tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58245534692013734002024-02-07T05:46:08.977-08:00The New FrontierBeyond The Walls of The Global AsylumJ.T.Marquishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867565938148946291noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824553469201373400.post-23326926021615981862010-07-13T15:42:00.000-07:002010-07-13T15:42:09.306-07:00Reality: Understanding The Concept of "Layers"<a href="http://thenewfrontieronline.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/4-29-09bigliz17.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-47 alignleft" height="273" src="http://thenewfrontieronline.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/4-29-09bigliz17.jpg?w=200" title="4-29-09bigliz17" width="182" /></a>Life is experienced within various levels of reality. Some levels are variations on others according to perception, but most are self-contained and require a certain kind of intent in order to be known, or to be known accurately, in any case. World systems, designed for interaction, are fashioned in such a way as to obviate or preclude all levels of reality—and hence, all other organizational systems—save the one within which they function. The one within which these obsolete systems operate is the most illusory of all. The ancient Hindus named it ‘Maya,’ meaning ‘the world of appearance and illusion,’ and indeed this is the fitting name for our everyday base reality, facilitative of so few of our human capabilities and aspirations. One simply cannot ascend to the level of self-actualization while remaining mired in the illusion of ‘this vs. that.’ This fact serves to substantiate the idea that experience must stand alone, apart even from all effectual extension of the self upon the plane of mutual interchange. Only then may it be said to be viewed rightly, thereby remaining impervious, as it were, to logical deconstruction. What degree of serious thought is required to understand that the entire World System is a total Re-Do?J.T.Marquishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867565938148946291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824553469201373400.post-11810536203402637652010-06-11T17:16:00.000-07:002010-06-11T18:41:55.182-07:00The Task of Philosophy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyihmsOGWKF90Fha_UNzVysx7jUbz9Bvmbh0khVf7c-biImlP6mZmGgKgWZcmZsjdItWaXb91lOZXSTWAedOnxJHcqgUDKYmHNXlaW7HT-zk-OLViTQTYSsVyk5bH1qmyYm-1tax-TSnNp/s1600/lick+it.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyihmsOGWKF90Fha_UNzVysx7jUbz9Bvmbh0khVf7c-biImlP6mZmGgKgWZcmZsjdItWaXb91lOZXSTWAedOnxJHcqgUDKYmHNXlaW7HT-zk-OLViTQTYSsVyk5bH1qmyYm-1tax-TSnNp/s200/lick+it.jpg" width="200" /></a>To guard against a nihilism that becomes vulnerable to influence by the various strains of ‘fatalism in disguise’ that have become so trendy these days, we must continue to occupy ourselves with pure philosophy. It is only when sentiment and corrupted notions of teleology enter into the discourse that we may be distracted by the fanciful and the wishful, with the result that we are inevitably seduced into slipping back toward thoughts of reform. We already know that reform is utterly impossible, and yet when such ideas are presented with sufficient fluff they become tempting even to the strongest of wills. In such moments we do not have to rely upon ideological stubbornness, and certainly not upon narrow mindedness in order to remain faithful. It is simply a matter of going back to the world, observing the facts, and realizing anew that we are indeed the gate-keepers to humanity’s last stand. Until the orgy blossoms in full, there remains nothing but devolution and the destruction of ALL life by corporate man, and it is precisely here that we turn back, again and always, to philosophy, whose clear and reasoned directives alone enable us to live with the powerful implications involved in reaching the New Frontier. It is no exaggeration to say that the fate of the world depends upon philosophy to give intelligible voice to the inexorable reality that civilization has reached the point of critical mass. It is already in the death-grip of failure and will reach its destination soon enough. As far as our feeling for humanity, it is with us now just as it has been all along. But at some point the writing on the wall simply becomes too clear to ignore. The masses are too dull to be awakened by thought, logic, or ultimate truth, and in any case it is already too late.J.T.Marquishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867565938148946291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824553469201373400.post-53249651969475815022010-06-07T18:15:00.000-07:002010-06-10T02:43:57.536-07:00The Coming of The New Man<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Kpyajk2-VIqXbQPdYv3qQJIhi4MKjSZunFAJSFQQ8HWvjyW949oVB5sxlYby1iNVdxSy26pHUlIHH_MzDOvCZzHIuzKwmp0FlFW-1F5BiO5r-yMrFoG7JzFCN3sQ4bo2UuBZDEhGDDKi/s1600/05+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Kpyajk2-VIqXbQPdYv3qQJIhi4MKjSZunFAJSFQQ8HWvjyW949oVB5sxlYby1iNVdxSy26pHUlIHH_MzDOvCZzHIuzKwmp0FlFW-1F5BiO5r-yMrFoG7JzFCN3sQ4bo2UuBZDEhGDDKi/s200/05+(1).jpg" width="200" /></a>The New Man sees life rightly as a celebration. But the world, hardened by its blind perpetuation of the slave ethic and hollow self-sacrifice, continues to bring winds and rain to bear upon the proceedings. The New Man is not really so new. He has actually been around for a long time. From the beginning, in fact. He has watched, he has sought to teach. He once produced doctrines. He has laid the philosophy for human perfection bare in all its detail. All along the way, watching from the shadows, he has continued to celebrate in the midst of insanity, disease, and death. But yet he is never granted entrance to any position on high. As a result, it became inevitable that all cause for celebration has been driven into the margins and The New Man realizes that his time is finally come. He has waited from the dawn of time for today. And it is thus that he emerges from the shadows to bring the message of utter annihilation to the world. He knows what he is preaching. He has always known. He raises his hand; sadly, but with power and with the conviction of all eternity. Then, without hesitation, he brings his hand down harshly, saying: <br />
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‘All is lost. Burn it to the ground that we may begin anew!’ <br />
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It is said that Jesus came bearing a sword, but The New Man comes bearing a torch! His fire will raze the ruling structures to dust. The New Man and The New Woman will draw upon the wisdom of a deeper cosmos, and will cause all to be made right.J.T.Marquishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867565938148946291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824553469201373400.post-72922171985609835772010-06-01T19:00:00.000-07:002010-06-07T19:57:52.418-07:00Out Here On The Perimeter<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis98-E12DrhwyErS1ZWGQ1Pqab1sy9vJhaOEuCN3z7cXoobMZbidOrylLEBOKTawrhoztbqrht6IZjqO4QuPr0vqlljIGWBIjvXFFBueAZMjwUkl_oyJPU_V9Xc5GREzjeEMRNQwjBOyNw/s1600/11.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis98-E12DrhwyErS1ZWGQ1Pqab1sy9vJhaOEuCN3z7cXoobMZbidOrylLEBOKTawrhoztbqrht6IZjqO4QuPr0vqlljIGWBIjvXFFBueAZMjwUkl_oyJPU_V9Xc5GREzjeEMRNQwjBOyNw/s320/11.JPG" width="209" /></a>Opening ourselves to experiences lying closest to the perimeter, and if possible, beyond it, is the only chance we have for achieving our evolutionary awakening. The decision for or against this awakening is the one and only ‘given’ that we encounter <b><i>in</i></b> the moment at <b><i>every</i></b> moment, and it is thus that our reaching for the outer limits acquires validity. Simply put, we are unable to evolve if we refuse to raze the entire edifice of cultural imperatives to dust. There is no longer any hope of reform. Even the notion of Revolution is now become a misnomer of sorts. The only hope for anything worthy of the name 'Revolution' now resides in the stripping away of every last vestige of normality and authority in existence. Our only potential, our only comfort shall come in the form of Tabula Rasa! <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOBecNyn-zltSoGnBlssDyCvvEOTSQ77vHtk03QbKc9psXD9LG9MdFWntOj84BtDIKQO9VLwra2BF90NWXTQsos9fS5YXJYkgXtN4dYkb_0MmqtFYQhj247KEEIWfTai3Vb_x6w5987SYQ/s1600/smp112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOBecNyn-zltSoGnBlssDyCvvEOTSQ77vHtk03QbKc9psXD9LG9MdFWntOj84BtDIKQO9VLwra2BF90NWXTQsos9fS5YXJYkgXtN4dYkb_0MmqtFYQhj247KEEIWfTai3Vb_x6w5987SYQ/s400/smp112.jpg" width="400" /></a>For me, it has taken time to come all the way here. As an adolescent, I recognized the evil inherent in the development of culture, and believed that through revolution anything was possible in terms of change. Even violent overthrow of established systems seemed a real option for a time. Once that was shown to be a pipe dream, I reluctantly settled for the lesser notion that reform was possible. But the years of our lives go by, and reform is also shown to be not merely a pipe dream, but the incurable delusion of fools. Along with this comes the even more horrifying realization that power has continued to successfully corrupt the very concept of progressive thought, just as predicted by the apocalyptic writers such as Orwell and Huxley. At the end of the day, there are only two real options remaining; three, if you count selling out. We’re not going to do that. The two legitimate options are world-negation, that is, some variation on the precepts of Eastern Philosophy that sees the world <b><i>only</i></b> as illusion and renounces it, or the thoroughgoing rejection of all authoritative ideologies in favor of a comprehensive and uncompromising individualism, through which we endeavor to make ourselves aware of our own truth, or self-actualization, by refusal to be hoodwinked into adopting the conformist identity of the herd. Clearly, I have made my choice for the latter.<br />
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<b><i>The Choice</i></b>: The problem with world negation is simply that it is a passive philosophy. Our inclinations toward action always get siphoned off into the anonymity of a rigid admonition to self-sacrifice (because the self is not real anyway) for the good of others. It actually becomes far closer to the Christian ethic than the Easterners OR the Christians would have us believe. It is a renunciation of the world combined with an active ethic of unconditional compassion. Nutshell-wise, it is simply full-scale world-negation and its shadow, unconditional altruism, with Buddha or Shiva on the label instead of Jesus of Nazareth. This world-negation allows for action-in-the-world only in the service of self-sacrifice, and as such, is no action at all. It's function is only to ease suffering in the short term as we await the ultimate transformation. The New Man, on the other hand, views action as something possessed with trans-formative power! It is perhaps even sufficiently trans-formative as to hold the potential for alteration of the ultimate transformation. Action must always be aimed squarely at the eradication of the disease. It is, of course, absolutely a strong possibility that our actions will be of no avail. They may even become the causes of regression. But if an ethic of ‘going down fighting’ indeed leads ultimately to the same end as that of 'comforting the dying during surrender', I must choose to work and to accomplish, even in the face of inevitable meaninglessness. For me, working within the illusion holds the possibility of understanding it. Convinced that there is no ‘right or wrong,’ at least between these two alternatives, I’ll pay the cover and take my chances.<br />
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<b><i>The Agenda</i>:</b> Knowing, then, that the only pathway leading forward is that of razing the entire edifice of present-day civilization, our work is cut out for us, to say the least. Our preaching becomes the most radical preaching ever preached and the most unsettling preaching ever heard. If anyone thinks of Christ’s Gospel as ‘radical’ teaching, such a one will stand in utter stupefication in the face of a message that extols the renunciation of EVERYTHING, including itself!<br />
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The beauty of our renunciation, however, is that it signals a beginning, not the end. For in spite of the fact that a new ‘program’ or ‘formula’ are not advocated by our agenda, the admonition to discover ones own truth remains, not as a prescription, but more as the only legitimate response to the inescapable imperative of choice that we encounter in the form of ‘living’ at any given moment. Our hand-me-down ethic, bequeathed to us down through the centuries of so-called civilization, has always been a socially inspired ethic. That is, it is its job is to facilitate the perpetuation of a given social order, and to do so in such a way that the power remains in the hands of the ‘Chiefs,’ and never becomes the possession of the Braves. This ethic is firmly entrenched in all educational and cultural processes, and is especially notable in the overall patterns of child-rearing. Because parents in our culture become terrified of their own inadequacies and incompetence once their progeny has arrived, they turn away from trusting themselves, opting instead to do what? To take on the formulas suggested by the experts, the cultural experts whose job it is to insure that the young grow up to be carbon copies of the old. This pattern of clinging to the status quo is at the root of all of humanity’s great ills. Falling back becomes a way of life, handed down to us surreptitiously in the guise of 'tradition.' Falling forward is a curiosity at best; and at worst an alliance with unreality. The alternative to this pattern of social xeroxing is obvious, and that is, to cultivate individuality and not conformity. But the obvious, unfortunately, is that which is most often misunderstood. <br />
