Comments for The Pure Intensity Revolution http://www.colossusofaustin.com/birdsong The Living Sat, 11 Dec 2010 04:46:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on I know, I know by colossusofaustin http://www.colossusofaustin.com/birdsong/?p=54&cpage=1#comment-96 colossusofaustin Sat, 11 Dec 2010 04:46:22 +0000 http://www.colossusofaustin.com/birdsong/?p=54#comment-96 that's probably true, but i am very anti-facebook. besides, the only people who would look at my facebook are people i can email or call, or people i have no interest in, like people from high school and crap like that. i guess web anonymity is just a sacrifice i'll have to make. that’s probably true, but i am very anti-facebook. besides, the only
people who would look at my facebook are people i can email or call,
or people i have no interest in, like people from high school and crap
like that. i guess web anonymity is just a sacrifice i’ll have to
make.

]]> Comment on I know, I know by meganzz http://www.colossusofaustin.com/birdsong/?p=54&cpage=1#comment-95 meganzz Sat, 11 Dec 2010 04:39:43 +0000 http://www.colossusofaustin.com/birdsong/?p=54#comment-95 "So few people care" + "it's my only web presence" = Reconnect with people via facebook or something and more people will read your blog and care. Just the way it is. “So few people care” + “it’s my only web presence” = Reconnect with people via facebook or something and more people will read your blog and care. Just the way it is.

]]> Comment on Graffito Tag by Alejandra http://www.colossusofaustin.com/birdsong/?p=31&cpage=1#comment-15 Alejandra Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:47:57 +0000 http://www.colossusofaustin.com/birdsong/?p=31#comment-15 That's funny. The Modern Wing "accidentally" acquired some art, but not the right kind, and has to get rid of it. Remember we were talking about stuff we loved about Paris? The art museums there were miles beyond even something like the MCA, let alone the staid, canonical Art Institute. The Pompidou Center in particular, actually had performance art going on in the galleries during museum hours, and if someone had done this type of thing at there, it would at least be evaluated on the merit of its artfulness rather than the fact that it merely existed. Agreed, this tagger at least makes you think. That’s funny. The Modern Wing “accidentally” acquired some art, but not the right kind, and has to get rid of it. Remember we were talking about stuff we loved about Paris? The art museums there were miles beyond even something like the MCA, let alone the staid, canonical Art Institute. The Pompidou Center in particular, actually had performance art going on in the galleries during museum hours, and if someone had done this type of thing at there, it would at least be evaluated on the merit of its artfulness rather than the fact that it merely existed. Agreed, this tagger at least makes you think.

]]> Comment on Joseph Stack and the Pure Intensity Revolution by colossusofaustin http://www.colossusofaustin.com/birdsong/?p=26&cpage=1#comment-14 colossusofaustin Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:53:27 +0000 http://www.colossusofaustin.com/birdsong/?p=26#comment-14 I can't disagree with you. It's funny that you mention John Brown, because I considered him while thinking about Stack, and thought specifically that Joseph Stack can't be lumped into John Brown's league. John Brown, I think, was righteously crazy in the same way Stack was. But John Brown had a specific goal in mind - the eradication of slavery as an institution. Aside from this, John Brown did also kill pro-slavery civilians in Kansas, though this kind of thing was happening back and forth for years then. Stack seems to have been lashing out at the spectre of oppression rather than a specific one. This is a sign of Stack's failure, but also a sign of the times. During the Civil War era slavery was the specific issue everyone was talking about, and an institution that could be regulated by legislation if only they'd been able to agree to do it. Of course they couldn't. In the 21st century I see no specific issue or institution that needs renovation. There are many things that need improvement, but that isn't the root of the problem. The government and the economy are the umbrella terms, but the terms can both apply to pretty much every aspect of our culture. For someone like Stack, who whined in his letter about his tax problems, I think it was easy to point a finger at the government and say "there's the enemy!" It's another failure. The point I am making is that the problem is systemic and Stack's action wasn't a warning but fallout from a war that's already started. A culture war, an economic one and a political one. What makes him a revolutionary, in my mind, is that he chose to act for a cause that I happen to agree with - that our media, politics, art and commerce are designed to be used against us instead of for us. I don't believe any one thing can be blamed, not today. It's everywhere. Violence is wasteful and terrible, particularly against innocents (which was John Brown's failing). I don't want to refer to it as anecdote as though the history of our time has already been written. We don't know yet how things will play out. I would hope that what he did will be evaluated by more reasoned individuals, who might ask why, and then do something to change it. Social workers, legislators, activists, artists, and anyone else who might make real change, or care at least to look at themselves and make sure they're not part of the problem. I can’t disagree with you. It’s funny that you mention John Brown, because I considered him while thinking about Stack, and thought specifically that Joseph Stack can’t be lumped into John Brown’s league. John Brown, I think, was righteously crazy in the same way Stack was. But John Brown had a specific goal in mind – the eradication of slavery as an institution. Aside from this, John Brown did also kill pro-slavery civilians in Kansas, though this kind of thing was happening back and forth for years then. Stack seems to have been lashing out at the spectre of oppression rather than a specific one. This is a sign of Stack’s failure, but also a sign of the times. During the Civil War era slavery was the specific issue everyone was talking about, and an institution that could be regulated by legislation if only they’d been able to agree to do it. Of course they couldn’t. In the 21st century I see no specific issue or institution that needs renovation. There are many things that need improvement, but that isn’t the root of the problem. The government and the economy are the umbrella terms, but the terms can both apply to pretty much every aspect of our culture. For someone like Stack, who whined in his letter about his tax problems, I think it was easy to point a finger at the government and say “there’s the enemy!” It’s another failure.

