From the Oxford University Vault: 'Racism is actually a medical condition.'
(source: http://prince.org/msg/105/341692)
The goal of this blog is to share my experiences and any insight gained from them to help people. More specifically, whether others are directly experiencing, affected by, or simply interested in the themes as suggested, but not necessarily bound by its title, it is my hope that it provides a transparent platform from which, information, education, and understanding are derived. For inquiries, please contact ferg503@yahoo.com
Friday, October 12, 2012
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Meh, pt. 2
The Evolution versus Creationism debate is pretty ancient and corny at this point, as are most that have been reduced to simple A or B choices.
Let's accept truths from both sides of the coin. Is it possible that a (group/settlement) caucasian albino(ids) at some point in human history, settled in Europe in general and in Italy in particular, whereupon somehow, someway, they came into contact with a pious Jewish Carpenter of Color (hair of sheep's wool, skin of bronze... etc) from the Middle East, and killed him??? As for the miracles (e.g., Jesus turning water into wine, please see the preceding post on metaphors,"; then put your imagination to work.
Though this scenario above may be entirely simplistic and extremely glib to even suggest, if there is any truth to it, however, then the authors of the Bible, and those in/around Rome/Italy in particular wrote the greatest, most apologetic, most enduring text in human history. Accept the apology and K.I.M. (keep it movin',!) people. Get off they back, they been held down the fort (through more than literature, in language and art, too) long enough, and even left a pretty visible (stake out the door, in the words of a Mr. Carter.").
Latin itself, is akin to linguistic cartography. That basically means all signs point to man's history as they unashamedly and admittedly borrowed many a word from their antecedents the Greeks, who borrowed much from parts of Africa.
Let's accept truths from both sides of the coin. Is it possible that a (group/settlement) caucasian albino(ids) at some point in human history, settled in Europe in general and in Italy in particular, whereupon somehow, someway, they came into contact with a pious Jewish Carpenter of Color (hair of sheep's wool, skin of bronze... etc) from the Middle East, and killed him??? As for the miracles (e.g., Jesus turning water into wine, please see the preceding post on metaphors,"; then put your imagination to work.
Though this scenario above may be entirely simplistic and extremely glib to even suggest, if there is any truth to it, however, then the authors of the Bible, and those in/around Rome/Italy in particular wrote the greatest, most apologetic, most enduring text in human history. Accept the apology and K.I.M. (keep it movin',!) people. Get off they back, they been held down the fort (through more than literature, in language and art, too) long enough, and even left a pretty visible (stake out the door, in the words of a Mr. Carter.").
Latin itself, is akin to linguistic cartography. That basically means all signs point to man's history as they unashamedly and admittedly borrowed many a word from their antecedents the Greeks, who borrowed much from parts of Africa.
metaphors, meta-phives, and matadors.
In the Ras Kass song, "Interview with a Vampire," off of Ras' second album
Rassassination, he essentially says the words of religious texts in general, and the Bible in particular, are taken too literally.
He offers that metaphoric and figurative speech should be given due consideration, especially if so much emphasis otherwise is placed on the literal leanings of many religious folk.
In Bible study tonight, Minister Justin Reed, took us through Cain and Able.
Here's a good example of how, this story can illustrate the illuminating power of metaphor.
________________
If someone is running down the street then he/she is considered able-bodied by most standards.
George Carlin, in his infinite wisdom, said people use extra words to make things sound more important than they really are. That said, if someone is "able-bodied" is it fair, by Carlin's suggestion, to simply call that person, "able." (that subtraction of one word [i.e. bodied] saves us two syllables and five letters for those of us keeping track)? Let's play along for the sake of agreement and say it is fair, mmmk?
Back to the hypothetical. If we substitute Able for Able-bodied in the hypothetical above we have this if/then statement (this is called a conditional by students of logic)
If someone is running down the street then he/she is considered ABLE by most standards.
A homonym of ABLE, when the two last letters are reversed is ABEL, as in the proper name of Cain's brother.
The same flipping of Cain's name can be done. CAIN can also be spelled CANE as in an instrument that assists with walking.
In the Biblical story in Genesis CAIN kills ABEL.
In a figurative, major Big Pun / wordplay sense, if you hand someone who is otherwise Able (-bodied) a CANE (the instrument that helps walk), you have essentially ruined their Able-ness. Assuming the CANE is used for its intended purpose (i.e. to assist with walking) no longer are they ABLE to walk because they have learned to be reliant on the CANE.
In nutshell then, the CANE kills the ABLE (or ability).
