http://www.dizzler.com/music/America/The_Last_Unicorn
(Jimmy Webb)
When the last eagle flies over the last crumbling mountain
And the last lion roars at the last dusty fountain
In the shadow of the forest though she may be old and worn
They will stare unbelieving at the last unicorn
I'm alive, I'm alive!
When the first breath of winter through the flowers is icing
And you look to the north and a pale moon is rising
And it seems like all is dying and would leave the world to mourn
In the distance hear the laughter of the last unicorn
I'm alive, I'm alive!
When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning
And the future has passed without even a last desperate warning
Then look into the sky where through the clouds a path is torn
Look and see her how she sparkles, it's the last unicorn
I'm alive, I'm alive!
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Mental Notes July 24 2009
the ambiguous past
decadence
work ethic
technological evolution
philosophical evolution
financial evolution & adapation
synthesis
constituting the new frontier
hopes, dreams, and adventure in the unknown
envisioning tomorrows people
the sickness of fear run amok
survival versus living
stepping beyond nutshells
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Kenneth Burke's Pentad
5 basic components for seeking motives
1. The act: What was done?
2. The actor: Who did it?
3. The agency: What means did the person use to make it happen?
4. The scene: Where & when did the act happen and in what circumstances?
5. The purpose or motive for acting: What could have made the person do it?
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What features would appear strange to the Old Ones?
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Quote: "Out of the melting pot emerges a race which hates Beauty as it hates Truth." - H. L. Mencken, 1920s, pg 404
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What devices may create coherence?
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ordinary or typical?
what changed?
not tolerable...
when was withdrawl?
silence
protest vs dialog
emotion & feeling
identity
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video-logic: Jeffrey Moritz
recent evolution of logic?
compliance?
complimentary?
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Article: "The American Revolution Considered As An Intellectual Movement" by Edmund S. Morgan
Question:
What fundamental event is producing the leaders to carry forward the strands?
Which strand is being carried forward with greater certainty?
- evidenced by what opposition or support arises promptly and spontaneously
What more completely unites than anything which follows?
Quote: "They who are from the first so fully aware where the logic of their position could lead them but keep their peace..." Morgan
Quote: "The growing conflict was not irretrievable, but that to retrieve it would have required an understanding on each side of the exact limits of the other's claims." Morgan
Illustrating degree of spirit involved:
Quote: "The American Revolution must also be seen in the context of the history of political ideas. Never before in modern times had a colony revolted against the mother country and survived; never before had it, after physical survival, embarked on a republican experiment in government; and never before had it dared to risk such an experiment on so vast and scattered a territory as did the United States." Esmond Wright, Causes and Consequences of the American Revolution.
Quote: "The transforming radicalism of the American Revolution.....above all else an ideological-constitutional struggle and not primarily a controversy between social groups under taken to force changes in the organization of society"(p. viii) and that, "the fear of a comprehensive conspiracy against liberty through out the English speaking world....lay at the heart of the revolutionary movement."(p. x)
hmmm, we've come round the circle once again....and how many returned among us with it?
through debate and dialog on the issues of the time between 1776 and 1787 a singular people emerged.
Question: wondering how many people today have read the Federalist Papers as part of education? not many imo
all that with an uncanny familiarity afoot perused. Two strands split by perspective when one vision was not shared; including a break in distinctive values & experiences. Same as today. But in this case there is also two broad social groups involved, one of which is forcing sweeping changes in the fabric of society....the fears confirmed have established a heart for movement in at least one of the strands.
- capacity to draw upon dreams of the higher self
- the tidal movement of inclinations
- laments vs purposeful weavings of values, vitality, & positive intent.
Question: is the circle bringing back into synchronistic action a new version of the concern over "human depravity and divine perfection" ?
decadence
work ethic
technological evolution
philosophical evolution
financial evolution & adapation
synthesis
constituting the new frontier
hopes, dreams, and adventure in the unknown
envisioning tomorrows people
the sickness of fear run amok
survival versus living
stepping beyond nutshells
**********************************************
Kenneth Burke's Pentad
5 basic components for seeking motives
1. The act: What was done?
2. The actor: Who did it?
3. The agency: What means did the person use to make it happen?
4. The scene: Where & when did the act happen and in what circumstances?
5. The purpose or motive for acting: What could have made the person do it?
**********************************************
What features would appear strange to the Old Ones?
**********************************************
Quote: "Out of the melting pot emerges a race which hates Beauty as it hates Truth." - H. L. Mencken, 1920s, pg 404
**********************************************
What devices may create coherence?
