History has proven many times that the herd is never right and the status quo is a living organism that views change as a terminal threat that must be resisted by any and all means possible.
At some level, all of life is poetry, that's all there is, there is nothing more to say.
At another level, only fools rush in where angels fear to tread, but if there were no fools, who'd lead the angels?
At another level, who, yes, please tell me who invented the rule that poetry mush rhyme, have pentameter, be cast into verse? Yes, please tell me who invented that really silly rule? Surely it wasn't the maker of the first stone. Otherwise, there'd be no stones to break all those slaving rules!
I needed to read this - just now. Seeing - so much - that I do not like, that - does not speak - to me. Yes, Yes, YES. So many of us, dead - before we die. And for what? Why? No, No, no. So many, so often. Doing It, As it has - been done. Again and again, and a-gain. ALL Wrong... (Hold onto dreams - live them. Rage, rage against the dying of the light? Bull shit. No. Laugh, laugh - live, laugh, love against the dying of the light. (Thank you Tom. Thank you.))
Bummer he kind of dissolved from the public eye. Love his wacky, slyly philosophically dense novels. His last book was some kind of weird spiritual non-fiction book that I've been meaning to at least flip through.
It's interesting, having sent this to a friend of a particular political persuasion (or should I fetish?); the result was curious. Instead of a Whitman-esque celebration of individuality, (s)he responded with hostility and a bizarre sort of loyalty to systems that, maybe fifteen years ago, individuals of her / his political persuasion would have railed against.
Paraphrasing: "What is this guy, some kind of [insert smoothbrained political category which is, in fact, literally the opposite of what Tom Robbins has historically been considered]?"
They say the Devil's best trick is convincing people he doesn't exist. The best trick of Society Inc. and all its institutions has been to convince its once most fervent detractors that 'being a good person' requires contorting oneself into the shape of a cog it can use to grind the rest of us.
Yesterday's anti-corporate hippies are today's jackbooted foot soldiers...
A beautiful and inspiring call to live a creative, free-spirited life. The Power of Poetry and Imagination in shaping a fulfilling and meaningful life.
Nature saves me everytime. She is a constant joy in a world of change.
Wow. Chills.
So grateful for this🙏🏼💗
History has proven many times that the herd is never right and the status quo is a living organism that views change as a terminal threat that must be resisted by any and all means possible.
At some level, all of life is poetry, that's all there is, there is nothing more to say.
At another level, only fools rush in where angels fear to tread, but if there were no fools, who'd lead the angels?
At another level, who, yes, please tell me who invented the rule that poetry mush rhyme, have pentameter, be cast into verse? Yes, please tell me who invented that really silly rule? Surely it wasn't the maker of the first stone. Otherwise, there'd be no stones to break all those slaving rules!
I needed to read this - just now. Seeing - so much - that I do not like, that - does not speak - to me. Yes, Yes, YES. So many of us, dead - before we die. And for what? Why? No, No, no. So many, so often. Doing It, As it has - been done. Again and again, and a-gain. ALL Wrong... (Hold onto dreams - live them. Rage, rage against the dying of the light? Bull shit. No. Laugh, laugh - live, laugh, love against the dying of the light. (Thank you Tom. Thank you.))
"Never forget how to play" has been my mantra for years...
Bummer he kind of dissolved from the public eye. Love his wacky, slyly philosophically dense novels. His last book was some kind of weird spiritual non-fiction book that I've been meaning to at least flip through.
It's interesting, having sent this to a friend of a particular political persuasion (or should I fetish?); the result was curious. Instead of a Whitman-esque celebration of individuality, (s)he responded with hostility and a bizarre sort of loyalty to systems that, maybe fifteen years ago, individuals of her / his political persuasion would have railed against.
Paraphrasing: "What is this guy, some kind of [insert smoothbrained political category which is, in fact, literally the opposite of what Tom Robbins has historically been considered]?"
They say the Devil's best trick is convincing people he doesn't exist. The best trick of Society Inc. and all its institutions has been to convince its once most fervent detractors that 'being a good person' requires contorting oneself into the shape of a cog it can use to grind the rest of us.
Yesterday's anti-corporate hippies are today's jackbooted foot soldiers...
Wow
A beautiful and inspiring call to live a creative, free-spirited life. The Power of Poetry and Imagination in shaping a fulfilling and meaningful life.
“So be your own authority, lead yourselves.” 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
In fairness, James Joyce also had a pee fetish...