Comments on: a september remembered

By: sweetleaf

sweetleaf — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 06:59:52 +0000

fear is a great manipulator, unless you go trough it…and as melissa etheridge suggested, you find what is amazing on the other side of it, and so you did nezua.

By: sweetleaf

sweetleaf — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 06:38:30 +0000

bless you. sounds like you suffered from ptds? as i watched for the outcome (patriotic fervor), of this event, i recognized an intention (patriotic fevor), behind the action. i asked, who benefits from this outcome most? certainly not another country. certainly not even the taliban, let alone bin laden. i was living the miles away both, geographically and in reality. horrified but not directly affected as those whose daily living was and is in nyc. i learned then that outcomes can identify intention or motivation, even the source.
i guess this is a case for when a door closed for you, a better one opened? bless you.

By: nezua

nezua — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:32:02 +0000

the “one world” graphic? sure. i put my URL or company name on them because it is the rare person who even asks to use them. most who want to just do. feel free, with my gratitude.

By: Tracy Rosen

Tracy Rosen — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:17:50 +0000

Hey – that’s what these comment boxes are for, right?

And I love the graphic – if I ask ‘pretty please?’ can I use it?

By: nezua

nezua — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:09:27 +0000

that’s it, tracy. that’s it right there. i had to learn what hand my very own “strong and wealthy” country had in other humans feeling that same way that i suddenly felt. and what in general contributes to this kind of violence. what worldviews and agendas take us closer to that event and which ones take us further away. it shocked me into empathy, eventually. and that is part of what brought me to making graphics years later that say “One World.” it was making connections i had yet to make.

wow. i could have just saved myself about half of that post. nah. not really. but i need to add that paragraph i think. thanks for the help in getting there.

By: Tracy Rosen

Tracy Rosen — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:44:48 +0000

“i’m afraid to sleep. what kinda shit is gonna go down while i’m asleep?”

This sentence could be uttered in Haiti, in Somalia, in Israel (by both Palestinian and Israeli), in Lebanon, in Peru, in Sudan, in Afghanistan…ugh…don’t want to go on. Oh, wait, in New York, in LA, in Vancouver, in some Canadian SCHOOLS until as recently as TWELVE years ago ( http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/05/16/f-timeline-residential-schools.html )

It could have been uttered before, during, or after Sept. 11/01 in most of these places. And it most probably is uttered by some children somewhere in the world as I write.

As you spat out your steak you spat out your stake. It is those stakes – the ones that claim territory for government or gang (same thing) – that inspire those words.

One world, stake spitters, how can we make more of that? Asking the question and seeking the answer is a good starting point. But oh it’s a big one.

By: nezua

nezua — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:17:17 +0000

Gracias amigos. What a journey indeed.

NL: To tell you the truth, that’s not far to go for me in 7 years. As I said, I make it my business to be changing, looking, always refining, whittling, adjusting, shifting this Self. And I’ve made changes just as important in less time…I don’t know that this is usual, but it is usual for me. Look me up in 7 years!

Peace friends

By: NLinStPaul

NLinStPaul — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:54:09 +0000

That’s a long road to walk in a few short years. Fascinating to hear about it. And a sly smile on my face for the neocons worst nightmare come true…thinking and learning instead of fear!!!

By: Nora

Nora — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:17:15 +0000

Thank You, Nez.

What a journey this life is…

Peace

By: RC

RC — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:25:51 +0000

Hey, I used to live right behind the Sullivan St. Theatre on Thompson c.1972-3, then I moved to Watts Street west of W. B’way.

Thanks for a massive dose of honesty Nez. Very tasty.