**********************************************
ordinary or typical?
what changed?
not tolerable...
when was withdrawl?
silence
protest vs dialog
emotion & feeling
identity
*********************************************
video-logic: Jeffrey Moritz
recent evolution of logic?
compliance?
complimentary?
*********************************************
Article: "The American Revolution Considered As An Intellectual Movement" by Edmund S. Morgan
Question:
What fundamental event is producing the leaders to carry forward the strands?
Which strand is being carried forward with greater certainty?
- evidenced by what opposition or support arises promptly and spontaneously
What more completely unites than anything which follows?
Quote: "They who are from the first so fully aware where the logic of their position could lead them but keep their peace..." Morgan
Quote: "The growing conflict was not irretrievable, but that to retrieve it would have required an understanding on each side of the exact limits of the other's claims." Morgan
Illustrating degree of spirit involved:
Quote: "The American Revolution must also be seen in the context of the history of political ideas. Never before in modern times had a colony revolted against the mother country and survived; never before had it, after physical survival, embarked on a republican experiment in government; and never before had it dared to risk such an experiment on so vast and scattered a territory as did the United States." Esmond Wright, Causes and Consequences of the American Revolution.
Quote: "The transforming radicalism of the American Revolution.....above all else an ideological-constitutional struggle and not primarily a controversy between social groups under taken to force changes in the organization of society"(p. viii) and that, "the fear of a comprehensive conspiracy against liberty through out the English speaking world....lay at the heart of the revolutionary movement."(p. x)
hmmm, we've come round the circle once again....and how many returned among us with it?
through debate and dialog on the issues of the time between 1776 and 1787 a singular people emerged.
Question: wondering how many people today have read the Federalist Papers as part of education? not many imo
all that with an uncanny familiarity afoot perused. Two strands split by perspective when one vision was not shared; including a break in distinctive values & experiences. Same as today. But in this case there is also two broad social groups involved, one of which is forcing sweeping changes in the fabric of society....the fears confirmed have established a heart for movement in at least one of the strands.
- capacity to draw upon dreams of the higher self
- the tidal movement of inclinations
- laments vs purposeful weavings of values, vitality, & positive intent.
Question: is the circle bringing back into synchronistic action a new version of the concern over "human depravity and divine perfection" ?
My Recent Reading List
Well here is my current reading list. I have several questions in mind while reading. Those questions are what is the depth of differences in thought process Today versus the common processes of the past. Why in our wealth of knowledge and maneuverability today is there an ignorance involving the fundamental principles that America is about? Why do common individuals take for granted the sacrifices that their parents, grandparents, etc made to build and achieve today's prosperity? Why is there a lack of concern or initiative to react to today's dive from prosperity when there are things which could be done?
Online Video & Audio: Gerald Celente
Online Blog Follow: Catherine Austin Fitts
Book: A Pocket History of the United States; Authors Allan Nevins, Henry Steele Commager, with Jeffery Morris
Book: Born On The Fourth of July; by Ron Kovic
Book: Cultures In Conversation; by Donal Carbaugh
Book: Common Ground: Reading and Writing about America's Cultures; by Laurie G Kirszner and Stephen R Mandall
Book: All I Really Need to Know I Learned In Kindergarten - Uncommon Thoughts On Common Things; by Robert Fulghum
Book: Causes and Consequences of American Revolution; Edited by Esmond Wright
Book: The Civil War: A History; by Harry Hansen
Book: Out Of Many: A History Of The American People; By Faragher, Buhle, Czitrom, & Armitage
Article: The Haves and the Have-Nots, by LynNell Hancock
Online Video & Audio: Gerald Celente
Online Blog Follow: Catherine Austin Fitts
Book: A Pocket History of the United States; Authors Allan Nevins, Henry Steele Commager, with Jeffery Morris
Book: Born On The Fourth of July; by Ron Kovic
Book: Cultures In Conversation; by Donal Carbaugh
Book: Common Ground: Reading and Writing about America's Cultures; by Laurie G Kirszner and Stephen R Mandall
Book: All I Really Need to Know I Learned In Kindergarten - Uncommon Thoughts On Common Things; by Robert Fulghum
Book: Causes and Consequences of American Revolution; Edited by Esmond Wright
Book: The Civil War: A History; by Harry Hansen
Book: Out Of Many: A History Of The American People; By Faragher, Buhle, Czitrom, & Armitage
Article: The Haves and the Have-Nots, by LynNell Hancock
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