Monday, July 15, 2013

History

Joyce called it the nightmare from which he strives to recover. In different ways, both Thoreau and Norman Brown give value to actions free from its influences.

I judge the freedom in a country by the ease with which one can drop out of the mainstream and still exist, living Thoreau's "majority of one." This is why we remain attractive despite a history embedded with genocide and racist manifest destiny. This is why I'm troubled by recent trends that make this harder.

And this is why I feel so lucky to be an old man. Great timing for my journey.

"Life is a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there." Bill Deemer.

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