’11 SLIFF BUZZ: The Welcome

by Pier Marton | Sep 20, 2011 | Care, Death, Doc, Eco, Film, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Native, Politics, Racism, Review, STL, Travel, Wars, Women

My review: Civilians expect the military to do the dirty work for them: send them to HELL… and if they are lucky enough to come back alive, ask them to reintegrate as if nothing happened.
24 courageous veterans connect with their pain to allow us, the so-called civilized world, to hear a few words. One can call it “PTSD,” but the rawness and honesty is palpable: “I saw only half of a face and one empty eye socket. Without speaking any words, I asked him what he wanted. Without moving his lips, he telegraphed back: ‘Be my mom, bring me home.'”
There are 23 million veterans living in the U.S. today. —> www.TheWelomeTheMovie.com —> A+
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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus