What is sacred?
Of what is the spirit made?
What is worth living for?
And what is worth dying for?
The answer to each is the same.
Only love.
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Do one thing every day that scares you.
Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts; don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Don’t waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard.
Keep your old love letters; throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch.
Enjoy your body: use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it or what other people think of it; it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.
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Technically, we are in the middle of nowhere. Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. And the only black man I’ve seen since living in Brooklyn is dedicating a song to me while I navigate my awkward shovel through the rusty-red hardpan.
Dead Prez starts in…
Knowing self defense is a strategy of WAR
Soldiers try to link with other soldiers THAT’S WAR
Revolutionaries gotta know the art of WAR
I’m in the middle of a small farm, learning about what moon phases are best for planting certain crops, the science of good soil, how to water plants, and now my teacher has his fist in the air, smiling at me.
We are here in this dirt because we have declared war.
We are here in this dirt, talking to plants, seeking a secret life.
We are unplugging from the matrix, getting connected to the dirt that we came from and will go back to, feeding ourselves from the fingertips of the moon and the roots of the earth, and damning the fucking man.
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it’s not you baby, it’s me. it’s not the slush and snow, it’s not the hurry-up-and-go, it’s not the concrete that holds the heat, it’s not the suckling from capitalism’s teat, it’s not the sensory overload or the buildings that implode, it’s not the trash or the hustle for cash, the race tensions or the lost pensions, it’s not all the drinks or the fabulous twinks, it’s not the pollution and overpopulation, it’s not the assholes in every occupation, it’s not the sardine subway or the cabbies taking the freeway, it’s me, baby, it’s me. i love your culture, your music, your art. i love your busy streets smelling like carcinogenic fart. you’ve been my pimp, and i’ve been your ho. i love new york, but it’s time to go.
Every book is an addition to your life—to your vocabulary, your imagination’s inventory, your knowledge, and your spiritual growth. These books in particular, though seemingly broad in range and cultural genre, have been serious life-changers for me. Each of these books hold so much wisdom and inspiration. They are blessings!
Also, I want to share documentaries that have been so informative and thought-provoking that they have changed the way I live my life. Click on the images and you can watch some of them for free online right now.
These films are symbolic of the cancerous capitalism we have let invade our lives. These stories remind us to stay connected to our spirit, our food sources, our history, and most of all, our growth as problem-solving, centered humans amongst inevitable and infinite chaos.
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Tagged activism, bear heart, books, capitalism, debra koons garcia, democracy, DH Lawrence, economy, food politics, malcolm x, michael moore, paulo cohelo, reading, scott hamilton kennedy, sherman alexie, the fed, the garden, the road less traveled, wal-mart, who killed the electric car?, zeitgeist
THE END OF LITERACY AND THE TRIUMPH OF SPECTACLE
Nuggets of wisdom via Pulitzer Prize-winning author Chris Hedges as he explores our current culture: a system of mass media that offers little more than spectacles and entertainment, and an educational system that does not transmit transcendent values or nurture the capacity for individual conscience. A culture that has banished the complexities and anxieties of moral choice and embraced a childish hypermasculinity.
The decline of the American empire began long before the current economic meltdown or the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, before Ronald Reagan or the Gulf War. It began when we shifted, in the words of historian Charles Maier, from an “empire of production” to an “empire of consumption.” Over the past few decades, the nation’s imports have begun to exceed its exports, manufacturing jobs are in decline, and we began to spend more than we earned, collectively. Total public debt is now more than $11 trillion, or about $36, 676 per capita…. America’s most dangerous enemies are not Islamic radicals but those who sold us the perverted ideology of free-market capitalism and globalization.
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Tagged america, capitalism, celebrity culture, chris hedges, consumerism, debt, democracy, empire of illusion, globalization, mass media, propaganda
Have you seen New York City’s greatest art gallery? It’s FREE to visit year-round, open 24 hours, and has new instillations daily by up-and-coming artists from the world’s most creative institutions. Where is it, you ask? THE STREETS, SON!
Just follow the cobblestone roads, my pretties.
You’ll be history, you’ll be history, you’ll be history.
And we will glorify your name.
You will be a bust, be a bust, be a bust
In the Hall of Fame!
