I like the idea of cooperation. I like the idea of a town coming together and working as one to fix a problem. I like neighbors.
And, although, it's currently popular to hate the notion of government, because many (or most?) governments have been oppressive and murderous; I admittedly like the idea of people governing themselves. Maybe the original intention of government turns sour when put into practice; but, in the abstract, I can't see what there is not to like about organizing society for the betterment of all.
Yet I dislike charity; but that's because I think that we should organize ourselves in a way that makes charity unnecessary. In other words, charity is attractive only within a broken system: I'm in favor of mending the system, instead of helping a bad idea along by setting up charitable stopgaps.
I like dancing, tho; and I wish that modern culture would have more of the good stuff, by which I mean everything from sacred or religious dancing to the types of dances that James Brown lists in his song "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" (1965). I also really like the styles of dancing that one sees in places that can only be reached after walking for miles and miles thru the Forest of the Night. Dances that you have to take a canoe to. Plus I like ballroom dancing. (Is that the same as waltzing? I really like waltzing.) And I like square dancing. And James Joyce's spider dance. I also like breakdancing, but I'd rather watch it than do it, because it requires a lot of physical exertion, and I'm categorically against all forms of exercise. Yet my favorite dance of all is the one where everyone holds hands and moves in a circle. I also like swaying back and forth.
Did the invention of the automobile kill the dance? I think it did.
I wonder why war is so well-loved, whereas compromise is disparaged. Maybe this current kind that I belong to, humans, are so frustrated in general, so innately agitated, that they cannot stand to act diplomatically: perhaps détente gives them pain. Maybe requesting that humankind have patience and play nice is akin to asking a spider to stop spinning webs. "Being mean and plotting the downfall of others is what I DO," they might say; "if you take THAT away, you yoink my reason for existing."
But I think that Christian churches should give away free hamburgers and french fries, anytime: You shouldn't have to wait for the pastor's sermon to conclude before the they serve you your meal: One should be able to enter any Christian church, no matter whether a service is scheduled or not, and be immediately offered a fresh burger and crispy hot fries.
Now think of a mold that is in the shape of a bowl: A metallurgist pours liquid copper into its void; then, when it cools... (I assume you know the rest.)
My point is that we should make a mold like the one described above, but in the shape of a domed house — then we should fill it with molten rock (also known as lava), which would solidify into a hard, dark glasslike substance. After this, we could live forever in our obsidian igloo.
Lastly, have you ever used an electronic gizmo, such as a personal computer? Did you notice that, after a while, the exterior case of your device grows warm to the touch? That's because its heart is beating so rapidly. Well, last evening, we were blessed with a winter storm here in Minnesota, which clogged all of our roadways with snowflakes; therefore, pregnant women who were attempting to travel to the delivery room at the local for-profit hospital were forced to give birth right out in the open; either that, or (if they were determined to conceal the truth about how the sausage is made,) wherever they happened to be when the labor commenced, right then and there, with their own two hands, they had to construct a wooden treehouse around themselves and dedicate one of its rooms to babyshitting. So my idea is that, instead of waiting for a squadron of snowplows to pass thru and clear the roads, we should simply bury rows of personal computers underneath all our highways and byways: that way, the heat from each device's plastic casing will naturally melt all the manna into the drains and it can feed the fish in the lakes.
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