(1) On the illusion of violence as
the way to justice and peace
Violence is like a pool of poison water threatening
the river of life. Gazing out over the whole of the river,
one sees that answering violence with violence never
stops the corruption of the water, but rather becomes
a part of the pollution itself;
Violence is like a fire raging in the house of love
and good intentions. Never putting out the flames,
answering violence with violence is the fuel that
burns the house to the ground;
Violence is like a noise drowning out the symphony
of all peoples. Answering violence with violence,
noise replaces music, soon becoming the
only sound we know.
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(2) Crows of Truth
Gone is the era of an honest man riding a horse
to congress. Enter the era of politicians with makeup,
and with staffs of burger-with-fries linguists needed
to compose their historic addresses.
Enter the era of fearful imitation, the utterly
2nd-hand, and deliberate obfuscation. Gone is
the era of the house of classics made with windows
on all sides, and of rhetoric practiced under tall trees,
knowing that the gods may well be listening.
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(3) On the necessity of Common Form
When meaning and movement have found a
powerfully fitting pattern of expression, then
the way is clear for a form to become a part
of the cultural common ground.
Sonnet, Haiku, Sonata, Raga, and Minuet—patterns
of movement, one and all. Not different from
Acorn, Leaf, Sunflower and Cloud. Ah, when
the rocks are constant, how free we are to marvel
at the many moods and changes of the:—common,
mountain stream.
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(4) Without
A world without light or
without sound is thinkable,
but not a world
without
movement.
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