Similar plays on words and flipping of the literal to figurative can be done throughout many a text, canonical ones especially.
For a brilliant spelling out of homonyms in action please see Ras Kass' song, entitled, "Write Where I Left Off."
This idea was sparked by a similar pun from the movie the program (big ups to Andre Mr. Farr, creative consultant for and actor in the movie, the dialogue of which was committed to memory by myself and my Pop Warner fullback, Phil)
Rassassination, he essentially says the words of religious texts in general, and the Bible in particular, are taken too literally.
He offers that metaphoric and figurative speech should be given due consideration, especially if so much emphasis otherwise is placed on the literal leanings of many religious folk.
In Bible study tonight, Minister Justin Reed, took us through Cain and Able.
Here's a good example of how, this story can illustrate the illuminating power of metaphor.
________________
If someone is running down the street then he/she is considered able-bodied by most standards.
George Carlin, in his infinite wisdom, said people use extra words to make things sound more important than they really are. That said, if someone is "able-bodied" is it fair, by Carlin's suggestion, to simply call that person, "able." (that subtraction of one word [i.e. bodied] saves us two syllables and five letters for those of us keeping track)? Let's play along for the sake of agreement and say it is fair, mmmk?
Back to the hypothetical. If we substitute Able for Able-bodied in the hypothetical above we have this if/then statement (this is called a conditional by students of logic)
If someone is running down the street then he/she is considered ABLE by most standards.
A homonym of ABLE, when the two last letters are reversed is ABEL, as in the proper name of Cain's brother.
The same flipping of Cain's name can be done. CAIN can also be spelled CANE as in an instrument that assists with walking.
In the Biblical story in Genesis CAIN kills ABEL.
In a figurative, major Big Pun / wordplay sense, if you hand someone who is otherwise Able (-bodied) a CANE (the instrument that helps walk), you have essentially ruined their Able-ness. Assuming the CANE is used for its intended purpose (i.e. to assist with walking) no longer are they ABLE to walk because they have learned to be reliant on the CANE.
In nutshell then, the CANE kills the ABLE (or ability).
Similar plays on words and flipping of the literal to figurative can be done throughout many a text, canonical ones especially.
For a brilliant spelling out of homonyms in action please see Ras Kass' song, entitled, "Write Where I Left Off."
This idea was sparked by a similar pun from the movie the program (big ups to Andre Mr. Farr, creative consultant for and actor in the movie, the dialogue of which was committed to memory by myself and my Pop Warner fullback, Phil)
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Chris Rock and his brilliant offering (one of countless)
In his, "Bigger and Blacker," special, Chris Rock makes the following astute observation:
"When you love somebody, you got to love everything about them.You got to love the crust of a motherfucker.You can't just love the white part of the bread.You gotta love the crust, the crumbs,the tiny crumbs at the bottom of the toaster.
That's what the real motherfucker is."
The same logic can easily applies from the individual to the collective.
(NP: Trick Daddy, "I'm a Thug.)
Friday, September 21, 2012
Monday, September 17, 2012
A-Hem, meh... oh well, whatever, nevermind.
Any system, from alphanumeric to behavioral, rooted in oppression within and across any and all areas of human relation, is bound to collapse under its own cumbersome weight in and over time.
The oppressors will expose themselves as such, with or without passivity, provocation, resistance from the oppressed as the hands of time/fate wash the clock face clean. Oppressive constructions are bound to self-destruct with or without human intervention.
Patience ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBiqiDxOx8A ) is a virtue. Good things happen to those who "hurry up and wait," (as they say in the service). That said, the acceleration of gratification by those who hustle is food for thought as well.
Oppression eats at the humanity of the oppressor as well. This is the gist of a similar quote, by whom, I currently am drawing a blank. For proof, research the Stanford Prison Experiment, whose ethical parameters predate many a modern PC, restriction.
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - Dr. Martin Luther King Junior.
Should you act like a dog, "your kennel is waiting," as said Mr. Nasir Jones.
Meh.
The oppressors will expose themselves as such, with or without passivity, provocation, resistance from the oppressed as the hands of time/fate wash the clock face clean. Oppressive constructions are bound to self-destruct with or without human intervention.
Patience ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBiqiDxOx8A ) is a virtue. Good things happen to those who "hurry up and wait," (as they say in the service). That said, the acceleration of gratification by those who hustle is food for thought as well.
Oppression eats at the humanity of the oppressor as well. This is the gist of a similar quote, by whom, I currently am drawing a blank. For proof, research the Stanford Prison Experiment, whose ethical parameters predate many a modern PC, restriction.