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This is not meant to suggest that we shouldn’t be influenced by those rare instances of greatness that do arise from time to time. There are those whom we should rightly desire to emulate; individuals who have learned to embrace walking in the shadows in order that they may arrive at the true source of light. The imperative here is simply that we stand with The New Man against the mindless following of the herd and its herd philosophy that says 'do as suggested so you can remain an atomic piece of the whole!’ The one principle that must be applied consistently to our task is that of the <b><i>dismantling of the traditional</i></b>. Ideologies wear out. Most are ill conceived and designed only for the maintenance of mediocrity from their inceptions. And so it is that only through summoning the courage to tear down the past are we able to come into a right relationship with the present. And the most effective way of dismantling the past and its grip on our notions of right action and thought is to consider in detail all of the forces that stand, through any and all disciplines of knowledge, in opposition to those granite idols.J.T.Marquishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867565938148946291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824553469201373400.post-63577688479362578722010-05-16T11:51:00.000-07:002010-05-16T11:59:49.805-07:00The Concept of 'Play'<a target="_blank" href="http://www.party-chicks.com/freegalls/party-011-hvt_beach/index.htm?1720317" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img align="left" alt="partychicks2.jpg" height="132" src="http://cultureorgy.wordpress.com/files/2008/03/partychicks2.jpg" width="200" /></a>Greetings from Fun City. Life choices are based largely upon existing cultural models. It's like eating at a restaurant. You order from what's on the menu, and it's the rare exception when you order anything that's <i><b><b>not</b></b></i> on the menu. And if you'd <i>prefer</i> something that's not on the menu, it becomes a crap-shoot as to whether or not you'll get what you want. They'll either accommodate you...or they won't. <b><i>But the attainment of your desire is entirely beyond your control.</i></b> Your success or failure is dependent upon the structure of the model, in this case, 'stuff they've actually got in the kitchen.' This then, is the cultural 'model' for the experience of 'eating out.' The same modeling concept applies equally to the slightly more elaborate concept of life choices. The culture in which you are immersed provides you with a convenient menu of options and presents them as the ‘norms’ for the attainment of your purposes in what may well be your one and only life. This urgency is what produces, in humans alone, the phenomenon we call <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existentialism" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">‘existential angst.’</span></a> It’s the knowledge that all we have are our choices in the face of an inevitable death, and to make the wrong ones (in the long-term, anyway) is basically the same thing as pissing our lives away. There are two aspects we deal with in making life choices; one is the ‘what,’ or the specifics that our actions will entail, the other is the ‘how,’ or the ‘basic philosophy’ we choose to adopt regardless of how we handle the specifics. It is in the ‘how’ that all committed <a href="http://cultureorgy.wordpress.com/ultimate-vannie-nasty-nessa/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">hedonists, libertines, radicals, pagans, heathens</span></a>---whatever handle you choose to self-apply---are joined at the hip. It is in the understanding of the concept of <b><i>Play</i></b>.<br />
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<a target="_blank" href="http://gallys.realitykings.com/in/271/?id=jtmarquis71,movie,http://gallys.realitykings.com/in/271/tgpthumb.jpg,Check%20out%20kennedy%20and%20her%20hot%20redhead%20get%20double%20fucked%20in%20these%20hot%20vids" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img align="right" alt="Fun City" height="320" src="http://cultureorgy.wordpress.com/files/2008/04/kina-019-200.jpg" width="214" /></a><a href="http://psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-19990701-000030.html" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The concept of Play</span></a> is fundamental to human development, but is virtually non-existent in the world-view of our day. Modern American culture, defined by the corporate will, the corporate state, and corporate propaganda---all underwritten for the most part by the fundamentalist right---offers up a cultural model that is nothing more than a sham to intelligent individuals. It's the white-collar conservative sell-out lifestyle that has built an entire nation of neurotic psychopaths who have long ago given up on any consideration of the notion of the 'meaning of life.' The cultural model poses the greatest threat to our young people; they always know the truth intuitively, but all too seldom <i><b>know</b></i> that they know it. Through the combination of insecurity and the unceasing inculcation of the 'conformity message,' most of them will sooner or later fall victim to the lie. By the time they figure out that they had it right in the first place, they're 45 and will spend the rest of their lives trying to recover what they already knew when they were 17. And what did they know? They knew what it meant to play. To play, is to follow one's instincts. To play is to follow one's bliss. To play is to approach life with a determination to make your own choices, not those that are made for you by those who haven't the slightest understanding of who you are. <a target="_blank" href="http://draft.blogger.com/goog_1476274240"> </a><a href="http://therealmarquis.blogspot.com/p/mo-play.html" target="_blank"><b>(continued...)</b></a>J.T.Marquishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867565938148946291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824553469201373400.post-48418664744059505082010-05-04T12:59:00.000-07:002010-05-04T13:24:18.903-07:00More Proof That Size Matters<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO3YSDg_yhXBvzAsc71qm9SbTKGnoFzC8d_i-VbFYJCwYzyW8N7buacICfCH6Y4mqGGKLSbmUUZFdkxbypivNOEiuj2KiZDgypur6YKzQt6vKUMvc1Ea6uqcWXiKAA3bLUlTAh8sfKGEHd/s1600/l_7e2aa95f910a461a83174d3df2688433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO3YSDg_yhXBvzAsc71qm9SbTKGnoFzC8d_i-VbFYJCwYzyW8N7buacICfCH6Y4mqGGKLSbmUUZFdkxbypivNOEiuj2KiZDgypur6YKzQt6vKUMvc1Ea6uqcWXiKAA3bLUlTAh8sfKGEHd/s320/l_7e2aa95f910a461a83174d3df2688433.jpg" width="240" /></a>Pencil-legged girls are delicate flowers. So frail, so fragile, and so ultimately insecure. Only the Big Beautiful Woman is a <i><b>real</b> </i>woman. She comes on with a power and sexuality that is born of strength and solidity. Of fragility and weakness, she knows nothing. It is time to state plainly that whoever first came up with the bright idea to perpetuate the Kewpie-as-media-stereotype was a serious wuss. Intuitively, men know that Barbie Worship is an illusion. It's a psycho-emotional trick they play on themselves, their punishment for allowing the idols of the System to determine every aspect of their makeup.<br />
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The truth is that in the depths of his being, a man wants a woman that challenges him, that strikes fear into his heart, and a woman that outclasses him physically presents just such a challenge. Toward her he has no illusions of dominance. With one severe glance and the subtlest show of force from her magnificent body, she will exert full control over him, keeping him in his place with ease, which, ironically enough, is exactly where he secretly wants to be. This is why the majority of men are so psychologically skewed. They’ve spent their entire lives, not to mention their entire human history, trying to be something they are not. They go on trying to pretend that they are the superior gender, that it is only they who possess the skill, cunning, and strength of mind and body to lead humanity back into paradise. The fact is that conclusive proof of precisely the opposite is available to anyone, 24 hours a day. Any time of day, any day of the week check out a newspaper or news broadcast and in less than 2 minutes you will have all the proof you’ll ever need that men know nothing about leading nations, or anything else.<br />
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What a man really wants is to surrender, to lay down his life at the feet of a huge, gorgeous woman and end the charade once and for all. She is clearly his superior and he recognizes it both inwardly and outwardly. The sad part is that he would easily find eternal inner peace and soul consolation in her service if only he were able to curb his colossal ego vis-à-vis the ridicule of the herd that he fears will be his ultimate undoing should he choose to act authentically and dedicate himself to her. The fact that his ego, in a vast majority of cases, wins out over his vision of ultimate truth explains in a nutshell the barbaric, unevolved condition of our planet today. But the discussion of the desperate need for a Matriarchal world order is a separate subject upon which I have already and will continue to comment.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYP5yxoPsXI_LAyIII2YqYGoHv6Zkc2b3jNxefqNDM_buzpvQsUtwRDxVsK1VEPyR1eOlYBPy9v_WhH_UWkAietDHxH2i9cRpnKZ6vDt9Ny_gIjv4OD1uLAON55PbTzkmlbfOp1y1AFvu/s1600/k.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYP5yxoPsXI_LAyIII2YqYGoHv6Zkc2b3jNxefqNDM_buzpvQsUtwRDxVsK1VEPyR1eOlYBPy9v_WhH_UWkAietDHxH2i9cRpnKZ6vDt9Ny_gIjv4OD1uLAON55PbTzkmlbfOp1y1AFvu/s320/k.jpg" width="240" /></a>Suffice here to simply enforce the point that Big Beautiful Women are superior in every way to all the various forms of Twiggies and Barbies out there who think you become a real woman by counting calories and looking like a Kewpie doll. <br />
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<i><b>Kewpie Doll:</b> a girl with a pretty face and no body. She typically has no tits, a flat ass, and toothpick legs. She is the real-world embodiment of the System stereotype and is only attractive to men who are themselves psycho-lobotomized by the System media complex.</i> <br />
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<i><b>A Postmodern Curiosity: </b>There’s a reason why they only show most newswomen from the neck up. It’s because from the neck down they look like pipe cleaners.</i><br />
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In closing I need to admonish all you guys out there to have some balls, for God's sake. If you're lucky enough to be involved with a Big Beautiful Woman, don't even<i><b> think</b></i> about being one of the sorry multitude of lame-ass Closet FA's! If you can't proudly take your exquisite Big Girl out on the town, show her off to the crowd, hold her hand, and hold her close like you mean it, then you don't deserve to even enter into her presence. You need to seriously get it together, fuck the status quo bullshit, and get real with your real woman. Jesus, do I <i>really</i> have to explain this stuff? Obviously, I do.<br />
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So, Big Girls, keep rockin’ your <i>magnitude with attitude</i>, and if the bitch-goddess within wants to come out and crush a li’l man or two, or snap a li’l Twiggy in half with one swing of your big, voluptuous hips, I say go ahead and let ‘er rip! This is your world now, BBW, and it’s high time you start taking over.<br />
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In any case, my exalted view of the phenomenon of woman is certainly (and obviously, I think) not limited to the area of the sexual. Nor is it in any way tongue-in-cheek. I love women on every level. I believe they are quite simply God’s finest works by a staggering margin. If the ‘God’ thing is too much for you, then I am happy to replace the word ‘God’ with the word ‘Evolution’. It’s all the same in my mind. The biggest problem I see with this comprehensive mode of denouncing all things pornographic is that it first arose, in the main, out of the jealousy and indeed the contempt felt by the average housewife or working girl in the late 50’s and early 60’s for the fact that beautiful women were beginning to be rewarded JUST for being beautiful. No, no, they objected! It cannot be in any way construed as ‘fair’ that hotties make more money simply by posing for the camera than the working girl makes in her 40 hr. week as slave to the grind. And I can certainly sympathize! The feeling of being somehow cheated by such an arrangement is only natural. But the objections should be leveled at the manufacturer, not at the girl. Nature, for whatever reasons, saw fit to endow her with a certain appearance. Picketing Nature, then, or perhaps the girl’s parents for their genetic predisposition, makes infinitely more sense than picketing the offices of prurient publishers. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHSSHlOvjgizmEF1hQmtzSxI9j4W7R_VxnlDzQKjoxaryY63lkoiU1mPwB5zQi6iYu2s0lY3xgSy3xNYfC7-xYsGZekKSNXxM6ibuavbqLUqmiuFtfq4Yf4YXS8zyJhRcTSE13C7vlFxde/s1600/pfdmel04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHSSHlOvjgizmEF1hQmtzSxI9j4W7R_VxnlDzQKjoxaryY63lkoiU1mPwB5zQi6iYu2s0lY3xgSy3xNYfC7-xYsGZekKSNXxM6ibuavbqLUqmiuFtfq4Yf4YXS8zyJhRcTSE13C7vlFxde/s320/pfdmel04.jpg" width="258" /></a>Before the evolution of the media, hot women only had two options, stripping and prostitution. But then came Hefner. Suddenly, beautiful women were appearing on the pages of a high-profile, professionally designed, and, no matter what anyone may say, socially viable publication. Now a girl had the option of being photographed as opposed to selling her body concretely. Those who don’t grasp the profound difference between these two modes of erotic commerce are in deeper denial than the worst substance addicts. The difference constitutes an absolute polarity. <br />
