Saturday, October 29, 2011

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...

Saturday, July 2, 2011

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..

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

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 .

Monday, November 29, 2010

Terrorist and Ye Olde Mafia Protection Racket



Have you noticed that it seems like there have been public busts of late of would be terrorist that wouldn't have had a clue if not for the entrapment , the stings that were set up ? The public statement afterword is that the US Government is sending a message to would be terrorist that if you try to bomb us we will get you. Sending messages is frivolous and like Emailing , there isn't always an answer .Generally , it seems like all the terrorist are consorting with the FBI . It makes me wonder why the FBI doesn't just go ahead and bomb some innocent people without waiting for another inept, would be , "Could have blown" to come along.Nixon now more than ever !

This is the same government that invaded Iraq as an aggressor nation in a "preemptive strike" against the threat of weapons of mass destruction that apparently didn't exist .The entire premise is faulted as we never invaded Korea who waves their atomic weaponry in our noses . It almost makes you sympathetic to the Iranian cause. The only thing that keeps America at bay is the threat of atomic weaponry or the unknown possibilities of violence. America hasn't blatantly invaded Pakistan in the name of getting Al Qaeda . No, America has become the bully , beating up those it can beat up . That is why people are blowing themselves up all over the world in desperation.


This is the same government that infiltrated the anti-war movement of the early seventies . This is the same government that spent unknown amounts of money to deport John Lennon as if he were a terrorist or advocating violence. The Kent State shootings were not in support of students or civil rights or a show of self control but nothing different than the Tienanmen Square Massacre by the Chinese Communist Government which put down a rebellion.Freedom of speech became a dangerous idea at Kent State in 1972 when the American National Guard opened fire on the students.At that time there were blatant outcries from super patriots that said , "They deserved to be shot." That was this government and is this government ,the same governing body which has continued a policy of "non- disclosure" of campaign funds since the Supreme Court second guessed the congress in January of 2010 and suggested that corporations have the same rights as individual citizens.


How can the people trust a governing body that continues to perpetrate lie after lie. Both the extreme right and the extreme left are more than disenchanted . Who is happy with the current policies? The only people being served are the extremely wealthy and this has been a consistent theme across both party lines. I can understand the frustration that has brought about the "Tea Party" while I don't agree them.There are things that we could come to agree upon but it doesn't appear to be anything the American voting public can do to stop this runaway train of partisanship which refuses to co-operate and do the right thing . Not one member of congress is attempting to work for the people . They spout words like "..What the American People Want IS.." but what they do is what they want.

All the protecting in the name of the American people should be questioned by the American people. The public humiliation of people caught in "Stings" or forms of entrapment who are then put on the television news may not be people who were really threatening at all.Even writing this thought seems like a form of treason in this climate of lies and spins and media bites. Having doubts is a treasonable offense in a nation where we are supposed to have freedom of speech. Not only are the individual stations controlling the air waves and news bites but the current administration and both political parties are also directing their own slants. The entire concept of journalism has somehow escaped the United States.

It would seem that if the agencies that are protecting the people of the United States were doing their job correctly , they wouldn't have to broadcast their results in the manner of a Broadway Show or a political candidates campaign.The reality is that ,like NASA, the results have to be what is predicted or they are afraid of losing their budget . They support their budgets by producing results that are predicted and not by achieving actual results. This sham of "The tail wagging the dog" is not doing the job but pretending it has done the job . Meanwhile untold money is thrown down the government's expensive toilet ,supporting government jobs that should not exist anymore . How many people are working for the agencies ? How many agencies are there? How much money is in the current budget that goes toward this abstract protection ? It seems like the cost of the military, the drug enforcement , the National Security, and the Intelligence Agencies are all indefinable numbers .

