February
19, 2004
©
2004: JAN COX
Stories From
A World Wide Network Of Reporters (i.e. One Man's Mind)
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For
men, there are two distinct worlds: one of dirt and one of words;
those
whose lives are directly dependent on the first see little value in the
second,
and
do not confuse the two;
those
whose lives revolve around the latter are little conscious of the former
as
a discrete domain, vital thereto;
men’s
lives are composed of dirt and words and the inattentive commingling of
the two is what keeps the would-be rebel from seeing clearly to the bottom
of things.
If
you truly want to know what’s really going on with life, just make it your
everyday work to be constantly mindful of whether whatever matter has caught
your attention
is
of the dirt or verbal world; the ongoing, objective awareness of this one
simple thing will make your previously constricted eyes/I’s
pop out.
The
travel agent concluded his metaphysical pitch:
“If
you find burping, farting and insult humor funny -- you’ll
love the city.”
(Can you make out the metaphorical feature of this?)
Finding
something fascinating in another person
is
clear proof you do not comprehend what is in you.
The
sea is full of fish -- fish who are all fish --
through and through.
Being
less conscious than you can be is to be hypnotized by waves:
by
ostensible speciesization,
but
the certain man understands that it is all fish.
The
Way Mind Works With Those In Power In The City.
A
Mozart
may momentarily entertain a Prince
-- but he can never be
a Prince.
How
Artists’ Minds WISH Things Worked In The City.
A
Mozart
may be momentarily entertained by
a Prince --
but
a Prince
can never be a Mozart.
And
It All Finally Works Out How?
Mozart
is
Mozart
and a Prince
remains a Prince.
Metaphoric
Musical Moral.
Don’t
ask a dead frog to croak for you.
(“I say! -- are you chaps back discussing my mind again!”)
In the city: talent is easy to spot -- as long as it’s not yours.
What
we’re made of physically, any first year med student knows,
what
we’re of otherwise, no one knows:
lots
of folks guess -- but no one knows.
A
mystery that becomes too fucked with, loses its allure,
(leastwise
to puzzle fans with couth).
Looking
at his body a particular man mused:
"The
nice thing about having multiple fatal ills is that it clears your mind
of
normal
worries."
He
then glanced around inside his consciousness, and said:
"Nope!
-- nothing about that pertinent to things in here."
To
start off each day with a laugh, as soon as he opens his eyes in the morning
one
man makes his mouth say (as though it is coming from his mind)
to
all his other cells: “Hi guys! -- it’s me -- your
leader.”
How
They Wake Up On Some Other Planets.
One
being shot himself in the forehead -- then wouldn't talk about
it.
Although
he has a phone (solely for business HE wants to conduct)
one
sage suggests that the most important thing to remember regarding this
form
of communication is: “Never answer the damn thing!”
(Same
approach he says he employs toward the city part of his consciousness.)
And
one chap said: "You’ll have to forgive me -- I’m
all talk.” -- sorry,
it
was his mind who said it.
If
you are committed
to a cause established and operated by other human beings, welcome to the:
I’m
Quite Content To Dream club:
you
are committed to someone's bout of indigestion, or fear of dying.
Ordinary
men think and talk about whatever life wants them to:
why
do you think they call the nervous-system-rebel a rebel.
Although
he admits he’s not quite sure what it means,
one
man says that he is nonetheless certain he suffers from mental
hemorrhoids.
This
email arrived:
“When
I first started reading the Daily
News, I thought it was my friend:
now
I’m not sure;
what
has happened?
Sincere
(but puzzled), Yours,” etc.
Another
example of how life causes men to direct certain questions outward
that
properly should go to their own mind.
How
A Certain Temperament Impacts A Captain's View Of His Vessel.
One
man says he has become so
immersed in certain metaphysical ideas,
and
spiritually separated from his physical, carnal self
that
he has started to have: out-of-the-experience-bodies.
(Now
known in some ports as: How Neurons Some
Times Seek To Sink Hormones.)
A man who'll discuss his art ain’t got no art.
In
city affairs: not-getting-anywhere
is one way of knowing that
you’re
getting somewhere.
(And
up went the urban cheer:
“Yeah team! -- yeah team!
sic them muthers -- stick to your druthers!”)
Spiritual
Tip For Those On Tight Schedules.
Rather
than spending the time and effort to live a more religiously acceptable
life,
one
man had his photographs touched up to make him look more righteous.
Moral:
Clear And Simple (And Seen By None).
In
city affairs: It doesn't matter -- it’s all the same anyway
--
you
just can’t see it while you’re in
the city.
“Is that perhaps one reason men don’t leave?”
Or
even why they can’t?!
Another
City Anthem --
Subtle --
But Present Nonetheless.
“I
don’t get it -- and I don’t WANT to get it.”
(You
might note that life continually keeps the collective adequately
cheered-up.
[The certain man gets humorfied all on his own.])
From
the rebel’s perspective (decidedly off-broadway):
it
is always
opening night.
One
fellow who has begun more and more to hang around the outskirts of town
is
reputed to have said: “Not having any particular human emotion
is
almost as good as not having any at all” .....................there must
an error here:
he
surely meant it would be as bad
as not having any feelings at all...........right?!
To the nervous-system-rebel: a good gun is one that fires on its own.
An
outlier general addressed the troops:
“Remember:
there is a big difference in dying-broke, and dying-in-debt.”
A
man who finally realizes what is really going on, owes no one.
(“Die free -- live free,” could be his motto.)
This item just in from one of our correspondents:
Dirt is dirt and dirt is dirt;
and as the new day dawns,
Osiris kneels down and sifts some through his fingers;
J
Note: A few
of his later kin were able to entice a visit by the Shut-Up-And-See
muse.
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