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Criminal Language: “Roadkill/Collateral Damage/Trash”

by Pier Marton | Aug 25, 2011 | Afri, Antisemitism, Art, Asia, Care, Death, Doc, Eco, Ego, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Jewish, Juif, Media, Middle-East, Now, Objects, Politics, Quotes, Roma, Shoah, Spectacle, Theater, Wars, Women

For more about escaping language/words: the Dictionary of Imploded Meanings. If you think the system is working, ask someone who isn’t or who was stopped “dead in his tracks.” An excerpt from Beyond Belief (Against the Weapons of Mass Distraction): (YOU WILL) KNOW...

Inequality (and Irrationality) in the Face

by Pier Marton | Aug 18, 2011 | Afri, Asia, Care, Death, Food, Health, Hispanic, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Middle-East, Now, Politics, Quotes, Sci/Nat, Spectacle, Wars, Women

If you want to avoid civil war, you must become imperialists. Cecil Rhodes 1895 Land of the free, home of the poor on the PBS Newshour. Summary: Financial gains over the last decade in the United States have been mostly made at the “tippy-top” of the economic food...

Merci Bon Dieu/Mèsi Bondyé

by Pier Marton | Aug 11, 2011 | Afri, Care, Death, Doc, France, Health, Human Rights, Music, Native, Poet, Politics, Racism, Wars, Women

Harry Belafonte Susana Baca And again, Belafonte, with English subtitles. Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...

Dr. Yuval Neria ???? ????

by Pier Marton | Aug 9, 2011 | Afri, Antisemitism, Asia, Books, Care, Death, Doc, Eco, Health, Hispanic, History, Ideas, Jewish, Judaism, Middle-East, Now, Racism, Sci/Nat, Shoah, Wars, Women

The author of the novel “Esh/Fire,” a clinical psychologist (and one of the founders of Peace Now/???? ?????) speaks about PTSD for Tisha b’Av, 9/11, etc… On Vox Tablet (20 min.) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on...

NSK (New Styles Krew) & Charles “Lil Buck” Riley

by Pier Marton | Aug 7, 2011 | Afri, Art, Dance, Humor, Music

With the latest (June 2014) clip from the NYTimes, “Jookin in the Spotlight.” Memphis’s Jookin’ world master is moving audiences. Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...

ITVS is 20: Free Docs until Sept. 22!

by Pier Marton | Jul 31, 2011 | Afri, Art, Asia, Care, Death, Doc, Eco, Film, Food, Health, Hispanic, Ideas, Middle-East, Politics, Racism, Sci/Nat, Spectacle, Video, Wars, Women

Previous posting had linking problems. Run to ITVS’s screening room… Daughter from Danang by Gail Dolgin and Vicente Franco A Vietnamese mother and her Amerasian daughter are joyously reunited after 22 years, but their illusions are quickly shattered when the reality...

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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