I truly believe that the native born American terrorist is much more dangerous than some cartoon character that has been imagined to be part of Al Qaeda . If America loses the American credo, or even the belief in the possibility of freedom as it was promised here in America , then there will be no agency , no police force , and no governing body that will survive terror from within. Our basic premises must be adhered to as well as our aesthetic values and civil liberties even in the face of all threats from what ever possible source.

The police force of Afghanistan is worthless if our own American police force is corrupted . The possible governments of Iraq or Afghanistan are not our concern ,especially if our own government is out of the control of our own people. The American troops should be brought back to America . Every night there are reports of deaths in other countries but we rarely see the entire death rate of this entire country . What is reported to us locally is our local crime . The total crime of America dwarfs Iraq and Afghanistan . Why should we care about those countries at all? If this country is really so paranoid and obsessed with National Security , why doesn't the government enforce the laws here and stop pretending to enforce and support laws that are impossible to enforce in Iraq or Afghanistan or , for that matter , the entire Middle East .

I don't believe any of the "protective agencies" anymore,including the TSA , the CIA, the FBI, the DEA.. etc etc .This government is out of control and media "Spins" (Lies) have become what we expect as opposed to finding and facing the truth of what is happening here . We are separated ,polarized Democrats and Republicans, Black and White,rich and poor,we are left and right wings who are arguing as we all accept our characters and play our parts in the debacle we are witnessing,a play called "Greed and Power".This charade continues pretending to be for the protection of the American people ,similar to the flag waving lie that our American soldiers are fighting and dying today in Afghanistan to preserve freedom and the American way.The "Lame Duck" congress might well continue for another two years as congress votes in partisan blocks as they have for the last two years.Can there be any compromise ,cohesion,or agreement if we remain polarized and pointing fingers of blame at each other?


Speaking of terrorist ,let's not forget Paulson, Bernanke,and Geithner and their Great Bank Heist ,putting money back in banks that the banks had stolen and gambled away in a system unfettered by the regulations that had been put on banking and the market since the Great Depression.This unelected triumvirate of economic terrorist were also endorsed by Obama ,who took up where Bush left off enabling big money interest from off shore ,foreign banks,and businesses that cross the borders and boundaries of the ships of state to actually affect this Ship that is the State of America .The Bilderberger Group and the Tri Lateral Pact never pretended to be interested in preserving democracy but US Presidents usually get elected by spouting democratic Americanisms not openly paying off Wall Street and the financial institutes.Bush listened to Paulson before he left office and Obama kept Paulson .He either bought the whole cock and bull story or learned the truth as he continued with Bernake and Geithner,to promote an agenda that transcends party lines which has nothing to do with the welfare or the will of the American people . What happened to auditing the Federal Reserve? Where did the money go? Nobody will tell and they sometimes,like January 2010 ,they say they don't know. Our Congress endorsed bail outs for the very people who caused the economic crisis in the first place . The United States has been economically terrorized and there were no"Muslim Fundamentalist" involved .

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Akh A "Crock" or a MSH


Messiah, the translation of the Old Testament Hebrew word pronounced maw-shakh ,meaning Anointed One , which when translated into the New Testament Greek is Christos.



The Egyptians saw the king as divine and as early as the Fourth Dynasty (27th century BC) the king was looked upon as the Son of Ra .The king was anointed ,not with oil but with the fat of the holy crocodile. This ancient Egyptian word for crocodile was MeSeH or msh ,as there were no vowels in ancient Egyptian or Hebrew. This word seems to be the origin of the word Messiah.The image of two crocodiles were used for the title of sovereign,bestowed on the king at the time of coronation.In their time ,the 25th century BC,the builders of the pyramids venerated Osiris. He was looked upon as an ancient king ,slain on a Friday( like Jesus ) but by his brother Seth,who dismembered his body in order to deny him a second life.His wife Isis was able to collect his remains and,using a magic ritual ,reassembled his body to restore him to life again after three days ( again like Jesus), but to a life not on earth but in the underworld, where ,physically resurrected,he became the god and judge of the dead."The Pyramid Text",carved on walls of burial chambers,contain the recitation by the priest of Osiris:"This Osiris,is thy son.Thou hast caused him to flourish and live. He lives , this king lives... he has not perished... he endures, this king endures." The scholar J. Gwyn Griffiths comments in his book The Origins of Osiris and His Cult:"These words and others like them are some of some significance in human history,for they are the earliest expressions in literature of a belief in life after death."



