tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041559463964869678.post8910558311768364503..comments2023-10-29T01:38:50.347-07:00Comments on Moon-Food: Teachers and Prison Guardspsychegramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11914887999856166297noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041559463964869678.post-34484063445332696562009-01-14T09:50:00.000-08:002009-01-14T09:50:00.000-08:00I'd have sworn it was The Animals Revolution, writ...I'd have sworn it was The Animals Revolution, written a century before Animal Farm, by two French brothers. I searched long and hard last night, I'm eager to read it. There are still a few more places to look, LA Times book review archives and French Literature sites. I read of its existence around 2003 when we were still getting the physical paper, in the LAT book review about another Orwell release. <BR/><BR/>I think, if any of us were to meet up with our close friends from our teens, we'd all be asking "What happened!" <BR/><BR/>First news today on my welcome page is <A HREF="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gO4s1dgxjYfHi3mbqoobWZZomz3gD95MVR9G0" REL="nofollow">Ex-Oakland transit officer arrested in Nevada</A>. Does he shift into the prisoner now? Will they eat their own to prevent Black Panthers redux? I vote yes. Its already too late. The movement doesn't need a brand name or a color anymore. All it needs are attorneys willing to fight on the elite's turf, a few settlements to appease and then it all backs down to the greater feeding frenzy.ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16359122650046678312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041559463964869678.post-15294543156114266522009-01-14T08:47:00.000-08:002009-01-14T08:47:00.000-08:00Great post! Very good reading.Great post! Very good reading.Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13266166442500536665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041559463964869678.post-8686604012165508332009-01-13T21:59:00.000-08:002009-01-13T21:59:00.000-08:00I was thinking about Gurdjieff earlier today befor...I was thinking about Gurdjieff earlier today before I read this. His teaching was such a simple thing: become the observer. That alone is enough to wake up and make some changes.m_asterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10808513711410506159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041559463964869678.post-80909521119342134202009-01-13T19:22:00.000-08:002009-01-13T19:22:00.000-08:00Why thank you Nina! Though hopefully this won't be...Why thank you Nina! Though hopefully this won't be the high point of my career ... now I'll just have to surpass this. Really, though, I shouldn't egoize here: what I've written with this draws so much from so many others. A lazy winter morning, a wake'n'bake, and I just let it flow. <BR/><BR/>You don't happen to remember the name of that work? <BR/><BR/>It's just as you said, too. Call it the Black Iron Prison, call it the Package Deal, the meaning is ultimately the same: a structured reality that's put in place so you don't have to think or question, just accept and obey. It's a state of affairs that can't continue ... from a synchromystic standpoint, the popularity of shows like Lost or Prison Break seem to indicate that the package deals are losing their appeal, the inmates are growing restive, and the walls are beginning to crumble.psychegramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11914887999856166297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041559463964869678.post-6723853996060198642009-01-12T11:16:00.000-08:002009-01-12T11:16:00.000-08:00You once said to me something I'd written was the ...You once said to me something I'd written was the best from me you'd seen so far and now I'm going to say the same thing to you. This isn't easy reading, it goes right to the core of our "package deals". Prisoners have an awful time escaping because they are ignorant to the boundless beauty that could be theirs but for the comforts of easy supply. Before Animal Farm, there was an earlier work I've heard of, where the horses refused to join the revolution because they'd become so enamored with the luxuries foisted upon them by man.ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16359122650046678312noreply@blogger.com