2003-06-02

 
In conjunction with today's post, "Open Idealism", I should like to envision a way for me to convey the ideas contained to others. A friend of mine says that these long-winded highbrow "lectures" might only preach to the choir; that is, those that have the tolerance to sit (or sift) through such a dissertation might not be the ones to benefit from any of it. What is needed is this "entreaty with our emotion", a way to poetically or artistically connect with others. I saw a free cabaret show last night and there were these two women that got up and did some spoken word performances about individualism in art, feminism, and racism. Their performance opened up ideas in a fresh format that veers away from the archaic, obstinate dialectics of philosophizing. I shall then hope to compliment this post of such a dreary quality with a partnered poem that parallels the power of the performance I saw by these women that reached out to the audience so well. I will, however work on this poem later, as I am sleepy and in want of dreams.
posted by MM 11:55 PM