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   mummycullen@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (MummyChunk) posted:   
      
   > > Alex wrote:   
   >   
   > > Transcending the Cosmic Windmills of Mediocrity   
   > >   
   > > "If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish   
   > > thing."   
   > > --Anatole France (1844-1924)   
   > >   
   > > I used to believe that this place was   
   > > for writing poetry, but I was wrong--   
   > > it's for making you feel good about yourself,   
   > > maybe it's some California or Arizona thing,   
   > > nothing's wrong with it, I suppose,   
   > > but there is something missing--   
   > > perhaps it's the genuineness of feeling   
   > > that comes with being real,   
   > > even if it means being negative   
   > > and pessimistic about the world,   
   > > saying "fuck this bullshit",   
   > > getting shitfaced and letting yourself be,   
   > > for there is too much higher consciousness   
   > > these days and a certain condescension   
   > > by those, who claim to have discovered   
   > > the secret of inner ecstasy,   
   > > the perfection of cosmic love,   
   > > the tantric orgasm of lips   
   > > exchanging the cosmic saliva,   
   > > or flaming vulvae rubbing against   
   > > each other, while assuming some Yoga pose,   
   > > and I look at it all and I say:   
   > > "What the hell is wrong with me?   
   > > Is it my poverty of imagination   
   > > that makes me skeptical of it all,   
   > > my refusal to rise above my earthly   
   > > concerns and face the greatness   
   > > of spiritual transformation?"   
   > >   
   > > For I've been fighting my personal   
   > > demons, unable to perceive this higher   
   > > reality, the glory of the Creator   
   > > that everyone here seems   
   > > to be talking about.   
   > >   
   > > Whether it's in Jesus or tea leaves,   
   > > Gaia or Tarot cards, crystals and herbs,   
   > > the ancient symbols of Ouroboros,   
   > > or in mellow New Age Music for dopey old men,   
   > > getting in touch with their feminine side--   
   > > the utter phoniness of the whole thing   
   > > makes me want to live among rednecks   
   > > and forget all this pseudo culture,   
   > > that has been hijacked by the touchy-feely   
   > > New Age crap, that turned writing poetry   
   > > into some self-help clichés of personal   
   > > growth and positive vibes,   
   > > anesthetized from the rage and despair   
   > > of the great poets of the past,   
   > > replaced by New Age prescriptions   
   > > for happiness through positive thinking   
   > > or the unquestioning faith in Jesus.   
   > >   
   > > And in their personal transformation   
   > > they have become numb to the rest   
   > > of the world, seeing only what they   
   > > want to see through their cosmic   
   > > narrow-mindedness, assuming that they   
   > > write the only poetry that matters.   
   > >   
   > > January 27, 2006   
   > > --Alexander Shaumyan   
   > >   
   > > http://www.shaumyan.com   
   >   
   > 20 years ago today.   
      
   Again, good find, MummyChunk.   
      
   > This is a response to the post seen at:   
   > http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=658520326#658520326   
      
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