really recalling . I wake up as the phone beeps some sort of communication from the Web. I don't like that and it must be Google kicking the side of my head as I am kicking the side of the Internet just to show I am alive. So what is really alive? I think that my death was a rumor . Is the nosiness of Google real? I don't even care anymore.I already deleted whatever the message was from my phone .Is the man playing the guitar actually there or just my imagination ? The movement of the painting was my own construction and sometimes I remember his head near the head of the woman which extends to the neck of the guitar.I don't know anymore..

Getting in the Mood of 2011

Carnival Colors B

The Wind

Peggyann , an on line friend on Facebook ,wrote "I hate the wind" in response to current ,early December weather conditions.There was a response from one of her friends of "Boo for the wind" and both of these phrases caught my eye.Perhaps I haven't really seen this kind of phrase too often but I have been panned in the past,the criticisms stinging me at times.. haha.Some people aren't aware of my past associations or ancient history that is not associated with Akhnaton, the 18th Dynasty Egypt,or Essene literature from Qumran.Peg was responding to the weather but I thought of her all morning and went on line just to write down what had gone through my mind because of her inspiration of ,"Hating the Wind".

The repetitive refrain from my old song , sang:

"Love is the wind , Wind is my love , Who knows the wind, Who knows my love , Where blows the wind , The wind is my love."

Love, like the wind , and in my song is abstract,an illusive ,changing picture that relies upon individual interpretation. Change is the only constant as in the rest of life yet we try to make a moment last , a feeling return, an orgasm continue that is intrinsically fleeting as are all of our entire existences,fleeting.We come and go as do all our friends and our families.Nothing last forever.The poetry recognizes the fact that change is coming , the wind represents changing.The poet isn't really in love with the wind , he is repressing his hatred of change by expressing an embrace of change.The wind is cold,brittle, and unmerciful yet the wind is not a being .The wind is intangible,without feelings or meanings. The poet wants to emulate the wind and have no feelings for anything anymore.The verses of the song tell stories of changes,some unwanted ,yet the resolution is to embrace the change and recognize that love is intangible and fleeting.

What if I had written :
"Hate is the wind , wind is my hate,who knows my hate, where blows my hate, the wind is my hate."

The effect would not be poetry but a narrative.This song was never written to be a hit song and ,indeed, succeeded in that respect, yet many diverse people did hear and relate to the lyric.In recent times I have been surprised at the responses from all over the world from people who remember when they heard the tune or listened to it again and again ,reporting the radio stations and personalities that played the record on the air.A couple years ago I was new to Youtube yet I found that someone had already uploaded the "Wind"."Zoodden" is listed as posting to Youtube from Sweden,certainly he's not from around these parts,pardner,yet he has heard and shared his recording with about 25,000 people at this point in time.The comments found at the site of our 1967 recording have been generally fascinating to me considering the age of the recording."Wind" was different than anything we did in that group and ironically was the one tune that was played the most.I sang out of tune and overdubbed solos but the poetry prevailed.The recording engineer was actually fired from the company shortly after the recording because of a splice he made in the tape.Sometimes the "Circus Maximus" was panned as a "Byrds" copy group but ,though I often played a jingle jangle type lead guitar ,I never owned the twelve string Rickenbacker guitar that was the center of the Byrd's sound but we used one that was rented a couple of times for the recordings. I normally played a 1959 Fender Stratacaster until it was stolen.We sang folk music in trio harmony before we had the electric guitars.We had some successes as a band including playing Carnegie Hall together but also had downers as well.The group was panned terribly one time by WBAI NY who played the entire album at 45 RPM and then again at 78 RPM . We sounded like the chipmonks and then maniacal chipmonks , our close harmony becoming a cartoon parody.In spite of their critical review WBAI still played the "Wind" in it's entirety night after night.(Right click these links to listen in a different window and continue reading)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-aBYqVAYNo
((((Here is another example of our first album now uploaded in it's entirety by"sbritt":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-joV3S5kxvs
..and from our second album "Neverland Revisited"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wADej1kPLk

The wind blowing through hair is often an image of freedom ,like a convertible driving fast with a beautiful girl in the passenger seat , her hair blowing while she laughs.Actually, not everyone wants their hair to blow uncontrollably. Even the models are set up to create the illusion , the fans blown from a certain angle , the hairspray already applied to keep a style throughout the effect.The wind this morning was cold and made the low temperature colder and the image of a beautiful model who's hair was blowing never entered my mind.I never achieved a hatred of the wind.A cool breeze on a hot day might be enjoyable as the sunny day but the sunny day doesn't love you back any more than the cool breeze means to bring you pleasure.You might love the sunny day ,a rainy day , or even a windy day but this is only the environment and there is no reciprocation from the weather. The character of the weather is an invention,sometimes poetic, sometimes not,but there is no "Jack Frost". "Jack" is a cartoon representation.Poor Jack, subjected to hatred like a Cold Wind. The winds will change and Jack's winter will come and go and soon we will want to see Jack again and again , everything changes . Change is in the wind .