The point I am making is that the problem is systemic and Stack’s action wasn’t a warning but fallout from a war that’s already started. A culture war, an economic one and a political one. What makes him a revolutionary, in my mind, is that he chose to act for a cause that I happen to agree with – that our media, politics, art and commerce are designed to be used against us instead of for us. I don’t believe any one thing can be blamed, not today. It’s everywhere. Violence is wasteful and terrible, particularly against innocents (which was John Brown’s failing). I don’t want to refer to it as anecdote as though the history of our time has already been written. We don’t know yet how things will play out. I would hope that what he did will be evaluated by more reasoned individuals, who might ask why, and then do something to change it. Social workers, legislators, activists, artists, and anyone else who might make real change, or care at least to look at themselves and make sure they’re not part of the problem.

]]> Comment on Joseph Stack and the Pure Intensity Revolution by Alejandra http://www.colossusofaustin.com/birdsong/?p=26&cpage=1#comment-13 Alejandra Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:01:20 +0000 http://www.colossusofaustin.com/birdsong/?p=26#comment-13 I find it breathtaking that Mr. Stack, in preparation for his singular feat, burned down his wife and daughter's home and belongings. I would hesistate to cast him as the new John Brown, who is at least partially redeemed by his flipping out in service to a noble cause, the liberation of black Americans from slavery. Taxes? I'd rather see roads, schools and medical care. These are the nuts and bolts of everyday living, perhaps even some of the drudgery that you are alluding to. For people like me, there is no use for the Stacks of history other than as anecdotal introduction to an account of the savagery this country is undergoing as we speak, and the people that tried to stop it. I find it breathtaking that Mr. Stack, in preparation for his singular feat, burned down his wife and daughter’s home and belongings. I would hesistate to cast him as the new John Brown, who is at least partially redeemed by his flipping out in service to a noble cause, the liberation of black Americans from slavery. Taxes? I’d rather see roads, schools and medical care. These are the nuts and bolts of everyday living, perhaps even some of the drudgery that you are alluding to. For people like me, there is no use for the Stacks of history other than as anecdotal introduction to an account of the savagery this country is undergoing as we speak, and the people that tried to stop it.

]]> Comment on Evolution by megz http://www.colossusofaustin.com/birdsong/?p=12&cpage=1#comment-3 megz Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:01:10 +0000 http://www.colossusofaustin.com/birdsong/?p=12#comment-3 This is probably just me being bitter, but I hate love. So for my own sake I hope that this isn't the basis of life. This is probably just me being bitter, but I hate love. So for my own sake I hope that this isn’t the basis of life.

]]> Comment on Sex is: by megan luvs yer mom http://www.colossusofaustin.com/birdsong/?p=5&cpage=1#comment-2 megan luvs yer mom Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:57:52 +0000 http://www.colossusofaustin.com/birdsong/?p=5#comment-2 I can agree with this. It's way overrated. I can agree with this. It’s way overrated.

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