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - Dr. Martin Luther King Junior.
Should you act like a dog, "your kennel is waiting," as said Mr. Nasir Jones.
Meh.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
introductory apologies for butchered French...
French 101
1) je suis (excuse the missing accent marks, if any are grammatically required, it's been a while), means "i am, " in French.
2) eliminate the space between the, "Je" and the, "suis" and you are left with, "Jesuis"
3) eliminate the, "i" (as suggested in the previous blog) and you are left with, "Jesus."
____
In the movie Die Hard with a Vengeance, Samuel L. Jackson's character is named Zeus, presumably after the Greek God. If you say, "Hey, Zeus," fast enough it sounds like or Hay-zoos in Spanish,which is how the Spanish-speaking say Jesus.
If you say anything fast enough it can sound like gibberish. too slow its mumbles. as for the former, glosslalia, or speaking in tongues, is the technical name.
_____
If you look at the modern English alphabet as very crude hieroglyphics, each letter can be assigned a pictorial value.
the lowercase letter, "t" could resemble a stick man.
the lowercase letter, "u" could resemble a cup. the lowercase, "v" and uppercase, "Y" could resemble a stemless snifter and martini glass respectively.
_____
photographs themselves can be see as more elaborate hieroglyphics, rendered, by any number of interdependent mechanical/technical mechanisms.
"a picture is the tombstone of a moment," or so it has been said. is it because memory lives more richly in our imagination as evoked by dialogue. is it because, the memory is the centralizing point, the frame of reference, and the flash of the bulb, renders our imaginations less wonder-struck.
my friend from the bookstore, said, technology has removed the fun from not knowing as any answer can be googled in a matter of seconds to the point where he added that an adolescent today has access to more information than the president did twenty years ago.
_____
seeing the romance languages as intersecting linguistic tributaries and tracing them back to their common/presumed delta (again playing the Western Civilization backwards hop-scotch) left me asking an old friend/neighbor from Santa Ana, to draw the Greek alphabet. though it was five or so years ago, it was fascinating. though the cyber interface will pale in comparison to his notated, hand-written rendering, the alphabet will be googled again to satiate the thirst for memory.
you can also think of words, prefixes, suffixes, letters, etc., that comprise them as having positive/negative value as well.
you can pay attention to the end and beginning letters of any word while dismissing the middle. see what you come up with or vice versa.
1) je suis (excuse the missing accent marks, if any are grammatically required, it's been a while), means "i am, " in French.
2) eliminate the space between the, "Je" and the, "suis" and you are left with, "Jesuis"
3) eliminate the, "i" (as suggested in the previous blog) and you are left with, "Jesus."
____
In the movie Die Hard with a Vengeance, Samuel L. Jackson's character is named Zeus, presumably after the Greek God. If you say, "Hey, Zeus," fast enough it sounds like or Hay-zoos in Spanish,which is how the Spanish-speaking say Jesus.
If you say anything fast enough it can sound like gibberish. too slow its mumbles. as for the former, glosslalia, or speaking in tongues, is the technical name.
_____
If you look at the modern English alphabet as very crude hieroglyphics, each letter can be assigned a pictorial value.
the lowercase letter, "t" could resemble a stick man.
the lowercase letter, "u" could resemble a cup. the lowercase, "v" and uppercase, "Y" could resemble a stemless snifter and martini glass respectively.
_____
photographs themselves can be see as more elaborate hieroglyphics, rendered, by any number of interdependent mechanical/technical mechanisms.
"a picture is the tombstone of a moment," or so it has been said. is it because memory lives more richly in our imagination as evoked by dialogue. is it because, the memory is the centralizing point, the frame of reference, and the flash of the bulb, renders our imaginations less wonder-struck.
my friend from the bookstore, said, technology has removed the fun from not knowing as any answer can be googled in a matter of seconds to the point where he added that an adolescent today has access to more information than the president did twenty years ago.
_____
seeing the romance languages as intersecting linguistic tributaries and tracing them back to their common/presumed delta (again playing the Western Civilization backwards hop-scotch) left me asking an old friend/neighbor from Santa Ana, to draw the Greek alphabet. though it was five or so years ago, it was fascinating. though the cyber interface will pale in comparison to his notated, hand-written rendering, the alphabet will be googled again to satiate the thirst for memory.
you can also think of words, prefixes, suffixes, letters, etc., that comprise them as having positive/negative value as well.
you can pay attention to the end and beginning letters of any word while dismissing the middle. see what you come up with or vice versa.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)