Collateral Damage
“Collateral damage” is a moral monstrosity of a concept, And yet an army committing genocide doesn’t call its victims “collateral damage.”
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Curses Burned, Blessings Planted
Today, my daughter and I wrote down the curses afflicting us and the world, and burned them. Then we wrote down the blessings we wish for us and for the world, and planted them. May the year and its curses end – may the year and its blessings begin. Be blessed
If I Hurt You
If I hurt youAnd have not triedTo make amends It’s honestly becauseI didn’t know Message meLet’s talkLet me hear you
Anyone Who Doesn’t Support All of Us
The fact that there is extremely legitimate basis for very valid and trenchant criticism of the policies of the state of Israel and its institutions, does not in any way make the dubious framing of violence against Jewish people in the diaspora as understandably (!) reactive to those policies any less morally bankrupt. Hell it … Read more
Kappara
KapparaMay your future holdThe blessingYesterday struggled toBloom
All There Ever Was
What can I sayTo YouBut so longAnd thanks for all the fishYou did not prepare meFor climate changeOr angry fascistsBut you gave meEverythingI just did not hearThe harmonyAt the time the toll soundedFor oneWho has never heardThat bellThe game must be overBut those who knowThe next roundWill end againWhen we crossThe next horizonWe knowLord we … Read more
Find Yourself
The imageBurned into my bonesThe brand of infinitudeIs the same formThe very essenceShaping your existenceWe are ikons, my friendDivine images of metaphor and thunderNot woodNot stoneNot ironBut flesh and blood and spit and breathAbsolute freedom of mind changingMind freeingWill to powerYa WardeWe are inhabitedBy the same RealReverberatingRipplingThrough thought word deedFind yourself!Buried beneath the pastMountains of … Read more
Is Rap the Evolution of Music?
Is it possible that rap is not just a genre of music… But the evolution of music? Granted, classical music overall is much more melodically + harmonically complex, in a strict sense – but rap even in its current youth integrates its own nascent form of musical complexity (making rhythm the centerpiece, then harmony, with … Read more
It Is Time
Signs and symbols and soundsBound in flesh and boneHeld and draped and wrappedIt is Timeto Awaken, belovedTo ignite the still small voiceThe spark of soul and conscienceTo bear witness to the truth of us:We did not ceaseto be OneWhen we were split and splinteredIt is Timeto Return, belovedThe cresting wave to the shoreThe river to … Read more
The Decline of the Generations
“The Decline of the Generations” – a very brief intro to the main personalities of the Israeli settler movement, standing on one leg… The father: R. Abraham Isaac Kook was a visionary of peace, love, and light. He preached social unity and cultural revival, focusing heavily on the people of Israel’s ancient and intrinsic connection … Read more