On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Platonist Guitar Cowboy < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 1:27 PM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 12 July 2014 06:50, Platonist Guitar Cowboy <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 3:18 AM, Platonist Guitar Cowboy < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Russell Brand: "After last night I can only enjoy football matches >>>> where a nation is forced to reexamine its entire identity and way of life." >>>> >>>> >>> I think we should aim higher: nation forced to reexamine its theological >>> identity to the extent that it affects national doughnut production. >>> >>> Sorry but mention of the World Cup makes me glaze over ... >> >> ... a bit like the doughnut :-) >> > > Lol, that's ok. I am comparative theology hunter, "the changing set of my > finest addictions" as Thompson would say perhaps, and can't stop sliding > into different culture/subculture clothes without too much fanaticism/zeal, > just a taste of it, to feel part of the thing and still assess it with some > distance. > > Baseline for me is "what would this sound like translated to box with > wires aka guitar?" How shareable and memorable are the joys on offer if I > take the leap of faith to believe? The guitar is the measure theology, if > you will. How does theology x under consideration, dance, speak poetry, > make doughnuts and fat, how does it make hate and love, what > poison/euphoria exists here for whom, how shareable, how many laughs and > tears? > > After Sunday, I will leave the World Cup theology as if it had never > existed, although standing with the jocks and engaging collective delusion > that what some athletes are doing are "our accomplishments" and their > failures are "their idiocy which we judge and expose with snide comment" > plus appropriate poison, is ok as group thing with clothes. Occasional need > for testosterone validation over estrogen one... > > Whereas the doughnut theology Chris got me into; well this, I have to > watch for, as it conflicts with all the panoramic extreme sports theologies > (ones that serve to print exceptional views into memories, instead of the > "extreme" risk for its own stupid sake postulate) and their fitness > constraints. > > Without travel and frequent theology changes/dumps/starts, I'd be much > more prone to my usual incompleteness/depression and less laughter at this > cosmic joke where you never know the next vulgarly violent punch(line) > coming your way. Addicted to fresh wardrobes/waters of other theology for > fear of the functional imprisonment/reductionism of my own. This > "freshness" feeds directly into material for composition. Just stepping out > of routines once can unleash new set of stories I forgot I had. > > My own core theologies get stale too quickly which is a sad commentary on > my life I guess, but there's always compensation in such question, like > shot at having "most awesome, or second most awesome, kick spherical cow > skin around a field theology on Sunday along with millions of fanatics", > that I dump, come Monday :-) PGC > That was a nice read. I am rooting for Germany out of empathy for my host country, while bracing for the endless fireworks over Berlin. Viel Glück! Telmo. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
