tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post560969554106202045..comments2024-03-28T10:05:08.122-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: I'm Struck Blind but My Blindness Is BrightUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-48681874722729467392017-12-31T23:55:14.281-05:002017-12-31T23:55:14.281-05:001.) @ Herr von D.: Lee Evin (on a jet plain -- i...1.) @ Herr von D.: Lee Evin (on a jet plain -- i.e., in pitch darkness; oh, ayuh) captures 1977, when I was living in New York, with The girl Who Refused To Be Mrs Mongo, on East 33rd between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, and freezing. Donald Trump in 1977 was marrying Ivana, who birthed him three entities -- Junior, Ivanka, and Megalon, who is never seen outside his armored play enclosure at an undisclosed location.<br /><br />2.) As so many of the planet's inhabitants were invisible to Murrikans for so long as we clawed our way to Empire, now we all of us are on display and invisible, at least to the Beast and Brightest of Earth's denizens. <br /><br />3.) In 2018, you will eat breakfast. A child will spill water and smile at you. You will hear a song, and wonder where that song is now. In 2018, you will be reading something, and it may read you back. In 2018, you will see a stranger, across a crowded room -- and somehow, you'll know; you'll know even then -- that somewhere you'll see them, again and again. Who can explain it? Who can tell you why? Fools give you reasons, but wise men never try.<br /><br />4.) Jefferson. The Declaration of Independence. Slavery. Hypocrisy. Repeat; no rinsing supplied.<br /><br />5.) Hannah Arendt's work is amazingly important.<br /><br />6.) Go pound sand -- not! We <i>so</i> need more concrete.<br /><br />7.) Linky (thanks for all in the past year). Dog (Dog is good). Less motherfuckers, except when we as motherfuckers do the motherfucking stuff we do and not realize it until later. May the state of our consciousness be Mindful Motherfuckery, so we can correct it and add to the sum of human knowledge and joy.<br /><br />Happy New Year, Us; every one. Mongo, At The Momenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00973606827337262084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-60317077342768592182017-12-31T09:55:22.420-05:002017-12-31T09:55:22.420-05:00it's been years since i posted these comments ...it's been years since i posted these comments on brightness and blindness - <br /><br />1)from the firesign theatre:<br /><br />"Oh blinding light/ Oh light that blinds/ I cannot see/ Look out for me!"<br /><br />2)and on the other hand in one of his books idries shah spoke about how the blinding illumination of some mystical experiences is blinding to the recipient because he/she lacks the capacity to fully process it - had they been further developed/less "raw" they would have gotten something more out of it<br /><br /><br />3)and speaking of blindness, here's my added verse to The Blind Men and the Elephant, in context:<br /><br /><br />Six Blind Men & the Elephant<br /><br />from John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887)<br />A Hindu Parable<br /><br />It was six men of Indostan<br />To learning much inclined,<br />Who went to see the Elephant<br />(Though all of them were blind),<br />That each by observation<br />Might satisfy his mind.<br /><br />The First approached the Elephant,<br />And happening to fall<br />Against his broad and sturdy side,<br />At once began to bawl:<br />“God bless me! but the Elephant<br />Is very like a wall!”<br /><br />The Second, feeling of the tusk<br />Cried, “Ho! what have we here,<br />So very round and smooth and sharp?<br />To me ‘tis mighty clear<br />This wonder of an Elephant<br />Is very like a spear!”<br /><br />The Third approached the animal,<br />And happening to take<br />The squirming trunk within his hands,<br />Thus boldly up he spake:<br />“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant<br />Is very like a snake!”<br /><br />The Fourth reached out an eager hand,<br />And felt about the knee:<br />“What most this wondrous beast is like<br />Is mighty plain,” quoth he;<br />“‘Tis clear enough the Elephant<br />Is very like a tree!”<br /><br />The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,<br />Said: “E’en the blindest man<br />Can tell what this resembles most;<br />Deny the fact who can,<br />This marvel of an Elephant<br />Is very like a fan!”<br /><br />The Sixth no sooner had begun<br />About the beast to grope,<br />Than, seizing on the swinging tail<br />That fell within his scope.<br />“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant<br />Is very like a rope!”<br /><br />[The Seventh blind man, staff in hand,<br />Upon his bare feet goes.<br />“I clearly sense”, he calmly said,<br />“And think that all should know<br />The elephant is warm and squishy<br />In between the toes.”]*<br /><br />And so these men of Indostan<br />Disputed loud and long,<br />Each in his own opinion<br />Exceeding stiff and strong,<br />Though each was partly in the right,<br />And all were in the wrong!<br /><br />Moral:<br /><br />So oft in theologic wars,<br />The disputants, I ween,<br />Rail on in utter ignorance<br />Of what each other mean,<br />And prate about an Elephant<br />Not one of them has seen.<br /><br />*[inspired by a cartoon by s. gross]mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.com