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Against the Luxury of Tradition

by Pier Marton | Oct 26, 2013 | Care, Eco, Food, Health, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, iOS, Media, Peace, Politics, Spectacle, World, Youth

Russell Brand on revolution: “We no longer have the luxury of tradition” But before we change the world, we need to change the way we think. By Russell Brand Published 24 October 2013 Russell Brand asks: “Is utopian revolution possible?” Photo: Reuters/Cathal...

Organic/Traditional Community Healing

by Pier Marton | Oct 6, 2013 | Afri, Care, Eco, Health, Human Rights, Ideas, KeyFilm, Native, Peace, Review, Theater, Time, Wars

[I had written this review a while back, before the 2011 St. Louis International Film Festival (part of my “SLIFF BUZZ” entries) – apparently the post has disappeared. This film remains an unforgettable tribute to how a healthy society can deal with tragedy.] Family...

Progress = Rebellion (in China)

by Pier Marton | Sep 17, 2013 | Asia, Care, Food, Human Rights, Politics

From the NYTimes: Leaving the Land [Slideshow] Picking Death Over Eviction Articles in this series look at how China’s government-driven effort to push the population to towns and cities is reshaping a nation that for millenniums has been defined by its rural life....

Cairo 672

by Pier Marton | Sep 16, 2013 | Afri, Care, Human Rights, Middle-East, Review, STL, Women

by Mohamed Diab, 2012, Egypt, 100 min. My Review: Based on real events, the film follows the separate lives of three Cairo women – played by three compelling actresses. At first each story is presented as a single strand; slowly though, as through the perspective of...

One Day After Peace

by Pier Marton | Sep 15, 2013 | Afri, Death, Human Rights, Middle-East, Peace, Politics, Racism, Review, Wars, Women

“When you see the humanity in the other, it’s the end of conflict. ” – Robi Damelin, the main character. The Film’s Website Miri Laufer & Eriz Laufer, 2012, Israel and South Africa, 86 min. My review: It is only after the guns have stopped firing that the hard...

Is There an Elsewhere?

by Pier Marton | Sep 10, 2013 | Asia, Death, France, Health, History, Human Rights, Peace, Politics, Racism, Sci/Nat, Spectacle, Time, US, Wars, Women, World

Syria is not enough. Yesterday in the New York Times I read about the corruption in China (evicting farmers to dump them in big cities with lawyers beaten up when trying to defend them). Today in Le Monde, I read how Agent Orange – produced by Monsanto and Dow...

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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