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I am well-acquainted with the con argument here as well. It runs along these lines; that selling the image is still selling the body, at least as far as the male consumer is concerned. He continues to pay his money and achieve his orgasm at the moral and ethical expense of the model. But even the most cursory analysis of this argument reveals its fatal weakness. The basis of this typical argument against any kind of pornography is that open sexuality is immoral. It’s as simple as that. And what is this but a judgment based upon whatever subjective factors its proponent wants to invoke? In truth, the problem with prostitution was and is it’s health risks to both participants, and its relinquishing of control on the part of the woman in terms of her physical safety. Whether or not general social consensus dictates that the concrete act of facilitating a man’s orgasm is immoral couldn’t be more irrelevant to the differences between physical prostitution and adult modeling. There is no point here in a lengthy exposition on the benefits of safety, anonymity, convenience, and all the other elements that create the widest of gulfs between pornography and prostitution. They are self-evident. The point is simply that modern media allows women and men to participate in erotic pleasure in ways that remove the threat of physical consequences from the equation.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPFcP3tzErwmuguyx3r4FhKGFNNTKXdVDPrxWP5nifLApgUjfcE4-9fziIDDQxfPzEXlbAPYyp62tobPim3eBsfXfC_BfZuoLH0KKFU6uzjpYUUKfAPB8McunlFeCgiWDfaRg0Uj8_4AWP/s1600/04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPFcP3tzErwmuguyx3r4FhKGFNNTKXdVDPrxWP5nifLApgUjfcE4-9fziIDDQxfPzEXlbAPYyp62tobPim3eBsfXfC_BfZuoLH0KKFU6uzjpYUUKfAPB8McunlFeCgiWDfaRg0Uj8_4AWP/s320/04.jpg" width="213" /></a>What has been said thus far is applicable to pornography in general, but the real discussion here is meant to deal with the phenomenon of Female Domination specifically. So, to return to the argument, it is a fact that men who are truly submissive to dominant women do not see them as soulless, objectified entities. They see them as queens, as goddesses, as the beings most worthy of a man’s worship, unconditional love, and purest affection. The fact that there is also a raging sexual attraction at work in the mix only enhances the value of such a woman in the man’s esteem. We who worship powerful, beautiful women recognize them as our superiors in every sense. It is difficult to see how such an all-encompassing love and reverence for these women can in any way be construed as degrading or dehumanizing. Again, we recognize the fact that any complaints against this kind of reverence must come from women who are not fortunate enough to be endowed with the same physical gifts. But do not these women, in turn, generally possess gifts not granted to the dominatrix? They do, and yet we don’t generally hear the female dominant complaining that the woman who is born with a gift for, say, painting, has an unfair advantage in the art world. She doesn’t feel cheated if the woman who has a natural flair for mathematics and science can get a better job than she in the field of physics. <br />
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The truth is that the merits of our subject regarding the kinds of actions that empower women and the kinds that perpetuate servile attitudes toward men cannot be judged in accordance with any kind of comprehensive application. To coin the cliché, they do not exist in a vacuum. They depend greatly upon the particular circumstances and upon the individual(s)involved. In pointing this out, I should also clarify that I have not meant to suggest here that all adult modeling experiences are positive ones. Such a claim is obviously absurd. Female domination, as a pornographic vocation at any rate, is no different for a woman than any other job. There are good situations and bad situations. You can work with good people or evil people. And if it should turn out that you’re putting forth a message that women are objects to be controlled by men, you can at least be appeased by the knowledge that the content of that message is that a woman can and will kick the shit out of a man any time she feels like it. Of course, if it turns out that a great number of women find the content and the message to be that of empowering women to keep men in their places, and to use <b><i>them</i></b> for the purpose of vocational gain, how can that be a bad thing?<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5d9R8EbyuFqbagGJI5o4nNVv3AN3QcLtwMNhdu5Mil9NKMR690HaWev8olSJTURQYWltrU0EnzSIKNoZNZfhie7TFyryHGfLpqBwA5rRQcTLmF1VBw_3kF6qlze4cHc7BDmOabKLzmM-n/s1600/pfdmel07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5d9R8EbyuFqbagGJI5o4nNVv3AN3QcLtwMNhdu5Mil9NKMR690HaWev8olSJTURQYWltrU0EnzSIKNoZNZfhie7TFyryHGfLpqBwA5rRQcTLmF1VBw_3kF6qlze4cHc7BDmOabKLzmM-n/s400/pfdmel07.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
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Well, the real bottom line to this discussion is that what is far more important than any particulars of belief is simply the reaffirmation that trying to legislate or codify morality and ethics within the tight confines of any system, particularly those systems still steeped in the anachronous puritanical standards of what are fast becoming our distant ancestors, is that we awaken ourselves and others to the understanding that each of us is a molecule in motion within the grand flow of evolution. But this understanding comes only by conscious choice. We may either open ourselves to the individual growth and progress inherent in that grand flow, or we may choose to try resisting it, kicking against the pricks, as it were. The former choice is the choice of expanding consciousness, tolerance, and ever-deepening harmony, both within and without. The latter choice will always represent the denial of inevitable change, and with it the prejudice, dissonance, and self-aggrandizement that has always and continues to manifest itself in the form of a world in the throes of utter dysfunction, and indeed, self-destruction.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs3notRpimx-e4SuMzU1PnvAYkf7BkftDqXWnaOK-QimlWtqM3L9BOUPCX2VsWHgyaPWxT4rvSBkHEqlsyzNTyH9KyV4FY8xZi_Tq5aDT6tJA2dFXtmJJB4m8UFdvSNpVR18U6xgKXkR5h/s1600/pfdjewell05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs3notRpimx-e4SuMzU1PnvAYkf7BkftDqXWnaOK-QimlWtqM3L9BOUPCX2VsWHgyaPWxT4rvSBkHEqlsyzNTyH9KyV4FY8xZi_Tq5aDT6tJA2dFXtmJJB4m8UFdvSNpVR18U6xgKXkR5h/s320/pfdjewell05.jpg" width="213" /></a>So, in closing, let’s get back to the notion of a free society. If you disagree with what I’m doing, exercise your freedom and don’t read it. FemDom is not going to destroy civilization. In fact, I make the argument elsewhere in my writings that it may well SAVE civilization. I know from long experience that it is among the most difficult of endeavors to stimulate the opening of closed minds. I also know that many feminists, moralists, fundamentalists, and a few other ‘ists’ are always going to denounce me as a misogynist simply because that’s the way they’re wired. But it will always be incumbent upon me to defend my adoration of women by demonstrating at the very least that the arguments for that denunciation are at best the products of spurious and invalid reasoning, and at worst patently false.J.T.Marquishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867565938148946291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824553469201373400.post-65025155183864554512010-04-05T15:36:00.000-07:002010-04-06T11:30:09.774-07:00Another Case For A Matriarchal World Order<a target="_blank" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTjHppypIf8kvBR8Fz5_-xDwqCTc8KKzvzo2Of6hzxh3to5xHURxMNvEfFUKgrAt3c_2RZ3Qbdtl-_gmr6KG-kCaJhlHYOVJhAOOTAQBu5SlhD5lJzjZH8JUNGdYk8-usOj2hwSv9GTA9/s1600-h/patriarchy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTjHppypIf8kvBR8Fz5_-xDwqCTc8KKzvzo2Of6hzxh3to5xHURxMNvEfFUKgrAt3c_2RZ3Qbdtl-_gmr6KG-kCaJhlHYOVJhAOOTAQBu5SlhD5lJzjZH8JUNGdYk8-usOj2hwSv9GTA9/s200/patriarchy.gif" width="184" /></a>It must never be said that men know anything about social leadership. They don't. One only need wake up in the morning to witness the ill effects of the patriarchal world. The entire planet is in the throes of self-destruction as a result of the incomprehensible incompetence of male leadership, and when one considers the vastness of the problem it does indeed cause us to despair of any ultimate hope for solutions. Thus it behooves us to try bringing the problem down to size in some way. If we can begin simply by defining an alternative, ideal culture and thinking through the steps that would be necessary to bring it into existence, we will have done a great service to our race. Are you ready? Here it is. The alternative, ideal culture is Matriarchal culture. That's the simple answer to the first part of the question. Let women run the show. And not just any women, but beautiful, intelligent, and above all <i>dominant</i> women. As for the second part, bringing such a culture into existence, well, that's going to require a bit more space. We'll start with an introductory outline and keep to the basics for openers. If we can make it that far, then we can turn our attention to saving the world.<br />
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I have written extensively on the subject of Sex and its relationship to serious philosophy and cultural study, and in more than one essay have proposed the notion that a truly and fully matriarchal order holds the only real hope of an authentic future for humankind. Now, it's time to elaborate on that thesis and at the same time try to provide a jolt, if possible, a hard slap in the face to awaken those who remain soundly asleep and oblivious to the fact that the state of post-modern society—while looking reasonably functional at a cursory glance—is in fact on the verge of collapse. What is less than evident from the outside looking in is the fragile state of its primary foundations. Those foundations consist of avarice, intolerance, and complete apathy for the concept of civilization itself. Given just a little more time, those failing foundations will crumble and corporate crime will destroy America from the inside like the malignant cancer that it is and that is, of course, providing that the global, homicidal enmity between tribes doesn't escalate into a real Armageddon (sans the 2nd Coming part, of course) sending us all rocketing, dumbfounded, to Kingdom Come before then. Make no mistake, we're already hanging on by a thread in the face of both of these scenarios.<br />
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Unfortunately, the causes of the world's deplorable human inter-relations are buried far too deeply within the complex fabric of history to be excavated and repaired. They may well be too badly damaged to be saved even if they could be excavated. What originally stemmed from primal greed, unchecked by thought, progressively became institutionalized in the structures of early clan hierarchies and have now evolved into the tenets upon which the ruthless powers of rampant capitalism and epidemic inhumanity to man are firmly entrenched. And if society is too far gone to be saved, what remains to be done? Well, of course, we'd like to think that nothing can be so far gone that a complete change of attitude and approach can't make a marked difference in its condition, but it is indeed the dearth of realistic prospects for any such change in the collective heart of mankind that leaves us grasping at straws, and more or less resigned to the sorry fate of capitalistic culture. And what do we do when something is damaged beyond repair? That's right. We throw it out and start fresh. <br />
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So how can we possibly make a fresh start when we've already agreed that America is corrupted beyond repair? For openers, we start small, and we start right. We build a perfect subculture based on the right principles. It was the subculture of those who believed in religious freedom and control of their economic lives that founded this country. I have mixed feelings about that. It was a fabulous revolution, done for all the right reasons. Those in the original American colonies, spurred on to independence by such exceptional thinkers as Thomas Paine, had the right humanitarian values, for the most part. Obviously, their ideas of equality for the Black Man hadn't been worked out, but there was certainly the knowledge at the time of the drafting of our constitution that the issue would have to be addressed. Thomas Jefferson and company, though slave owners themselves, realized and were troubled by the hypocritical aspect of their proclamation that 'all men are created equal.' They were, however, willing to work for harmony with the Native Americans, and might have done so successfully had not the inevitable tidal wave of wanna-be's, with no ethical standards at all, chasing nothing but the lure of an easy fortune, followed like some cosmic nightmare in their wake. What came with the wanna-be's and gold-mongers of course, was unmitigated avarice and the establishment of an ethic of self-aggrandizement, and a consequent utter disregard for any reasoned altruism. From there, it was only a small step further to the slaughter and displacement of the indigenous tribes in the name of progress, and even worse, in the name of God; an unconscionable display of the very syndrome that is the point of our discussion. America continues today to engage in just such exploitation for profit—at any cost—that has defined every other group of ruthless Visigoths down through history, and it is time we removed ourselves from anything other than our accidental association with it. <br />
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I should also say a few words about redefining the true goals of communal living. Human life within a collective has all the potential for being the most extraordinary transcendental experience available to us, but we have squandered that potential on self-centeredness. Women have a much greater and more instinctive grasp of the concept of compassion, and will have no problems implementing it as a sociological mandate. It is only through compassion, reverence for life, to coin Albert Schweitzer's phrase, that our human values become evident not only to others, but perhaps even more so to ourselves. No matter how well-conceived and ethical a plan for a new world order may be, we have to remember that the entire social edifice remains nothing more than a blueprint until we have learned to value the other's rights on the same level as our own. This seemingly simple formula for a sane society has remained an utter impossibility for humankind and it is time we set matters straight.<br />
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To sum up this idea of a philosophy that substantiates the call for matriarchal culture, let me just add to the preceding the related notion that this simple blueprint for a progressive society starts with a right understanding of the human condition. Here again, things are in no way overly-complicated. The human condition is simply that of seeking the fulfillment of its potentiality. What fails to find articulation in the cultural message of the day is the fact that this search belongs to each of us alike, and not merely to those in the positions of power or privilege. And so it falls upon us to outline the pathway to a new and progressive society in which ALL MEN & WOMEN are free to follow their dreams and fulfill their destinies as individuals. Be sure and join me for my next post in which we will discuss the details of building a perfect society; the Matriarchal Society.J.T.Marquishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867565938148946291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824553469201373400.post-35297678709072049542008-11-25T13:11:00.000-08:002008-11-26T14:51:48.538-08:00Study: Notes for an Outline on Sex and Cosmic Consciousness<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip-VuXcEV9k6jfZwCWW_jlB55nOo3Jxta_FeT3co9XebLL39Fzew3598G1YrcaZSxK1sq6gGoBAclREMCYAv1b0UmgIof3Hj2gbNdPUKnX1kXB7z7-YCAo7fcQcm13KUHBX7nNR5uIZ1sv/s1600-h/evil-sexy-demon-girl.gif"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip-VuXcEV9k6jfZwCWW_jlB55nOo3Jxta_FeT3co9XebLL39Fzew3598G1YrcaZSxK1sq6gGoBAclREMCYAv1b0UmgIof3Hj2gbNdPUKnX1kXB7z7-YCAo7fcQcm13KUHBX7nNR5uIZ1sv/s200/evil-sexy-demon-girl.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272714179788361730" /></a>The perceived antipathy between spirituality and sexuality is a cultural construct, and a quite artificial one at that. In truth, there exists no such antipathy, and rather, conversely, the two realms are so intimately connected as to be considered mere divisions of the same human experience and imperative, namely, Transcendence. This is why it strikes me as hilarious when people (as they continually do!) accuse me of committing a gross hypocrisy by writing passionately on the subject of Cosmic Consciousness and illustrating the same articles with photos of lovely—and invariably voluptuous—women. Such persons, who astonishingly remain legion, are still operating within the confines of the woefully anachronistic cultural structure of ‘proper’ social and even personal attitudes as they existed over a hundred years ago. Times have changed immeasurably since then, and much of that change is fully embraced by society. But why does sex continue to exert such a fiendish, frightening hold upon the minds of the masses? This one exceptional human endeavor, which should by now be enjoying its greatest period of freedom and self-expression, still exists in the collective consciousness as some sort of eternal taboo, and more than anywhere else when it is suggested that it might indeed bear a positive relationship to our spiritual lives. Spirit and Flesh. The ageless dichotomy.<br /><br />Well, the simple truth is that culture’s ongoing expression of this so-called dichotomy is the biggest hoax ever perpetrated on modern man. And who’s behind such an enduring hoax? You guessed it. Organized Religion. Our good friends, the fundamentalists. Pagan cultures, on the other hand, have routinely had healthy attitudes toward sex. In fact, it has always enjoyed the status of high ritual within these viable and progressive religious trends. Don’t misunderstand me here. I don’t mean to suggest that the prohibition of ‘good clean sex’ began with the tent revivals. It didn’t. The division between spirit and flesh is as old as the written word itself. My point is that while scientific progress has stripped away most of the untenable world-views and false ideologies of antiquity, it has made little headway in this regard where the realm of the Erotic is concerned. And it is here that the fundamentalist zealotry of the past 80 years or so has maintained the structural paradigm of ‘Fear of Sex’ at the foundational level of modern culture in general. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzl9XgLqMbBfaV-fa399cpDpfpGln8LoGQxLOiqMY4Qct4cZIkYsikg7gT-ps4RNDnGtX_zkN1X5GJ4bfx9Yocw1cTxLjojjAe2d49KJq2XnmklYMLg6PRaF3hbne-TvcSOM9JUnx41vP/s1600-h/Lavey+Party-crop.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 297px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzl9XgLqMbBfaV-fa399cpDpfpGln8LoGQxLOiqMY4Qct4cZIkYsikg7gT-ps4RNDnGtX_zkN1X5GJ4bfx9Yocw1cTxLjojjAe2d49KJq2XnmklYMLg6PRaF3hbne-TvcSOM9JUnx41vP/s320/Lavey+Party-crop.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272714351346208578" /></a>Western culture is so thoroughly immersed in its Christian heritage, that even many who know the myth of Jesus-as-God to be an intellectual and historical absurdity still discover that the weight of history and tradition psychically encoded within them produces a strange and conditioned sort of difficulty in renouncing it fully. This kind of cultural-historical narrative, encoded into the very fabric of our sociological ideology is what we define as ‘Structure.’ Structures function in such a way as to guide culture along unconsciously as these underlying systems dictate individual and collective attitudes that remain firmly entrenched in our internal makeup even though the tenets of the system itself may have become obsolete. In this way, structures work to create ‘residue,’ the dregs, if you will, of the obsolete systems. These residues act upon us symptomatically, and we find ourselves unknowing victims of symptoms for which the actual diseases have long ago been cured. In the case of sex and spirituality, for example, one need have no overriding connection with the religious institution itself to nevertheless maintain encoded feelings that sex is something unfit for cultural discourse, something shameful, embarrassing, inappropriate, in word; frightening. <br /><br />By its very definition the unconscious is a realm resistant to access and influence, or manipulation. The dismantling of these unconscious structures, so necessary to right understanding of the world, requires a strong measure of philosophical self-analysis and a willingness to stay current with regard to the unfolding model of the Cosmos as revealed by the scientific community. It becomes considerably more difficult to lean on unsubstantiated belief systems in the face of the extraordinary discoveries being made in the worlds of Physics, Astronomy, and Cosmology, and it is precisely these discoveries that open our minds to new possibilities of thought and thereby to the erecting of more accurate structures upon which new and more progressive cultural models may be established. Such a future model will be erected upon the foundation of sexuality-as-ultimate-religious-vehicle. Transcendence will become the watchword of religious thought, and the immersion of self within the ultimate fantasy world of free sexual expression will become the primary means of experiencing that transcendence.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyYS7m0DcY3rQ6xf7vHUzE63J6qCJEPsjM9HnmXECwKIngLZgwEjPG1c45j5_Sxf0nquSaFS7z3BXqhz69Z2UoTQiN_FOtjrXWF3DX1iar7wqxGbNJLNOIJ1_RvGNMldsEP_4ecds_XLxL/s1600-h/dirge9-crop.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyYS7m0DcY3rQ6xf7vHUzE63J6qCJEPsjM9HnmXECwKIngLZgwEjPG1c45j5_Sxf0nquSaFS7z3BXqhz69Z2UoTQiN_FOtjrXWF3DX1iar7wqxGbNJLNOIJ1_RvGNMldsEP_4ecds_XLxL/s320/dirge9-crop.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272712768177990386" /></a>So, just what kind of transformation is needed to usher in this sexually utopian society? A re-ordering of education at every level of development is one idea. But education is slow. It is effective when combined with a legitimate enthusiasm for its subject matter, but it is also met with substantial force and potential resistance in the realms of the popular and environmental constancy. Much more effective is the idea of a youth movement to initiate sweeping change. Youth must become enamored of a new paradigm, and if they do so, the world can change dramatically and quickly. Popularity is the way of all major waves. It washes its protégés into fashion like a giant tsunami, obliterating every feeble strand of resistance with consummate ease and unbridled power. This new movement, then, must be one of spiritual enlightenment combined with uninhibited sexual experimentation in order to create the context for the next great evolutionary shift; Cosmic Consciousness. In order to reach this sacred plateau, the masses must cast off their fear, their anxiety, and their inauthenticity and enter a new mode of being. Sexual freedom is the real key to this state of enlightenment. Through a highly developed and fully legitimated sensual lifestyle, the connection between Sex & Spirit may be recognized for the sublime interplay that it is, freed entirely from the fetters of the puritanical past that has tried to hold Sex hostage forever behind the paper walls of sin and infamy.<br /><br />We look, then, to a new and vibrant generation that understands human interplay on an elevated spiritual level; a new movement that realizes the connection between sexual experience and Cosmic Consciousness. A new era of Dionysian celebration—the celebration of life—must be erected, a sensual utopia of Jim Morrison’s ‘Golden Copulations.’ A free society can, after all, only be made up of free individuals. The raising of awareness consists to such a great extent in the casting off of outmoded tradition, and the time is now to bury the ruins of puritanical culture deeply and permanently. All ye illustrious young! Awaken and arise to the truth of your calling, your grand destiny. And don’t let anyone say it can’t happen. Young people are sharp. They can see clearly the ills of the world, and the solutions as well. As Bob Marley once said; ‘Youth always knows where it’s at.’J.T.Marquishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867565938148946291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824553469201373400.post-12221539676834533252008-11-19T15:03:00.000-08:002008-11-20T13:42:24.320-08:00The Case for a Matriarchal World Order<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9JJAdqvxjMOwBE0c7jzWo30Wc0aWyN9CoEFgwrc5ZdlnlmwfEumnRvTZo-3XMgh6E3ECW4zAxfnfA0VoSUHGTaSniQeuldZTVNGQpQ449YcXpjGdkAG6VROT2DIxWSDaGiOp9InISKD6O/s1600-h/EliseSutton-575.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9JJAdqvxjMOwBE0c7jzWo30Wc0aWyN9CoEFgwrc5ZdlnlmwfEumnRvTZo-3XMgh6E3ECW4zAxfnfA0VoSUHGTaSniQeuldZTVNGQpQ449YcXpjGdkAG6VROT2DIxWSDaGiOp9InISKD6O/s200/EliseSutton-575.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270632348176008338" /></a>This one is not even close, really. It doesn’t take any specialized training to see that we live in a volatile, unstable world, a world in which the excesses of the few beget the suffering of the many, and in which hatred and intolerance are the norm in collective human interactions. The history of civilization as reflected in the pathetic state of world affairs in this dreadful year of our Lord, 2008, confirms that much, and unfortunately, much more. The responsible party? Yep, it’s The Guys. The only rational conclusion one can draw is that men are idiots. They have done such a woeful job of creating any form of meaningful civilization that they ought to simply resign in disgrace, which is what they would do if they weren’t, well…Men. As an unsophisticated coterie of self-perceived Alpha Males, it’s not in their nature to admit their gross incompetence. So, not only do we live in the fallout of their idiocy, but we have no hope of their <span style="font-style:italic;">acknowledging</span> that idiocy and handing over the reins to the obviously more qualified sex. When you think about it, haven’t the lads had more than enough time to prove themselves? How many centuries of Patriarchal bungling does it take before a light goes on somewhere? Let's face it, if guys COULD do this, they’d have done it by now. They’d have done it long before now.<br /><br />But before you start freaking out, relax. I’m not suggesting that Hillary, nor far less, Sarah Palin should be running the show in America. Just because one is a woman, doesn’t mean one is automatically capable of political leadership. And in the case of Palin, it must be added that Republican women would also make terrible leaders, for the simple reason that Republican ideology is staunchly patriarchal to begin with. No, we must have a liberal, matriarchal, fiercely independent, and if possible, sexy Left-Winger to run the show. (Naturally, a Plus-Size beauty would be the ultimate, but so far, I can't find any big girls running for office.) This kind of liberalism would send the right message to the rest of the world. Just imagine, for example, if Californians had done the right thing and elected Mary Carey Governor back in '03. By now, many of our political crises would have been well on their ways to resolution. A woman like Mary Carey is going to get what she wants, especially from men. Her very presence as a political leader would have brought in untold new revenues for the state, (you know, people pay just for the privilege of looking at her) and as for her overall agenda, just check it out.