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Thinking is indeed dangerous, and lonely

A Freethinkers’ Harvest/Récolte des Libres Penseurs/Raccolta dei Liberi Pensatori

by Pier Marton | Apr 14, 2011 | Books, Care, Ego, France, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Idées, KeyText, Politics, Quotes, Teach, Time, Wars, Women

Panarchy.Org with an excerpt of G. B. Shaw’s Maxims for Revolutionists: THE GOLDEN RULE Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same. …The golden rule is that there are no golden rules. IDOLATRY The art...

Les Assis by/par Rimbaud by/par Ferré

by Pier Marton | Apr 7, 2011 | Care, Death, Ego, France, Poet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gARP3dQhWp4 Noirs de loupes, grêlés, les yeux cerclés de bagues Vertes, leurs doigts boulus crispés à leurs fémurs, Le sinciput plaqué de hargnosités vagues Comme les floraisons lépreuses des vieux murs ; Ils ont greffé dans des amours...

Juliano Mer-Khamis’s tribute to his Mother

by Pier Marton | Apr 5, 2011 | Antisemitism, Care, Death, Doc, Film, Human Rights, Jewish, Middle-East, Native, Wars, Women

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6EXrA3UFwM EmailMoreRedditTweetShare on...

Anna Politkovskaya: 1958-2006

by Pier Marton | Apr 3, 2011 | Books, Care, Death, Doc, History, Human Rights, Podcasts(E), Politics, Spectacle, Women

Remembering Anna Politkovskaya & Russia’s Forgotten War: the podcast of a conference.at the Pen American Center + The Wikipedia list of journalists killed in Russia with its external links: Glasnost Defence Foundation Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations...

Besa in Albania

by Pier Marton | Apr 1, 2011 | Antisemitism, Care, Health, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Photo, Racism, Shoah

From Wikipedia: Besa is an Albanian cultural precept, usually translated as “faith”, that means “to keep the promise” and “word of honor”. The word’s origin can be traced to the Kanun of Lekë Dukagjini, a collection of...

To All Mothers!

by Pier Marton | Apr 1, 2011 | Asia, Care, Death, Music, Poet, Women

Djivan Gasparyan, the great duduk player. This is his website! EmailMoreRedditTweetShare on...

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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