new truth

new Truth 

truth to power

and free advice are 

a threat to 

they

who perch precariously at the top

so,

we are perpetually unwelcome

but still,

not only do we have to 

solve the problems that

     they deny exist

we have to come up with the solutions 

that enhance their bottom line 

and we have to trick them into doing it

and

we have find the money to fund the project and

we have to allow them to take credit for the innovation 

and we have to 

allow them to take,

not only the monetary reward

but the fame

no problem,

it's a cultural reality

same as it ever was

cultural anthropology 101

as soon as we poke our noses through the fence

into their particular "make believe"

all is reviled

all the cliches

and some new truths 

intending to obscure 

the sunlight 

with compromises

financial, political

religious and tribal

and at what cost

this 

"not wanting to rock the boat"

even if we know 

the ship is heading

full speed 

into icebergs at night

we look at the odds

we hope 

and go back to the 

smart phone 

pacifier

truth is

whatever you can get away with

or 

in this particular democracy 

truth is

whatever you can afford 

but if

everything in the world 

has a soul 

is it possible that

we help ourselves 

from destroying it all?

and

if time is money  

why do rich people die?

and if

there's no such thing 

as time,

what is money?

and after

having been 

"voted off their internet"

 and "disappeared" from facebook 

with friends too numerous 

to mention

i just came in from snowshoeing

amongst the trails

other woodland creatures

March 8-14

this,

"not wanting to be a burden on society" 

is usually seen as a noble gesture

whereas

wanting to die is a bit of a problem 

... having one less," vulnerable consumer " 

to rip off

may cut into some entrepreneur's bottom line.

a lifetime of such critical observations  

leads to a pessimistic outlook for humanity 

and our biosphere

and since

wanting to "opt out" seems to be a logical position

even in canada, 

one of the best places in the world

and yes , 

compassion for those 

"nature lovers" 

who work tirelessly toward sanity

but

the orchestration of one's suicide, 

particularly to a dreamer

opens paths 

such as

Stripping the gelcoat 

off a thirty foot hull

tracing the stream lines

an inch at a time

eyes, ears, hands and lungs

protected

from the shards of glass

and polyester dust from

a screaming carbide cutter

at router speeds

reminds me 

that the

safe comfortable ocean going vessels

were derived from careful observation of 

aquatic life and the power of

the ocean 

so 

in the post apocalyptic times  

survivors will recover 

the abandoned yachts  with 

workboat heritage.... 

recognized for their beauty 

in the context of the natural world

when

after the starving hipster/geeks 

with their 

indifference to 

the balance of natural world

have 

slaughtered the organic farmers and

stolen their food reserves and 

eaten their children, 

they do come to recognize 

that they were ultimately blame.

in painting

we explore space/ time and gravity-

in pursuit of the unexplained

Time is replaced with 

a most compelling tendency 

toward illusionary space,

Through the critical observation of 

a wide range of natural diversity

we may come to 

an intuitive  glimpse of

the interconnection

but 

when human effort is "compartmentalized", 

a conditioning of industrialization

human potential becomes disintegrated

"simply" put

the family farm requires

a knowledge of the interconnected cycles of nature with

all living beings- from the microscopic to livestock

It's another case of "progress" marching on 

and the victors writing the history

the migration from the farm 

to the industries 

is not that easy to reverse

Whatever population is 

driven from the land

their worth is denied so

Abandon the search for general relativity-

the common thread that ties 

all the disparate truths together

what's that got to do with progress ?

or makin' a buck?

and

common sense

is relegated to the past 

with the stupid farmers  

commoners 

and "specialization "

gets all polished up 

so here we are

dazzled and infantalized

and squalling with 

self righteous indignation

like  two-year-olds

in cubicles with

dirty diapers

if humanity hopes to reach adulthood 

we are  going to have to start

cleaning up after ourselves