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYcrubGo8aj4mdYcZBm-nyH6yH09e76GJO1F2a4WJtydqteekZGE3RN6dt_X_5DXhZYVmMgh1Lt-AaFfLzQKfHEhfRigf53BP674QmA8WL6ZP4KHX3x_7Eojs6XWyLapcAx6Q3EG5RLJx/s1600-h/freepic2a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYcrubGo8aj4mdYcZBm-nyH6yH09e76GJO1F2a4WJtydqteekZGE3RN6dt_X_5DXhZYVmMgh1Lt-AaFfLzQKfHEhfRigf53BP674QmA8WL6ZP4KHX3x_7Eojs6XWyLapcAx6Q3EG5RLJx/s320/freepic2a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270567701762439730" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mary Carey's Platform:</span><br />1. Legalize same-sex marriage<br />2. Tax breast implants<br />3. Make lap-dances tax deductible<br />4. Wire the California Governor's Mansion with live web-cams<br />5. Create a "Porn for Pistols" program to reduce the number of handguns<br />6. Be a goodwill ambassador to attract business to the state<br />7. Make those drawing unemployment insurance do jury duty for their pay<br />8. Fight the attacks on the porn industry by John Ashcroft and the U.S. Department of Justice<br />9. Allow bars to stay open until 4:00 A.M.<br />10. Address the AIDS epidemic<br /><br />Not too shabby. Far better priorities than any the boys have come up with so far. And what's with Schwarzenegger, anyway? How was he reckoned to be so far superior to Ms. Carey? Last time I checked, he had the same political credentials she had: None. His vocational experience was identical to hers; a film star who mostly showed off a great body in order to get over. On the up-side, her English was always MUCH better than Arnold's. Well, I don't know. The people have spoken, though why they spoke the way they did is anybody's guess. One thing's for sure. More than 5 years later, nothing's changed in 'Collie-fornia.'<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sKE3XV5lL3k&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sKE3XV5lL3k&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.marycarey.com/"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 468px; height: 80px;" src="http://www.marycarey.com/banners/banner3.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFcIKGDZl-L8PJfMuOHiHyPOOX5PQeUkLToE9SwZIyXgsmmg8f4Jo9zvWokAJTGXyUJVRTMJ5vp1ibNbMfDoE-OM-i83IaR_7sNxRhIdPcjW9yIL6oTTLjz9cADU0dYatgVvDgoye7d3JT/s1600-h/edel13.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFcIKGDZl-L8PJfMuOHiHyPOOX5PQeUkLToE9SwZIyXgsmmg8f4Jo9zvWokAJTGXyUJVRTMJ5vp1ibNbMfDoE-OM-i83IaR_7sNxRhIdPcjW9yIL6oTTLjz9cADU0dYatgVvDgoye7d3JT/s320/edel13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270577575686897714" border="0" /></a>A little further back, the Italians actually got this thing right, sort of. Remember Cicciolina? The Italian porn actress was presented to the parliament as a candidate for the country's first Green Party in 1979, and, after switching to the Radical Party, was elected to Italian Parliament in 1987, receiving the party's second highest number of votes. Not that Cicciolina can take sole credit for it, but it has been noted that during her years in office the Italian economy was sound and the country was free of conflict and of any major political tensions. She continues to be politically active, campaigning for sexual freedoms, a future without nuclear energy, and an end to the death penalty. She is also active in the fight against A.I.D.S.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EuVG0F_oorM&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EuVG0F_oorM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Cicciolina performing 'Political Woman.' Cool!</span></span></span></span><br /><br />Well, admittedly, these two pioneering women represent only the most rudimentary beginnings to the hopes of a future matriarchal world order, but the profound differences in their priorities from the trivial agendas of male politics are in fact radically powerful reflections of a far more sane and do-ably utopian vision of society than any put forth by 'the dudes.' And the ideas briefly outlined above are but a few of the basic, common-sense platforms that would be adopted and implemented by women in positions of political influence. Wouldn't it be too cool if this were only the beginning? If a new wave of porn stars, BBW models, dominatrices, strippers, and others from the sex industry become politically involved, the future could become bright indeed. Hopefully the girls will heed the call of a disintegrating world and become motivated to get down and get their game on. If they don't, I'm afraid to say it's 'Game Over.' You've had a lot more chances than you deserve, boys, and you've still fucked it up. Royally. It's time to get outta town.J.T.Marquishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867565938148946291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824553469201373400.post-53948370654809107352008-11-11T01:18:00.000-08:002008-11-16T15:27:08.911-08:00A Study: The Evolution of Consciousness.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjanZreyrb3560k5yII4kvw3OC-80bI6HjLui4v62Am-FpyleQLVubuN4pC5akL-ugOoFm4LOxBBknMzyWatmDG3uaHX9grpUENKcF-_noDYsWUfynBjz9TekqJo4PfREMqRuKrcNiTqwuJ/s1600-h/b.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjanZreyrb3560k5yII4kvw3OC-80bI6HjLui4v62Am-FpyleQLVubuN4pC5akL-ugOoFm4LOxBBknMzyWatmDG3uaHX9grpUENKcF-_noDYsWUfynBjz9TekqJo4PfREMqRuKrcNiTqwuJ/s200/b.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267487134200516002" /></a>It is not likely that our universe is all there is to it. Prevailing trends in Physics and Cosmology lean heavily towards a model of reality that is far more deeply layered than we dare imagine, complete with multiple universes (perhaps an infinite number of them), parallel realities, wormholes, black holes, vibrating strings, higher dimensional ‘branes’ and dark matter, as well as the bizarre, imprecise machinations of quantum activity, which mysteriously guide the the workings of the world at the sub-atomic level. What we now understand about reality seems more wildly fantastic than anything we dreamt of in even the most outlandish creations of Science Fiction a mere 50 years ago. The more we learn, the more complex and beautiful reality reveals itself to be, and the more clearly does the idea of universal evolution reveal itself in our observations. Even more astounding than the evolution of living organic forms is the evolution of consciousness and universal energy. The fact that humankind came to evolve into a self-conscious being is the evolutionary marvel of marvels. It is this ability to think in the abstract that allows us a subjective comprehension of higher realities and the capacity for direct experience of those realities as well. Unfortunately, however, the majority of humankind uses its intellect as nothing more than a glorified calculator, determining the most efficient pathways to the solution of mundane worldly exercises usually amounting to little more than the procurement of the daily bread. This disparity, more than a mere curiosity to my mind, between the totality of our evolutionary potential and the real life choices we actually make, is the subject of this brief essay.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-N6cQ6k8UwOWN9O7RNgIYOAXv-7xFKT_-rwnl-obRwG6q89eULHKuZ_eFWtRzQRYC-vy1ccTpckY44dGnfNqd9eQLgxMKYkJKHaxG6lVF7DOuY4y639RfUx4BuMUnaQA6g0KDp_7mUCC/s1600-h/DSCF0024lg.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-N6cQ6k8UwOWN9O7RNgIYOAXv-7xFKT_-rwnl-obRwG6q89eULHKuZ_eFWtRzQRYC-vy1ccTpckY44dGnfNqd9eQLgxMKYkJKHaxG6lVF7DOuY4y639RfUx4BuMUnaQA6g0KDp_7mUCC/s200/DSCF0024lg.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267514599618336194" /></a>It would appear as if this very fact of Man’s evolutionary acceleration has given him exceptional tools for both progression and regression. While those given to wonder and philosophical inquiry recognize the fact that humanity is even now in a unique position to take an unprecedented leap toward collective Cosmic Consciousness, the masses who are not so disposed are intent upon making little of the salient matters of human development, and seem actually determined to remain earthbound in the most pejorative sense of the term. As a result, we find our world inexplicably mired in trivial pursuits and all manner of needless conflicts attending to greed, intolerance, base materialism, and mindless self-absorbtion. We look on in astonishment and often in hopelessness at the folly of life lived in the blind following of these cultural ‘norms.’ And while it may be said that Western culture offers a considerably wider variety of lifestyle alternatives than is found in the East, and certainly in the underdeveloped societies, it in no way follows that these alternatives are progressive. The problem is that virtually all operative choices in our culture are based on a faulty foundation, that is, the myth of uber-capitalism. Rampant capitalist culture has set us back, in an evolutionary sense, to a degree we don’t even yet fully understand. And the vast majority of our species shows no indication of any impending epiphanies that might lead to enlightenment.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjictpUE-eXNpp_zHro53WDLM4lXZZ12d0bknwT0I4KXb6pwUXVsPG0yIExfU9EiobJoxyYINXPz3wST9QuFLzo8tDnqlCeBv5CALRPd5fXEyS6yLg_eWGSTXPfr86gRoKikjyvRNGErB_v/s1600-h/dscn2595sq.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjictpUE-eXNpp_zHro53WDLM4lXZZ12d0bknwT0I4KXb6pwUXVsPG0yIExfU9EiobJoxyYINXPz3wST9QuFLzo8tDnqlCeBv5CALRPd5fXEyS6yLg_eWGSTXPfr86gRoKikjyvRNGErB_v/s200/dscn2595sq.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267514892555125410" /></a>What is needed is an awareness of the concept of transcendence. Transcendence, after all, is what EVERYONE is going for, but it’s a tricky devil to get a hold of. Our deepest innate human need is for transcendence. It is the recognition of the fact that every decision we make, right down to the color of our socks, is a decision made in the face of our inevitable death. Because of the fact that we have evolved to the point of finding ourselves travelling along the plane of self-conscious awareness, the fact of death is now a problem. At the very least, it is a limitation, and in the minds of most a relatively severe limitation. But like it or not, it colors everything we do, whether consciously or unconsciously, and it is the wise person who recognizes this and understands that it is precisely this sense of ultimate limitation that we seek—at the deepest core of our being—to transcend. And this sense of transcendence is so necessary to our inner completion that to remain without it is to remain incomplete and, by definition, far short of our human potential. We call this alienated, incomplete mode of being <span style="font-style:italic;">‘inauthentic.’</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5plvJT8gAooOTJZ2n108NSMj1vHAlSEA0oF31MdR5uFNSUqwJHI8XUuAWr7UCS9d0MTL0oFq-3JlSnRQ7kEhXPuQKUxkGV3niA8x9i-iTYyO-G0IbkzXTpDDY8OtKATDPMoxXx6roQzGr/s1600-h/ELA24.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 154px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5plvJT8gAooOTJZ2n108NSMj1vHAlSEA0oF31MdR5uFNSUqwJHI8XUuAWr7UCS9d0MTL0oFq-3JlSnRQ7kEhXPuQKUxkGV3niA8x9i-iTYyO-G0IbkzXTpDDY8OtKATDPMoxXx6roQzGr/s320/ELA24.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267515165606826306" /></a>Still, our cultural models reflect no awareness of any of this. More than ever, in fact, the cultural model—certainly in America—is that of base materialism masquerading as the ‘Christian Society of our Fore-Fathers.’ This mottled and self-contradictory attempt at cultural modeling has left us with the kind of insipid and untenable discourse that characterizes our nation. People don’t know if they’re supposed to become mindless religious zealots or mindless atheistic materialists, and in the long run, there’s not as much difference between the two as you might think. What is certain is that you don’t get transcendence in either camp. So, what do we do? How do we even hope to propogate a message of sanity based upon transcendence and a grasp of the evolution of consciousness to a world buried up to its neck in the quicksand of the global marketplace? All we can do is live the life. We’ve got to show ‘em what we’ve got. We’ve got one powerful thing going for us; Higher Awareness. And if we can demonstrate that awareness in our lives, it can’t help but have an impact. So we’ll do it. We’ll keep preaching the power of sexual freedom, and the transcendence that provides. We’ll look to the New Physics, which keep bringing us closer to God with every new discovery. We’ll point them to the humanities, because without The Arts and the appreciation of them on a grand scale, the world is going to keep churning out useless M.B.A.’s with their brains wired and their minds closed until it atrophies and hurtles into the Sun. We’ll continue to open ourselves, until untold numbers of us have achieved Cosmic Consciousness and understand the eternal nature of The Cosmos and our relationship to it. We’ll see ourselves accurately as the universe manifesting itself through our Being, and as people tire of the endless drudgery of inauthenticity, there will be an example before them, a people with light upon its collective countenance and a whisper on its lips; ‘Transcendence,’ these will say, ‘is everyone’s.’<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihAWrcFzgIny89tXH1T_8X3Cs1uSJ9bt4M-7JdAn4Sl0XQiiN8h5QQFTxgkvwlZUyvRtpyWWW1d2aljNigqf7yURGmKjRRYorx1LgzNlsl0TlK59-mM57NDm9FpIYJhD3tuL6DFp3tyGqK/s1600-h/36a.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihAWrcFzgIny89tXH1T_8X3Cs1uSJ9bt4M-7JdAn4Sl0XQiiN8h5QQFTxgkvwlZUyvRtpyWWW1d2aljNigqf7yURGmKjRRYorx1LgzNlsl0TlK59-mM57NDm9FpIYJhD3tuL6DFp3tyGqK/s400/36a.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267523658921397442" /></a><br /><br />Join me in upcoming posts for more in-depth discussion on the concepts of Cosmic Consciousness and the Evolution of Consciousness. J.T.J.T.Marquishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867565938148946291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824553469201373400.post-27515687610070394602008-11-04T15:09:00.001-08:002008-11-07T11:53:45.729-08:00Music of the Spheres: A Primer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRYHR8o5PpescnIwG6DqHt7PxiRuDN-AcSpwXZ-SQzoK-q36h2TY_AuXO92W9hPdwJA9BaVwHvS-XzZ4lV1NmNbVbVUeXv1X_E0mfKm4MGhBt8A9V4SfbxTzSoa_wwb_ghYcFeMZ_mB0S/s1600-h/coltranes.