Will, I am an activist, that means that I put my beliefs into action. So If someone says "lets make a film" on this list I'll take them seriously because most of the people that I Know on this list are movers and shakers and I have the utmost respect for them, even if I don't agree with them from time to time. They/we are getting it done (and yes Steve I love you too even if your just after my wife). I'm just trying to get a straight answer, of which you seem loath to even approach. So I have to assume that you weren't serious, and that's perfectly ok. God bless.
In Love and Light, Chris > > > Will > > I for one have not been sitting on my hands for well over 20 years. > > > So I don't want to see Think LOKI or anything else. > > >Thinking and talk is fine, > > > If you want to talk about doing a project, then cut the BS > > Dear Chris > I hate it that I seemed to have provoked so much DEFENSIVENESS. I am not > mocking what you have done and I could already sense that you were producing > volumes even before you listed them. I am pretty sure we are on the same > team too and I had thought we could work to destroy the "enemy" out there > not each other. > > I thought we had been discussing Michael Moore's work in particular (rather > than anyone's resume in this group) and, when I said "Think LOKI, I was > referring to tools and metaphors one could use to understand HIS technique, > not yours. To me, the real point, and the only point I was trying to make > is WHAT BEST ACHIEVES A PARADIGM SHIFT? > > Too much violence, too much humor or too strident a tone can be > counter-productive. We had a perfect example here in Minnesota last week > when emotions ran high at the Senator Paul Wellstone memorial. A lot of > strident words were said and they had the opposite of desired effect: those > words basically elected the Bush lapdog, Norm Coleman. The whole world will > all pay for that for years to come. > > On the other hand, we might not have had an effective Civil Rights Movement > if we had stuck to the NAACP plan. From Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, > Stokley Carmichael and a lady on the bus who refused to give up her seat, we > had paradigm shift. A bloody one, but it worked. > > In the '60's JFK caused a huge national paradigm shift with his stirring > speeches and many people I knew joined the Peace Corps and, from his words > alone, were permanently changed to the cause. For me, it was not only JFK > but it came mostly through the MUSIC of the times. The words of the Beatles, > Bob Dylan, Crosby, Sills, Nash and Young and so many others INFORMED ME and > caused me to leave the safety of my upbringing, develop the conviction to > stand my ground, and ultimately get tear-gassed and even jailed for a cause > I didn't even understand at the time. When Viet Nam was over we were stunned > that we were actually right! Hell, we were just farm kids in the Midwest. > > MOVIES have changed my life, permanently. A string of anti-war movies > starting with Catch-22 (perhaps the best movie ever made IMHO) and Dr > Strangelove , showed me war is wrong, A string of anti-racism movies > starting with To Kill A Mockingbird, to Hair, A Musical, changed my life > forever. This continues to be a powerful vehicle of change in my life. For > me, I can see the big picture better if I am clubbed over the head with > humor and absurdity (which is why MM works for me). > > There are also BOOKS capable of starting a life change. I was reading > Richard Brautigan's hilarious prose and poetry during the meltdown of the > '60's. I read Juliette de Bairacli Levy's "Herbal Guide to the Dog" and > tossed away 8 years of sterile education as well as a safe secure career for > this mess of a career I have loved (and cursed) for the last 25 years. One > book! > > So, in conclusion, I come back to us. On one hand you tell us you feel > "thinking and talking is fine" (which is what I thought was the purpose of > this "discussion" group) then on the other, you tell me that MY thinking > and talking is bull shit. As a newcomer to this group, I really want to > know: Are you trying to inflame me to action using insults (tip: My past > history indicates that SHAMING is an ineffective motivator for positive > change) or trying to shut me up with a resume measuring contest? > > Will Winter