In the latter years of the 18th Dynasty the Osiris cult morphed into what became a cult called Serapis whose followers were promised eternal life without the need for mummification if they confessed their belief in the deity and went through the initiation ritual. As a result the Serapis Cult, open to the poor as well as the rich , became the most popular religion in Egypt and eventually replaced the other cults as the official religion of state.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Ahk In Hell , A Response Note On Intolerance



Pt 1

Intolerance seems to be built into the first commandment which is a trait of monotheistic religions that followed since Akhnaton ,( the father of Tut),decreed the very same commandment "Thou shalt have no other god before me,"except he substituted the "Aten" in place of all the other gods in the temples of Egypt.He enforced his theocratic monotheism under the threat of death with the might of the Egyptian army of his era.His preoccupation developing a cult that allowed him to do what ever he wished morally and loot the considerable wealth from all the other temples (gods),almost brought down that entire Empire,in fact the Egyptian Pharonic blood line really stops at his son,Tutankhaten ,known to us as Tutankhamun.Tut changed his name or had his name changed by his uncle , the next king ,as a gesture of goodwill to bring back polytheism to Egypt .The worship of the"Aten" was outlawed on punishment of death by Horemheb , the Pharaoh after Aye( Tut's uncle)and continued by Rameses after Horemheb died.Later Judaism,Christianity, and finally Islam continued this same self supporting tradition of intolerance when they come to their powers with the threat of violence and death to all who opposed them , the non believers ,over the centuries.Theoretically, at least , people should be able to express varied opinions on Facebook. I haven't noticed the "Atheist wing" of Facebook ,not that I would wish to join in. I would rather be seen as one of the "Shepherd Kings"who were enemies of the Egyptians and feared because they didn't join together but worshiped different gods and had their own armies and supported individual agendas.That sounds like "Freedom" to me.


Pt 2 a further response..

"The Golden Rule"looks good on paper and spouting the party line will gather the tribe together for a chorus of "Amens"but the ancient Jewish tradition of arguing in the temple wasn't a rote memorization but a way of reasoning with the ideas of morality from the Torah and the old books ,their meanings brought forth clearer by discussion and commentary.My bringing up the topic of recorded ancient Egyptian history here may not fair well but what I cited was the birth of intolerance,the beginning of monotheism and theocracy.Monotheist have spun commentary on history to suggest that monotheism was a step up from polytheism in it's abstract personal omniscient,yet omnipresent god that abandoned idolatry,but polytheism intrinsically was tolerant of others. Now, when the first commandment is cited in each sect of the continuation of monotheism in the Hebraic tradition, each denomination or each monotheist tribe of Jews, Christians,or Muslims,is really pointing to their own personal gods,versions endorsed by their communities,supported by secular commentary on the basic writings as seen by the individually developed and separated tribes.Do the Muslim martyrs go to the same heaven as the Jewish and Christian martyrs?There are as many sects of Islam as there are Christian variations.Are there as many heavens?Their interpretations of the Koran vary from Jihad to Submissive peace but,again,it all looks good on paper.Off the paper and into the world, Muslims can drink,smoke,take drugs,kill,divorce,lie,and generally sin just as well as Jews and Christians.Do they go to the same hell?The answer depends on which church survives the"Rapture","Armegedon",or the final"Jihad".This moment,now is real, typing, thinking,reading,and communicating.Good or bad, this moment we are alive.The goodness of this moment is universally accepted across all religious denominations.It would be nice if the world could concentrate on this moment and accept the goodness of life and see the agreements and not the differences.