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265444946319857330" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 256px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRYHR8o5PpescnIwG6DqHt7PxiRuDN-AcSpwXZ-SQzoK-q36h2TY_AuXO92W9hPdwJA9BaVwHvS-XzZ4lV1NmNbVbVUeXv1X_E0mfKm4MGhBt8A9V4SfbxTzSoa_wwb_ghYcFeMZ_mB0S/s320/coltranes.JPG" border="0" /></a>To listen to Jazz or Modern Classical music is to experience something on the cutting edge of Man’s knowledge. It is to grasp something of the discoveries of the New Physics, a sense of joy and revelation brought about by a transcendental glimpse of extra dimensional space-time and the certainty that there is a mysterious and benevolent force behind the everyday reality we so easily take for granted. If such a description sounds overly ‘lofty,’ it was meant to. This is what good music is all about. It is why composers dedicate their lives to composing it. Our culture is so busily engaged in all manner of creating and preserving <span style="font-style:italic;">homogenization</span> that people actually lose sight of any notions of individuality and the unique types of experience that should accompany it. This is especially true in the higher arts, which are created with a purity of purpose that seems to categorically exclude them from the canons of heavily promoted materials that inevitably come to the attention of the masses. And so we recognize a defective and dehumanizing system of reference through which the most significant music (and art in all its forms) is the least likely to be discovered by the world community at large. This is an especially disheartening thought when we observe the depth of hopelessness and dissent in our world today. On a planet inhabited overwhelmingly by alienated spirits, the fact that the experience of such revolutionary and <span style="font-style:italic;">evolutionary</span> music will remain forever unknown to them is more than a sadness. It is a tragedy.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2frlj6K5nV_yAnYQ5khIYVkZ2226IxB8TaW1wDI3D1iZp9bkQ8N1L2pgxklep252Z9_0zf2gZ9HWC2kms48pAcGhhvCddQ46ROaKTskIpRoQ-efmZ3wYeZ_fSWfx8qs56-uoUJz2Mt_A/s1600-h/Oliver_Messiaen.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 355px; height: 255px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2frlj6K5nV_yAnYQ5khIYVkZ2226IxB8TaW1wDI3D1iZp9bkQ8N1L2pgxklep252Z9_0zf2gZ9HWC2kms48pAcGhhvCddQ46ROaKTskIpRoQ-efmZ3wYeZ_fSWfx8qs56-uoUJz2Mt_A/s400/Oliver_Messiaen.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265873951575850274" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Olivier Messiaen</span><br /><br />What this means is that we are charged with the responsibility of discovering the true treasures more or less on our own. Having been an Avante-Garde art junkie from a young age, however, I can definitely turn you on to you a few 'fer shurs' that'll help you start getting your heads into the right space. Understand that much of this music is difficult, and definitely makes demands on the listener. Much of it is atonal, polytonal, and/or polyrhythmic and if you're not hip to that experience, your first encounter with such sounds will be like stumbling inadvertantly into a maze. You don't know where you are and you can't see the way out. And here is exactly the point at which you get a chance to grow. What you do with the opportunity depends on what sort of growth you’re open to and interested in. Keep in mind, I’m not suggesting that the function of art is to produce any kind of ‘wave of enlightenment’ within the ranks of humanity. I’m merely pointing out that the real thing, produced by the true artists, has that potential. So far, humankind doesn’t show a hell of a lot of interest in being led in such directions. Their loss…Big Time.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwid3KMQM2TXdbRRN6WbvoPAoiCgpK3iKaZH2o9SjyymfqFLktMe_RTqkyfmt3PiK9EsLoXTveg_hOZnGBGPQgW1Ae5Zm8s-xTUI-9S6ySPIq1mne7F9RWYnoxoZD8cB_UzqzXt1fpc33Y/s1600-h/pierre_boulez.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwid3KMQM2TXdbRRN6WbvoPAoiCgpK3iKaZH2o9SjyymfqFLktMe_RTqkyfmt3PiK9EsLoXTveg_hOZnGBGPQgW1Ae5Zm8s-xTUI-9S6ySPIq1mne7F9RWYnoxoZD8cB_UzqzXt1fpc33Y/s400/pierre_boulez.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265872786093219682" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pierre Boulez</span><br /><br />But let’s talk about these more difficult forms for a moment before I leave you with some listening suggestions. These modern forms of music as exemplified by Jazz and what I call Experimental Classical music follow very closely the developments of Science and Philosophy. Physics and Cosmology have made almost incomprehensible leaps in our understanding of the true nature of the universe during the past 100 years or so, and Philosophy has almost kept pace with its rapidly evolving methods of Critical Theory, which have brought us to the point of actually being prepared to use its tools of discovery to grasp something of the absolute truth with regard to the human experience. In much the same way as quantum mechanics allowed us to glimpse what the universe is really like at its foundational, subatomic levels, modern music translates the soul of these kinds of extraordinary discoveries into sound to which we respond at our own deepest foundational levels. And as Quantum Physics presents to us a world that can only be described as the ‘controlled chaos’ beneath the surface of things, modern music also presents us a world of controlled chaos; a world that is utterly unpredictable UP TO A POINT. This qualification is key both in science and in the world of new music. For what we hear is the appearance of wanton anarchy, but which, upon further inspection, is found to be ordered in certain quirky but definite ways.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtqBsdiqoyT9Q_myNmm6epOmIFDXzDDJ0S3TV9Fddp_nlbuwEa9eqM_TAdu2y1UiesW4qSBkYfUfrpH8ONe8Boa708ORQHzKu-JKrZda8tOkbeElZPDyVrRfL3JDB8scy20y-RMbFRxDW_/s1600-h/MilesDavis20.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtqBsdiqoyT9Q_myNmm6epOmIFDXzDDJ0S3TV9Fddp_nlbuwEa9eqM_TAdu2y1UiesW4qSBkYfUfrpH8ONe8Boa708ORQHzKu-JKrZda8tOkbeElZPDyVrRfL3JDB8scy20y-RMbFRxDW_/s400/MilesDavis20.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265873065077351986" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Miles Davis</span><br /><br />Many people feel a sense of discomfort when they are first exposed to music that strays so far from the comfortably familiar sounds and rhythms of our everyday media music. If this is your first reaction, it’s important to suspend judgement here and open yourself up to the newness of fresh experience. This music is cerebral in the coolest sense of the word. It is music that must be absorbed consciously, meditated upon, listened to with real ears and with heart. It doesn’t work as background music AT ALL. That being said, much sophisticated Jazz does swing, and swings hard. It will move you physically even as it shreds your brain with wonderment. Experimental Classical works, however, are for the most part aimed squarely at the spirit by way of the intellect. When listening to these types of works, the ticket is to just chill. Relax, burn one if you like, and just luxuriate in the experience, even if you find it uncomfortable at first. You will soon find these elaborate and immaculate structures of sound working a unique kind of magic on you at levels far deeper than that of ordinary waking consciousness. And far deeper than the stuff on Video Countdown this morning, too. Take it in your own time until you begin to fully appreciate the level and quality of craft that goes into the composition and performance of such incredible works of art. If you're turned on by the kind of accomplishments that only come with the total dedication of the human spirit to the cause of artistic expression, these forms of music will take you higher than perhaps you've ever been before. If you've never thought of art and music in those terms, there's a whole new world waiting for you. May you dive in and snag a glimpse of the real deal. After all, it was done for you in the first place.<br /><br /><br />John Coltrane performing: <span style="font-weight:bold;">"Transition"</span><script src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http://mike.s.duffy.googlepages.com/mp3player.xml&up_songURL=http%3A%2F%2Fboxstr.com%2Ffiles%2F4034954_fag6s%2FTransition.mp3&synd=open&w=320&h=50&title=MP3+Player&border=%23ffffff%7C0px%2C1px+solid+%23998899%7C0px%2C1px+solid+%23aa99aa%7C0px%2C2px+solid+%23bbaabb%7C0px%2C2px+solid+%23ccbbcc&output=js"></script><br /><br />Pierre Boulez: <span style="font-weight:bold;">"Structures For 2 Pianos-ChapterI"</span><script src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http://mike.s.duffy.googlepages.com/mp3player.xml&up_songURL=http%3A%2F%2Fboxstr.com%2Ffiles%2F4035265_9i7sa%2F13%2520Structures%2520Livre%2520Ll_%2520Chapitre%2520I.mp3&synd=open&w=320&h=50&title=MP3+Player&border=%23ffffff%7C0px%2C1px+solid+%23998899%7C0px%2C1px+solid+%23aa99aa%7C0px%2C2px+solid+%23bbaabb%7C0px%2C2px+solid+%23ccbbcc&output=js"></script><br /><br />Olivier Messiaen: <span style="font-weight:bold;">"Mode de valeurs et d' intensites"</span> Performed by <span style="font-weight:bold;">Gloria Cheng.</span><script src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http://mike.s.duffy.googlepages.com/mp3player.xml&up_songURL=http%3A%2F%2Fboxstr.com%2Ffiles%2F4035423_js0jk%2FMode%2520de%2520valeurs%2520et%2520d%255C%2527%2520intensites.mp3&synd=open&w=320&h=50&title=MP3+Player&border=%23ffffff%7C0px%2C1px+solid+%23998899%7C0px%2C1px+solid+%23aa99aa%7C0px%2C2px+solid+%23bbaabb%7C0px%2C2px+solid+%23ccbbcc&output=js"></script><br /><br />Miles Davis: <span style="font-weight:bold;">"Pharaoh's Dance"</span><script src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http://mike.s.duffy.googlepages.com/mp3player.xml&up_songURL=http%3A%2F%2Fboxstr.com%2Ffiles%2F4035643_qnehf%2FPharaoh%255C%2527s%2520Dance.mp3&synd=open&w=320&h=50&title=MP3+Player&border=%23ffffff%7C0px%2C1px+solid+%23998899%7C0px%2C1px+solid+%23aa99aa%7C0px%2C2px+solid+%23bbaabb%7C0px%2C2px+solid+%23ccbbcc&output=js"></script>J.T.Marquishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867565938148946291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824553469201373400.post-65820180758096862992008-10-29T19:25:00.000-07:002008-12-22T11:40:06.023-08:00Sex Freaks For A Sane Society<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRYhHEXULLjenoCtaV8H-qsUw6J1_pe3_K53_Dyx-ImUo4DsW-QxTBRJRK7MroKG-9sLZxUHnLZkzywxYeW6iCZP79RlE9Qz3EbGi-Oc1vPsOtg2KOqA7WEMKJLWvD9HQSCt0ROMOf6Io6/s1600-h/belen.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRYhHEXULLjenoCtaV8H-qsUw6J1_pe3_K53_Dyx-ImUo4DsW-QxTBRJRK7MroKG-9sLZxUHnLZkzywxYeW6iCZP79RlE9Qz3EbGi-Oc1vPsOtg2KOqA7WEMKJLWvD9HQSCt0ROMOf6Io6/s320/belen.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260251756854399570" /></a>We live in a world that has become bipolar; a wild roller coaster ride, soaring to more beautifully progressive heights one day, only to plunge back into the fetid mire of conservatism the next. Most of the time I can’t decide if I love the world I live in, or if I hate it. I suppose most people would tell you the same thing, though probably not for the same reasons. It's often hard to get ones bearings amidst the ever more frequent collisions of diametrically opposed belief systems today, where the abyss that separates liberal and conservative ideology is deep and wide, and shows no signs of being bridged any time in the near future. There is always that nagging feeling that something has gone greatly amiss, that the rich promise of cultural advance spawned in the 1960's has taken the form of some strange Flying Dutchman, a ghost ship on the stormy seas of sociological warfare, anxiously in search of a new shore upon which to land and re-colonize. The politics of fear and intolerance keep the people frightened, and frightened people are not only unhappy people, they’re also dangerous. The continuing presence of this paranoid manifestation of social power causes progressives a kind of ambivalence with regard to the world they live in that is itself somewhat schizoid. We find ourselves split down the middle, unsure whether hope for progress is still rational, or if it’s merely the refuge of fools.<br /><br />I’ll definitely have to admit to having a great love for the texture of modern culture. Sleek, bright, hi-tech, computer-generated, a self-constructed paradise of potentiality in which the human animal may play to its heart’s content. Sort of. It also generates overload at a rate that would likely boggle the minds of even the Aldous Huxleys and the George Orwells who peered so accurately into our time from their distant vantage points back in the day; the day when computers were something known only to secret government mad scientists and a developing generation of comic book kids, most of whom grew up to become computer geniuses in their own rights. But despite the overcrowding, the sitting in traffic, the frustration of never speaking with real humans on the phone any more, and the accumulated stress that must certainly be gnawing away at my very sanity, I find myself profoundly grateful to be living at this moment in history. It does indeed seem in many respects to be the realization of those futuristic worlds from the childhood comics actually come to life. I did always think, though, that the cars of today would look a lot more like spacecraft than they do, and the fact that the styles have scarcely changed over the last 2 decades is definitely a disappointment. Still, I have to believe that the day is coming. Think ‘Jetsons.’ That’s what I’m really hoping for. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifp8c8iTOoJ-k8yf3VThm6iwmpRktgABmvmhlf7jV39-yaoSjxFlqzH1NFqcs9G1ZP4Hbdz3Ck-zsq_usZjHWFKly_CVWwtphabVkPNFeDfAVx6LVnckcKOfaWuD2LYYDIT2zfHb8BhxzN/s1600-h/Untitled-2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifp8c8iTOoJ-k8yf3VThm6iwmpRktgABmvmhlf7jV39-yaoSjxFlqzH1NFqcs9G1ZP4Hbdz3Ck-zsq_usZjHWFKly_CVWwtphabVkPNFeDfAVx6LVnckcKOfaWuD2LYYDIT2zfHb8BhxzN/s320/Untitled-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260252115431223442" /></a>So what does this erratic and polarized society of ours have to say about the BBW Lifestyle? About the BDSM Lifestyle? About Sexuality in general? Can we consider this a time of potential progress with regard to acceptance of preferences, or is the message of fear behind the conservative propaganda pushing us in the opposite direction? Quite often it seems very hard to tell who’s winning. So what does this erratic and polarized society of ours have to say about the BBW Lifestyle? About the BDSM Lifestyle? About Sexuality in general? Can we consider this a time of potential progress with regard to acceptance of preferences, or is the message of fear behind the conservative propaganda pushing us in the opposite direction? Quite often it seems very hard to tell who’s winning. But whether the governing body leans left or leans right, the fact remains that the conservative base will always be championing new doctrines of exclusion and ultimate fear, and to the extent that they succeed in implementing these, individual freedoms will always suffer the consequences, even—and perhaps especially—in the realm of sexuality. The conservative agenda of policing morality also has a serious side-effect in that such social imperatives serve to further sow the seeds of hate. The message that there is only one form of acceptable sexuality, and that this form itself is never to be mentioned openly, will always find its constituency among any group of paranoiacs. They are all too ready to become fueled by the right-wing rhetoric and adopt a stance of deeper intolerance in a desperate effort to achieve a feeling of safety through homogenization. As a result, those whose sexual preferences fall outside these artificial boundaries will continue to be targeted as serious threats to cultural 'normalcy,' and will be made to suffer injustices as a consequence. <br /><br />If this narrow-mindedness were confined only to the most radical of fundamentalist extremists, it would not be such a cause for concern. The problem is that the message of intolerance also has its effects on the more centrist population who might be ready to accept at least a small step forward in their openness to other belief systems if they weren't continually inculcated with the notion that 'normal' people simply don't accept aberrations. Without a doubt, the proponents of a progressive and sane society must work much harder than they have in the past to get the message of tolerance out. The message of fear reaches into our lives on a constant basis, but the rejoinder of tolerance and open-ness is all too seldom heard. One of the most disturbing things about the message of fear is the effect it has on young mothers. Far too many of them are victimized by the politics of fear. They become so fearful over their children being exposed to anything unwholesome that they literally lose all rationality and become aligned with hard-core conservatism, terrified—of all things—that a world of progress, inclusiveness, and openness is a danger to their kids. They need to be reeducated in order to understand that the world becomes a better place when we’re open to it, not when we harbor suspicion, prejudice, and hate against any group that WE think may be of harm to our children. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1T8sgrNgXnBBDPXAejIN1NcBGR-WCRmPCIoqF_FvNjl5WhpK41ml_RMQLvp3LSihjyl_QhdEKx28gCiceuEm3-78KTNd_8TeKwb589tj0KW-4pGAS0BoknIbsXYs-SzNiVk1BkCNnCgj/s1600-h/crystalclear-2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1T8sgrNgXnBBDPXAejIN1NcBGR-WCRmPCIoqF_FvNjl5WhpK41ml_RMQLvp3LSihjyl_QhdEKx28gCiceuEm3-78KTNd_8TeKwb589tj0KW-4pGAS0BoknIbsXYs-SzNiVk1BkCNnCgj/s320/crystalclear-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260253406802578402" /></a>The same kind of normative prejudice is explicit in the media’s endorsement of sexual stereotypes. The media’s entire function is that of defining the ‘normal.’ Everything with which you identify signals your normality, your level of conformity. Everything to which you feel opposed signals your ‘outsider’ status; a status you could well take on completely if you don’t change your way of thinking. There is an implied threat there that you may be ‘slipping.’ It’s critical in this regard to keep sharpening your own awareness. We can’t afford to be made into puppets by the pronouncements heard over our big-screens. Those pronouncements are carefully created to keep you in fear of becoming a reject, and of course, nobody wants to be a reject. Nevertheless, it is necessary to risk it if you’re going to be true to self. Social rejection is a tough thing to deal with. It makes you feel small. It often makes you feel less than human in some ways. But we who understand that the myth of the sexual norm is an illusion, a DElusion, if you will, can discover the path to freedom. It definitely takes strength. Most of all it takes commitment; commitment to ourselves and to the task of widening the world’s all-too-often narrow view of things. The structures upon which the message of social conformity is built are solid institutions; Tradition, Religion, false notions of Teleology, and especially the collective mental state that clings steadfast to falsehood while sincerely believing it to be truth. These structures aren’t toppled easily. But those who persist in remaining true to their deepest sexual identities become increasingly capable of understanding them and in so doing learning how to diffuse their influence. <br /><br />The key to growth with regard to our ‘alternative’ identities is to continue coming together. If we keep on connecting we can build a powerful unity out of our diversity. We can become reborn as a collective, a FreakNation, committed to personal freedoms and the guarding of our rights to express them. It’s so important that we begin to set the example for sanity. Humankind is running so far below its potential, and it’s all because the dead weight of fear and the rejection of open-ness continue to weigh us down like some gargantuan sociological anvil. It is indeed time to make it known that it’s the Freaks—Big Girls, Gays, Sadists, Masochists, everyone on the so called 'fringes' of straight society—that are going to bring the human race into a glorious new phase of evolution. It will be like a reverse Rapture in which only the fear-mongers get left behind! All we have to do is keep connecting with each other and keep being who we are. <br /> <br />And so, the state of Sex as we near the end of 2008 can be reported at best as moderately healthy. There’s still a lot of hate out there. Sexual hate. Hatred of gays, hatred of submissives, hatred of mixed couples, and of course, the hatred against which I’m engaged most directly, hatred of fat girls. Proponents of the BBW Lifestyle still have a lot of work to do. Beautiful big girls need more mainstream promotion, more high-profile media buzz, and more willingness to stand up and be admired. There may indeed be a lot of hate out there. But there’s a lot of love, too. And you don’t get to receive it until you put yourselves out there, squarely in its path. Cheers! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-y041eU2jtj_IQymMRA6AcFoLoJ4cfI_jF1iYzklcXH1NFlmrmT_ShopBJFPB382XgecfoBiUXlxf6WWAz-WtrhEQfewphtjAaU_S2cFMWIxvZfTTBXkd5i7NPcnRTi-9LuYCRWjpYsqV/s1600-h/DSC06025.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-y041eU2jtj_IQymMRA6AcFoLoJ4cfI_jF1iYzklcXH1NFlmrmT_ShopBJFPB382XgecfoBiUXlxf6WWAz-WtrhEQfewphtjAaU_S2cFMWIxvZfTTBXkd5i7NPcnRTi-9LuYCRWjpYsqV/s400/DSC06025.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260253909267534994" /></a>J.T.Marquishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867565938148946291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824553469201373400.post-36139916902172911222008-10-29T19:17:00.000-07:002008-10-29T19:18:28.929-07:00Women's Wrestling: A Meeting With The Archetypes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB40El3HH4_Rsxaspvk-t8OmCoaev19k68rEMddycvPIjnzrte6ea4fmfydy18Jkz-fLwYbPU1C9QujS2T6SjdLYE0xY1b3UZkG4LPYD4pglKjZZeg5Pzp04_92u8G66Jcw6bYkEFIBEvY/s1600-h/a-trimmed.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB40El3HH4_Rsxaspvk-t8OmCoaev19k68rEMddycvPIjnzrte6ea4fmfydy18Jkz-fLwYbPU1C9QujS2T6SjdLYE0xY1b3UZkG4LPYD4pglKjZZeg5Pzp04_92u8G66Jcw6bYkEFIBEvY/s320/a-trimmed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256001979737255106" border="0" /></a>I’ll go on record. I’m a huge fan of Lady Wrestling. That’s what we always called it. I grew up marveling at the likes of Betty Niccoli, Joyce Grable, Lelani Kai, Moolah, Toni Rose, Donna Christenello, and Sandy Partelow. It was a magical time because women’s matches were so much more popular relative to the men’s matches, in some areas of the country and in some leagues, they were on nearly equal footing with the guys. You would always find women’s matches as part and parcel of a given night’s card, and all-women’s cards were not uncommon. The Old-School gals were tough cookies, too. The matches lasted considerably longer than they do today, which was a welcome feature as the lads in the audience got to admire their favorite warrior princesses for as long as 45 minutes to an hour in most cases. There was also something really cool about the basic attire worn by the Old-School ladies. They all wore one-piece outfits that were basically modified swimsuits with regulation wrestling boots. Well, having always been an unashamed leg man, [or leg BOY, as it were] I took particular delight in the excitement of being treated to such lengthy perusals of beautiful women and their bare legs. And that’s probably my biggest gripe about the New School of Wrestling Divas; all too often the most beautiful Amazon enters the ring wearing long tights, or even worse, full length designer gym wear in which EVERYTHING is left up to the imagination. It’s just wrong, and I guarantee you that if you polled every guy in the nation regarding his opinion on this point, you’d get a unanimous response in favor of [hello] BARE LEGS. It’s a no-brainer. I want to return to some other noteworthy contrasts between the Old School and the New School, but first let’s tackle the larger question of what this whole Women's Wrestling phenomenon is about. Why DO we love Women's Wrestling so much, and what does the fact that we do have to say about us?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2bZmkVz0kWqGOAXL3Apq9P6InPClz7SuAdCL9_NSJLBIE4CmzNbY2U5h_WM9jZTlc-jZh36IigxukXz2zp9s1KyfxCiWHiy5nIjMDxO0hrBijZNKPaPqs0cgSPOPGV2B8vtoS3sArE3H/s1600-h/347680_f520.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2bZmkVz0kWqGOAXL3Apq9P6InPClz7SuAdCL9_NSJLBIE4CmzNbY2U5h_WM9jZTlc-jZh36IigxukXz2zp9s1KyfxCiWHiy5nIjMDxO0hrBijZNKPaPqs0cgSPOPGV2B8vtoS3sArE3H/s400/347680_f520.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256002526432233442" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Today's Look: Battle of the Super-Models.</span><br /><br />Upon first inspection these questions admit of one easy answer. In a word, <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">catfights</span></span>. Don’t let any human male tell you differently, because he’ll simply be lying. Don’t let any human male tell you differently, because he’ll simply be lying. Men--yes, <strong><em>all</em></strong> men--have a completely unnatural predilection towards the enjoyment of catfights. They’re exotic, they’re exciting, and they’re just plain sexy. Added to all that is the fact that there’s something hard-wired into the human psyche, male OR female, that thrives on violence; be it car crashes, flaming buildings, air show disasters, or two people trying to disfigure each other. Sex & Violence. That’s what it’s all about, and Women's Wrestling serves up both in spades. Sex and Violence are at the heart of the human Unconscious, that place where we harbor our taboos, our deepest desires, our secret loves and fears, and our darkest impulses. Women's Wrestling taps into that realm in a most innocuous and therefore quite effective way, through the vehicle of a publicly acceptable forum in which women may display their propensities for both halves of the paradigm. In manifesting this ‘faux’ version of Sex and Violence, these extraordinary goddesses accomplish the release of their physical aggressions in the form of a cathartic act. But they do much more. They also establish a powerful line of contact in the psychic realm, which serves to transfer their own sexually violent energies directly outward and into the bloodstreams of scores of young male fans, infusing them with erotic visions that will spark their libidinal awareness now, and a developing instinct toward the faithful serving of the goddess later on.<br /><br />And so Lady Wrestlers set the tone for something larger than mere entertainment. They engender a real love of female superiority, as well as a fixed point at which we may encounter the mythological archetype and even interact with her after a fashion. In a vital and important way they provide a vicarious fulfillment to the inherent obsession with sexually-charged violence that lies deep within the core of the human experience. In so doing, they open the channels for our journeys into the unconscious and the enlightening explorations that only such journeys can provide in terms of our psycho-emotional development.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBaZ6BNnShgtcfiRBul-05ua61J5V1y1wLHnXHPsJ1OI-U71fZHRY8vkmv7nm8GskwiSyLIAf9_ygXFnxeQlYqj37qI8KmWHbAXfEeJNAQyXSWrDD_DufIhakTGtMYfM-aHX0HbiXsFBCe/s1600-h/Untitled-12-575.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBaZ6BNnShgtcfiRBul-05ua61J5V1y1wLHnXHPsJ1OI-U71fZHRY8vkmv7nm8GskwiSyLIAf9_ygXFnxeQlYqj37qI8KmWHbAXfEeJNAQyXSWrDD_DufIhakTGtMYfM-aHX0HbiXsFBCe/s400/Untitled-12-575.