Alejandro C
18th November 2003, 05:55
theres been some tiptoeing around the role of a revolution in a society. id like to examine what the revolution means to me. in order to do that i got an analogy-
The sun shines on a forrest. from below a great field of aboriginal grass is dying, the tall trees block the sun. the trees cannot see the sun, so it does no good to them, they don't have eyes. asleep and dying the grass has no hope of the sun but still they know they miss something. once the sun reached down and touched a blade of grass. as the sun layed down on the blade's eyelids, the grass awoke from the light shining through. the blade straightened and was able to see all his fellow grass was cowed by the avarice of the trees. a scream waved through the forrest as the blade called to the wind. the wind came from below and uprooted all the trees, throwing them in the ocean. a cleansing rushed through the field as all the grass awoke as one..
in the analogy the revolution is not the sun, it is the wind. you might call the sun enlightenment if you were ambitious;- i would call it self actualization. i would also call the sun art. i believe in a revolutionary society art would be worshiped. people would go to a gallery opening every sunday instead of the cathedral. poets would replace politicians.
i believe that the revolution is not the end, but the means to an end. the revolutionary wind serves to allow people to see the sun. the revolution relieves the obsession with material goods and gives everyone the platform from which they can jump and fly.
because of this i don't mind religions, because they can serve as tools of enlightenment. i realize that some could also be used as the slavery of the afterlife. i find buddhism to be particularly good in its affront to worship.
i would also challenge the idea that some of you have that artists and musicians should not be considered as great as revolutionaries. as you can see i would hold brilliant artists as high and higher than some revolutionaries.
the point of this topic is to try to get away from the how of the revolution and concentrate on why, and not just the superficial why, a revolution would be neccesary.
The sun shines on a forrest. from below a great field of aboriginal grass is dying, the tall trees block the sun. the trees cannot see the sun, so it does no good to them, they don't have eyes. asleep and dying the grass has no hope of the sun but still they know they miss something. once the sun reached down and touched a blade of grass. as the sun layed down on the blade's eyelids, the grass awoke from the light shining through. the blade straightened and was able to see all his fellow grass was cowed by the avarice of the trees. a scream waved through the forrest as the blade called to the wind. the wind came from below and uprooted all the trees, throwing them in the ocean. a cleansing rushed through the field as all the grass awoke as one..
in the analogy the revolution is not the sun, it is the wind. you might call the sun enlightenment if you were ambitious;- i would call it self actualization. i would also call the sun art. i believe in a revolutionary society art would be worshiped. people would go to a gallery opening every sunday instead of the cathedral. poets would replace politicians.
i believe that the revolution is not the end, but the means to an end. the revolutionary wind serves to allow people to see the sun. the revolution relieves the obsession with material goods and gives everyone the platform from which they can jump and fly.
because of this i don't mind religions, because they can serve as tools of enlightenment. i realize that some could also be used as the slavery of the afterlife. i find buddhism to be particularly good in its affront to worship.
i would also challenge the idea that some of you have that artists and musicians should not be considered as great as revolutionaries. as you can see i would hold brilliant artists as high and higher than some revolutionaries.
the point of this topic is to try to get away from the how of the revolution and concentrate on why, and not just the superficial why, a revolution would be neccesary.