June, 2007
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Jun 07
for Brad
There is a moment when all else fades. How beautiful!
A moment when possessions fall away!,
A moment when flesh rots away!,
A moment when ambition is exposed as fraud!,
A moment when goals are revealed as carrots dangled in front of the imbecile!
!When youth loses its elasticity
and wrinkles set in,
!when the executioner announces the hour
and you have nowhere to run,
!and the layers are peeled and nothing is within!
It is this very moment
That speaks
To us
About the sanctity of
Our actions.
-I.A.T.
18
Jun 07
What the fKuc!!!
!it occurred to me on my way to DC yesterday how at every major intersection there is a homeless man with a cardboard placard depicting him as a Vietnam Veteran in need of help!
Of course, all of us driving by these faceless broken people pass them without a glance, or perhaps we steal an uncomfortable sideway glance at our own reflection standing on the corner begging!
The question that really begs: what gives folks? What nation sends its children to war under its banner, and then abandons these very "heroes" to street corners to pander? What grotesque hypocrisy to even tolerate this concept as acceptable! Why are we silent in the face of our own injustice?
And amid this silence, what same lunacy compels us to send our children to yet another war? In the end will we give gratitude to these fresh victims of our apathetic complacency? Don't cha wanna squirm in your own skin?
Want more dark humor? Read: Legende Vom Toten Soldaten, just for kicks -- pardon the pun!
Folks, I was in Arizona and met a wonderful Navajo woman: she told me about bringing her son from Iraq with amputated legs, admitting him to Walter Reed. One day she found rats crawling on him. With tears welling in her eyes she asked "is this the gratitude for him having served?" I told her I was stationed at Walter Reed years back. The rest of the drive neither one of us spoke a word!
Don't get me wrong!this is a great nation worth its growing pains, and there are times we do need to go to war!, but as we sit back to sip on that latte, remember, it comes at a price. So cut the bullshit and cheap words and enact policy that stands the test of honor. A nation is more than its government and is primarily comprised of its people!why the fKuc are we silent against our own hypocrisy?
-I.A.T.
14
Jun 07
Digital world…
Well, our much anticipated online marketing adventure has begun... This is uncharted territory so I'm excited about it; but more than that, I think what compels me is the unlimited possibilities available in this boundless venue.
As the experiment continues, it'll be interesting to see where it all ends up... Keep an eye out for our explorations and pass this site along.
It's hard work folks, but nothing worthwhile comes easy..., one step at a time.
...and oh yeah, the first phase of Madonna project is coming up this weekend, but it's work in progress, so keep your comments coming and the criticism sharp...it's meant to serve as a platform for dialog.
...there's more: we're about to take the first baby step on the MISCOM project -- Anyway, all this to tell you that it's busy here in the studio these days...do forgive an artist for dropping out to catch up, eh?
-IAT
2
Jun 07
Waiting…
Once again she came to the park. The leaves had mostly fallen and the branches reached out to the grey sky with tortured desire. The park benches were vacant, not even the birds came by begging for their crumbs.
This was the last time she would come hoping to find him with his sketch pad furiously drawing the soul of the world in his corner of Central Park. She longed for the taste of his lips, for the warmth of his embrace, to know that she was not entombed in this steel and glass cage, that through his eyes she could fly to herself!
But the hours passed, like jewels that fade, and all that remained was her one last gesture. She took out the letter and lit it on fire, and watched the smoke drift up!
-I.A.T.
1
Jun 07
Fallen Tree
Something happens to us when we're confronted with ourselves.
While hiking and driving through canyon passes, forests, and deserts of southern Utah and northern Arizona I had plenty of time to listen and observe.
Soon after my adventure began I felt a sense of calm and wellbeing wrap me like a warm blanket. Instead of silence and solitude, I discovered a world teeming with subtle sounds and hues and a profound intelligence poignantly lacking in the civilized world!
Gusts of wind had become symphonies against the panorama of burning clouds, and shadows had emerged as storytellers of great epic journeys reaching deep into the infinite!
And my encounters with the desert and forest inhabitants with their delicate sense of trust and balance, as well as kinship, often left me speechless. Try as I may, I cannot use words to describe the experience and the conversations! All I can say is I still remember their eyes!
And of course the trees, many trees, my God the stories that trees tell!
I suppose toward the end I had in some ways become part of the desert. Thoughts and words were becoming burdensome, while conversing with the winds and reading forms and shadows had become deeply satisfying.
It was in this state of trance when I arrived at Las Vegas along Lake Mead Blvd. The abrupt onset of the city, the glaring lights, the police cars, gas stations, fast-food restaurants, tire shops; affected and disillusioned people walking, crossing the street, sitting and drinking on the sidewalk, driving aging cars, brand new shiny cars, the trash and noise, the brutal noise, the stench of things gone wrong, the mass of consuming, the broken lives, the struggles, the pointless lives on this speck of sand, hurtling fast to no end! I pulled to the shoulder and watched the city from its edge while the sun set and the screaming lights filled the night with noise to sell and rule and!
I wanted to turn around, all the way around to where the tree had fallen for these passing years and ask it if it knew.
But farther away was a little boy waiting for me, fearing the lions and snakes would eat me, so I drove down to the city, past the sad humans, with a smile on my face, aching to see my son, and grateful that I'd be able to share my simple story with him and soon bring him to the desert!
-I.A.T.
...Kaibab Forest, Summer 2007
...Kaibab Forest, Summer 2007