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256018924397530786" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ORUT1_BZAol1Y7SGYBKVTMjRbV6rsQiQXeBTm0ovWko4sgjCjRUPnfAdahJT1Inyy9oBpy9kgbXdemMZ4Pw_V0_MGXMJQUfZX-os3txc25Idb2loVUpLBTKbP3UIrumEN1FJEAKF3dJK/s1600-h/062.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ORUT1_BZAol1Y7SGYBKVTMjRbV6rsQiQXeBTm0ovWko4sgjCjRUPnfAdahJT1Inyy9oBpy9kgbXdemMZ4Pw_V0_MGXMJQUfZX-os3txc25Idb2loVUpLBTKbP3UIrumEN1FJEAKF3dJK/s400/062.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256018447613856706" border="0" /></a><br />OK, as promised, let’s get back to the contrast between the Old School and the New School in Ladies’ Wrestling. They may actually be enumerated most effectively by simply outlining a ‘best of both worlds’ scenario that harvests the most enduring features from each model. Firstly, it must be said that Lady Wrestling is still far from reaching its potential in terms of visibility and mass audience. The whole point of Vince McMahon’s ‘Sports Entertainment’ concept has been that of popularizing Wrestling beyond the scope of what anyone thought possible 40 years ago. He’s done exactly that...for the men. But he has thus far missed the boat where the ladies are concerned. So many of the fundamentals are in place, but Lady Wrestling is still missing the publicity and serious promotion necessary to put it over the top. Not that they don't try to give the girls their time; they do. They just don't give them the right <em>kind</em> of time, nor quite enough of it. The problem lies precisely in the abandoning of those few salient features that were characteristic of the Old School. To wit, then; the Tysonian formula for an undreamed-of level of popularity in Women's Wrestling.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjT48gsd6BsamrqAii9-VOsp3ywipWYxu6AIj50FG8rXjlAV08Wx7TjqKDEJ5R7NvesSHESQOJ_Xxw9nTUEp61938VQwoGafEPRCMUwiPTMli0pQ2FuDysyCCs-TGv1eKGHsupRDbue-A/s1600-h/200px-Victoria_chalkphoto.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjT48gsd6BsamrqAii9-VOsp3ywipWYxu6AIj50FG8rXjlAV08Wx7TjqKDEJ5R7NvesSHESQOJ_Xxw9nTUEp61938VQwoGafEPRCMUwiPTMli0pQ2FuDysyCCs-TGv1eKGHsupRDbue-A/s320/200px-Victoria_chalkphoto.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256018524762893970" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">BRING BACK:</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">More wrestling, in addition to the sensationalism.</span> Take a cue from what was noted in our opening paragraph; lengthier matches with more traditional wrestling holds and moves. The modern notion is that such an approach makes for boring matches because of the extended periods of being trapped in various holds such as arm locks, toe holds, etc. Boring? What do they think the lads are looking at, anyway? The Old School approach just gives fans a longer and more stationary look at what they came to look at in the first place.<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Maximum exposure mandatory.</span> Of course, I’m talking about legs. Under no circumstances should a Lady Wrestler ever enter the ring in an outfit that does not fully display her bare legs. Period.<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Get back to matches with time limits and a best of 3 falls format.</span> Again, the ladies need more time out there in order to maximize their popularity.<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">At least 2 women’s matches per card, </span>with occasional all-women’s cards on a test run basis.<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Bigger Girls.</span> Not every Diva needs to be a fitness model. Use some good old Midwestern raw-boned, corn fed hotties that bring power and variety of vibe to the table.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLT2ZjSW9o_d5ArCfH6df3A-0AQS2q-Saah0SAISuL8-btYSvvURvPGVPQLqtR8dtSeQt_BMolZIZ0xl889yb0RUiO4lVRo43_o1rlxsBErQjWn1x_yGd9v-W-jF-WUwdReXMQaY-jFsMt/s1600-h/mickie_james_must_c_6XIii23.sized.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLT2ZjSW9o_d5ArCfH6df3A-0AQS2q-Saah0SAISuL8-btYSvvURvPGVPQLqtR8dtSeQt_BMolZIZ0xl889yb0RUiO4lVRo43_o1rlxsBErQjWn1x_yGd9v-W-jF-WUwdReXMQaY-jFsMt/s320/mickie_james_must_c_6XIii23.sized.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256018702226192258" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">KEEP: </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;" mce_style="font-weight:bold;">Great story lines</span>, aerial show and acrobatics, major flash in terms of colors and characters, and definitely keep the body builders and fitness girls coming. They’re Hot, and they're larger than life, both very important elements in the construction of any hyper-successful cultural phenomenon.<br /><br />Finally, what does our love of Women's Wrestling say about us as a culture? As individuals? Put simply, it reminds us that we're a comic book culture, and that we should be proud of that extraordinary fact. After all, it's the comics that embody all the significant aspects of human existence, and for the right price; usually around 3 bucks. Among those hallowed pages, and on any given night inside the square circle, the fundamentals of the<span style="font-style: italic;"> big</span> game always appear before us:<br /><br />1. The importance of fantasy in the real lives of real people.<br />2. The triumph of justice and tolerance over injustice and bigotry.<br />3. The triumph of Good over Evil.<br />4. The triumph of open sexuality over mindless fear and repression.<br />5. An outlet for the psychic release of the violence that resides within all of us. Women's Wrestling provides catharsis for these innate violent impulses, even as it functions simultaneously as the vehicle for a heightened hyper-eroticism.<br />6. Creates an atmosphere of ritual; the worship of the divine goddess. Though it's all a fantasy, this element of the sacred is often realized on a much deeper level and will be accessed later on.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshJ7pdExRFUbllY__dqFHkVluaLxGl-9DzLwLs1i1aTbk2Fce0mYE_2oYc9L10hGVNgAgcQizutXvx_NQ0Fcp0M9B24jojxrvl0q0nn4bJ3c3CMJOAd-mu5wq70puf8lcNbVFTxoEdBtq/s1600-h/Untitled-3a.jpg" mce_href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshJ7pdExRFUbllY__dqFHkVluaLxGl-9DzLwLs1i1aTbk2Fce0mYE_2oYc9L10hGVNgAgcQizutXvx_NQ0Fcp0M9B24jojxrvl0q0nn4bJ3c3CMJOAd-mu5wq70puf8lcNbVFTxoEdBtq/s1600-h/Untitled-3a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left;" mce_style="float:left;cursor:hand;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshJ7pdExRFUbllY__dqFHkVluaLxGl-9DzLwLs1i1aTbk2Fce0mYE_2oYc9L10hGVNgAgcQizutXvx_NQ0Fcp0M9B24jojxrvl0q0nn4bJ3c3CMJOAd-mu5wq70puf8lcNbVFTxoEdBtq/s320/Untitled-3a.jpg" mce_src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshJ7pdExRFUbllY__dqFHkVluaLxGl-9DzLwLs1i1aTbk2Fce0mYE_2oYc9L10hGVNgAgcQizutXvx_NQ0Fcp0M9B24jojxrvl0q0nn4bJ3c3CMJOAd-mu5wq70puf8lcNbVFTxoEdBtq/s320/Untitled-3a.jpg" border="0" /></a>In conclusion, Women's Wrestling is good for you! (Especially if you're a guy)...(or a girl... or a guy) Women's Wrestling has the potential to heal society by putting us in touch with our primal psychic impulses, and creating access to the mythological archetypes. Far-fetched? No way. The comics could do the same thing if the world at large would get on board. But surely the combination of comics AND Women's Wrestling should suffice to help us poor humans get a grip and ascend to our next level of development. It's just common sense. So let's all pull together and keep those letters and emails pouring in to the offices of WWE. Mr. McMahon, our voices will be heard! Along with your genre-changing innovations, we implore you to bring Women's Wrestling back to the place of prominence it enjoyed in the Golden Era of the 50's, 60's and early 70's. If you do, you'll be able to say, in all candor, 'Twas the Divine Goddesses of Sports Entertainment that healed the world.' Not too shabby.J.T.Marquishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867565938148946291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824553469201373400.post-38505611864211666242008-10-29T19:12:00.000-07:002010-05-04T13:58:47.116-07:00On Aesthetic OriginalityOriginality is the Holy Grail of artistic endeavor. More precious than gold, it speaks to us at our point of aesthetic want; that place where art is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">supposed</span> to speak to us, in that sacred part of our being which is built for the express purpose of apprehending the aesthetic experience. And when it's good, it's very, very good. Because it is also the most intangible element of the creative act, it is the most elusive in terms of translation and basic understanding. Very few artists achieve it. Very few ever <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">will </span>achieve it. And yet, it is instantly recognizable when we stumble into its presence. There it is, something utterly unique and inimitable. Something that changes us in ways that add profoundly to our depth, but that we understand only as <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Enchantment</span></span>. In a world in which homogeneity is prized above all things, we experience originality as something almost incomprehensible, and if we are lucky enough to remain focused, without distraction for that brief moment in its presence, the philosophical question arises; ‘From whence comes this?’ And we are unable to say.<br />
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Can we <span style="font-style: italic;">learn</span> to be original? Great artists are virtually unanimous in their belief that it is something that cannot be taught, and likely for just that reason, it is to be found as often among unschooled artists as those who have gone the academic route. So what is it? Hmmm. We scratch our heads. We have to think.<br />
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The biggest problem in delving into the nature and process of originality is that it seems utterly resistant to formal definition. It’s like trying to give the definition of a chair. (Go ahead and try that one!) Every time we try to put our fingers on it, we find it has shifted, moved just out of reach like some funky quantum particle. Of course, ostensive definitions are what we use. THIS is a work of great originality. THAT one over there is not. Just like you do for the chair. Of course, it's easy enough to simply say 'I've never heard/read/seen/felt anything like THIS before, therefore, it must possess significant originality. Well, it ain’t necessarily so. Could be your experience is quite limited. You have no way of knowing whether or not Stevie Ray Vaughn has achieved originality among blues players if the only other one you've ever heard is B.B. King. And it is here that we have stumbled onto what is probably the best possible guideline; experience. Those who have spent their lives, for example, deeply absorbed in the world of music, having listened in depth to many different forms, many different musicians, many different approaches to melody, rhythm, and harmonization, etc. know that the sheer number of experiences they’ve had will help them to discover ‘original’ artistry and to distinguish it from the derivative, particularly the <span style="font-style: italic;">highly</span> derivative. (Which, sadly, constitutes by far the lion’s share of all music.) Of course, we don't all get to be musicologists. But if our culture, particularly in America, put more emphasis on the value of the artistic experience in the process of human development, we would find not only vast numbers of people joyously celebrating their own precious discoveries of originality in the arts, we would also find that same culture reaching unimaginably higher levels of potential in all its fields of endeavor. The whole thing is connected.<br />
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It is also important to note that there is no direct connection between artistic ‘talent’ or ‘ability’ and originality. It’s not about being good at what you do. The vast majority of craftsmen and craftswomen who achieve high levels of technical proficiency in their chosen artistic fields will forever remain outsiders to the sacred realm of originality. This doesn’t mean that we can’t be deeply moved by their efforts. There are so many great artists doing meaningful work; virtuoso musicians, extraordinary draftsmen, wizards with words, amazing actors, the list goes on. They live that they may communicate great things to us, and they succeed. But even in the presence of mercurial virtuosity we are seldom apt to find originality. It’s a different animal. The distinction here is between ‘the accomplished’ and ‘the unique.’ ‘The unique’ is the higher entity. It signals a place to which only this one gifted individual can take us. Such realms are lofty indeed.<br />
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This, then, is the salient point with regard to having any kind of advanced conception of originality in the arts and sciences. Simply put, it's like this; if you immerse yourself in the world of human creativity, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">your</span> experience of living life at this time on this planet will have been profoundly <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">maximized</span></span>. If you squander all your time on your sales ledgers, it will have been just as profoundly <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">minimized</span></span>. And as far as we know, we only get to do this once. So it's all about how high we think humankind ought to be capable of soaring, and whether or not we choose to become living examples. One thing is certain. If we all learn to step back from the trivial and uninspired hours that the world always forces upon us on some level, and learn to be in the moment with a great work of art, we will have learned how to be magicians. We can stop time. We can snatch a fleeting glimpse into the eternal unity of the universe in which we live. Indeed, we may become as gods from just such moments.<br />
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