Open Thread WE 25 OCT 23 ~ shimmering awareness
This started as a rough draft for a writers circle at our local group.
The goal is to come up with a story for a campfire. Came up with
the punkin heads. Already read it to the bunch once. Since then, it
has morphed a couple times. A few newer insights after starting to
read a novel in the same vein. More better descriptions. Still not at
the heart of it. How to focus awareness of the things on the fringes?
Is there a clearer truth to be found outside the mainstream noise?
Of course. How to get folks to focus on it is the purpose.
Draft #3 ~~
This is a story of gatherings with shimmering actors. The pumpkin heads
favor this time of year. The translucent fall air is at play.
Attracted to flickering camp fire light, the enigmas approach
from the shadows, becoming close enough to oversee the proceedings.
The trick is to see brief hints of their forms from the corner of your eye.
The players are distinguished by the pumpkins arranged about their heads.
Somehow, the faltering firelight accents the shine of the pumpkin flesh. The faces
carved upon the orange gourds vary. Some are happy, some sad. Many are scary
and mean. It depends on the mood and intent of the souls beneath the masks.
Perhaps these shifting shadows are only there to observe.
Those are the most difficult to perceive.
Some may just want to briefly startle the group focused on the flames,
usually during story time.
The apparitions can be wispy as a night fog or appear like a flash.
Then only to disappear and blend into the shadows.
Just enough to draw your attention away from the flames for a spell.
Open thread so throw your thoughts in this space.
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Good day
Events on this day in history ..
1829 Eastern State Penitentiary opens in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as the world's 1st prison to entirely use solitary confinement system intended for rehabilitation
1906 US inventor Lee de Forest patents "Audion", a 3-diode amplification valve which proved a pioneering development in radio & broadcasting
1945 Japanese surrender Taiwan to General Chiang Kai-shek
1960 Cuba nationalizes all remaining US businesses
1963 Anti-Kennedy "WANTED FOR TREASON" pamphlets scattered in Dallas
1971 United Nations votes to expel the Chinese Nationalist ruled Taiwan and admit the Communist People's Republic of China
1983 US invades Grenada, a country 1/2,000 its population (US Wins!)
2004 Fidel Castro, Cuba's President, announces that transactions using the American Dollar will be banned by November 8
2020 Chile overwhelmingly votes to scrap their constitution, drafted during dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet
and that was the way it was ..
question everything
And this is the way it was
Was is the arsehole considered a great man?...UFB
I never knew that the term "Never Again" only pertained to
those born Jewish
"Antisemite used to be someone who didn't like Jews
now it's someone who Jews don't like"
Heard from Margaret Kimberley
Israel is finally getting called out for the war crimes it is
committing. Only in the eyes of the US and its vassals is this considered self defence.
Good morning QMS. Interesting.
Shimmering - late Old English scymrian, of Germanic origin; related to German schimmern, also to shine. The noun dates from the early 19th century. BUT not related to "shim" or "shimmy", which aren't related to each other either.
But what is it that shimmers just outside of consciousness? Is it the null set, necessary nothingnes? Perhaps the hypothetical metaphysical watcher, without which none of this is seen when unpopulated and hence arguably but a phantasm? OR, is it just a phantasm, a psychic echo of the shrooms, even the merely hypothetical shrooms? Pumpkins? Perhaps, but doesn't that make it a North American thing?
~~ Da Kine Wiki, which also says it is native to only parts of N. America
But pumpkins are ephemeral, present for but part of the year except in cans and canned pumpkin, well, isn't. Libby's uses a proprietary blend of Dickinson squash, more closely related to butternut squash than to anything else.
~~ Southern Living.
So punkin heads, like punkins, are shape shifters, hence the high speed flicker that is shimmering, but don't tell Linus, the prime true believer in the metaphysical, magikal "Great Pumpkin".
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
yeah, definitely a psycho echo
read the story to our group last night
the facilitator set-up a projector with a
campfire on a big screen which gave the eyes
a place to anchor while the others read their bits
kinda fun, hope you are doing OK
question everything
Thanks. n/t
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
You mention "Great Pumpkin"
Interesting if true
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Not the first time I have heard about these issues. And remember that just a month prior Bibi had held up a map of the area with no Palestine on it. Kinda like he was forecasting the future.
ETA - switched tweet. Dunno why it had a video totally unrelated to the transcript. Also he says more than what’s above.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.
~Hannah Arendt
Seems like a rather stupid way to instigate another war
but you know the level of intelligence that goes into
these provocations
as EL mentioned, it is the null set
the ongoing genocide is real for all the world to see
the US is not there to facilitate cleansing Gaza
it is a planned deterrent to Hezbollah and Syria
stupid is as stupid does
question everything
Yup
And it’s buying time to get more defensive weapons to the troops that are illegally squatting in foreign lands. Austin says that our troops have the right to defend themselves. Nope they do not because they are an occupying force and they’re without permission from the country’s government.
Interesting note on how Russia has shot down lots of Ukrainian planes from afar just since the Israel/Hamas conflict started. Might be that they are warning America about how effective the missiles are and how they can shoot down American planes just as easily. I sure hope that someone here is paying attention. Like the captains of all those ships over there.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.
~Hannah Arendt
those captains are under insane orders
to anchor within the scope of 'enemy' missiles
puts the vessel and crew at risk
it is another provocation
itching to flame-up
question everything
And not just the ships are being put in harm’s way, but the
troops that are scattered everywhere and of course us here at home. Seeing lots of warnings about the many immigrants that have been allowed in. 2nd time I heard it was from the FBI so that got my ears up. Are they planning a false flag attack against us and blaming it on Hamas? Either way it’s a boneheaded move from president Blinken.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.
~Hannah Arendt
Pretty impressive.
especially this part:
Propaganda, Pumpkins, and Ghosts
Turned on the morning propaganda (news) today and was surprised that they were actually discussing the Palestinian refugees trying to get supplies, especially medical help. I guess that bombing hospitals and churches are making people look at this situation differently.
Your pumpkinhead story is cute. A few years ago, I was doing that Nanowrimo (National Writing Month), where you write a story in 30 days. Some people posted what they were writing about. Someone was writing about the adventures of pumpkinhead, onionhead, and turniphead. I would read that. I usually wrote witch stories.
Was talking to a manager at a fast-food restaurant and they are having a problem with their cash register. Every few days when an employee tries to sign out, instead it orders a two piece chicken meal. They had someone look at it to figure out what is wrong but could find nothing. Now when it happens, they just laugh at it and say that the ghost of KFC is looking for his meal.
P, P & G
sounds like another scary story about a Cali power company
Funny about that chicken McNightmare too
thanks for tuning in!
question everything
Artsy picture
and now, short stories.
Q, when will you be debuting your movie? Just aski' for a friend...
Thanks for the brief respite from the dogs of war, my friend!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
the movie is pending release
depending on copyright litigation
if you could only see the world thru these eyes
you would definitely understand, friend
thanks!
question everything