COLORFUL SCENES ALONG THE DIRTY ROAD TO SOMEWHERE TRUTH-ISH –or—THE SECRETS OF MULATTONATION

A: WHERE THE NAKED BODIES ARE BURIED Coded messages whizz through the aether, over and under and through our heads, and the invisible trajectories of these secret signals form the flexible lattice-work of which Consciousness is merely a corner. Most of these signals are “natural” (ie, from before or beyond the work of humans) but many are (wo)man-made.  The more of these signals you equip yourself to perceive, the richer your experience of Life; the better, in some cases, you will be situated to navigate those aspects of  Life that resemble an Easter Egg hunt, Chess game, Kafkaesque labyrinth or … Continue reading COLORFUL SCENES ALONG THE DIRTY ROAD TO SOMEWHERE TRUTH-ISH –or—THE SECRETS OF MULATTONATION

SENEGAL: a Short Story by Guest Writer JEFF WHEELWRIGHT

[Editor’s Note: removed August 14th, and reinstated August 17th, at Jeff Wheelwright’s request] *[owing to the limitations of this blogging software, a notification to the right says “written by Steven Augustine”… which would be horrifying if true; it’s not: yipes!] Senegal By Jeff Wheelwright   Chapter One I think it was the early ‘80s when all of a sudden young Senegalese men appeared on the streets of Manhattan. I never understood why there had been a migration, or flight, from Senegal—is that in West or East Africa?—during that time in New York. But there they were on the sidewalks, tall … Continue reading SENEGAL: a Short Story by Guest Writer JEFF WHEELWRIGHT

CHILDREN of the NEVALUTION

Will this Inspire or Depress you? John Cassavetes’ film, FACES, came out in 1968, when I was nine, and I first saw it in 1980 or so, when I was 21, and it seemed to point, if not to a smarter popular culture, then to the possibility of a thriving subculture of frank, intelligent expression in The Arts. Already a minority within a minority (a Matryoshka doll of identity) I didn’t mind the idea of spending the rest of my adult life among the marginals capable of enjoying, or even making, a film like FACES (or William Greaves’ Symbiopsychotaxiplasm, also from 1968); … Continue reading CHILDREN of the NEVALUTION