Ha ha ha. No wonder I don't understand "new math." So that's 4 + 8 +1 + 2? Just kidding.
________________________________ From: curtisdeltablues <curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 10:50 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Wow, a tangle O' Barbies! Much appreciated, hearing that I any of my silliness makes you laugh out loud makes my day. Here is what I have them act out Improv style: When the tiger (4 legs) jumped on the plate of food (8 like ate) the solder (looks like a 1) stood at attention and saluted the the Camel (two humps) next to him. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@...> wrote: > > Ah, Curtis, this is very funny.  I do love water, although I've been told I > should be in a bath with epsom salts; I'm not sure what that would do to the > tangled hair of all those Barbies :). Geez, now I'm *really* depressed. One > thing I love about your writing is that it is often absurdly creative and you > are endlessly clever in creating images, most of which send me into > uproarious laughter, no matter the topic.  Yep, go for it, keep those kids > thinking and imagining and dreaming of tigers.   > > > ________________________________ > From: curtisdeltablues <curtisdeltablues@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 7:46 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Wow, a tangle O' Barbies! > > >  > First Emily, let me join Judy in giving you a high five for articulating what > is great about FFL. You seem to use it in a way I can deeply relate to. > Your post made me think about how I view offensiveness so I will riff on that > for a moment. > > What I am seeking is a level of mutual respect or at least tolerance giving > rise to a complete freedom to skewer ideas or concepts with the gleeful > abandon of South Park. Of course this is a fool's errand at the start, but > then the fool in Shakespeare is the only role that could ever interest me. > Getting away with speaking truth to power by wrapping it up in the absurd. > > Attempting to walk this line has taught me a lot through the many mistakes I > have made and continue to make and hope to make in the future to find the > limits and edges of this line. > > And making such mistakes is only possible in the context of charitable > renewal of conversations with people I disagree with. The people I agree > with more are the easy ones, and provide a cushion for the harder work with > others. > > So the line I seek involves the freedom to let loose on religious imagery > without being a complete dick to people who hold those ideas. (All while > admittedly actually being a dick from time to time.) > > I have a proprietary interest in religious ideas having been religious for so > long, and specifically involved with Maharishi's world of ideas. For me I am > attacking my own toys, things in my own head, I am tearing the cloths off of > all the Barbies and inviting them to join me in the bath...did I say that > last part out loud, I can never tell...(in my defense when taking a shower as > a guest at my sister's house I was shocked when reaching for the shampoo to > be confronted with a tangle of at least 8 of my niece's naked Barbies, like a > 4 AM scene at a big blowout party at Portia De Rossi's house before she > settled down with Ellen. It struck me as one of the funniest things I had > ever seen in its innocent but outrageous Dolce Vita splendor. They are > referred to as the orgiastic tangle O' Barbies whenever I visit.) But I > digress... > > So I am doomed because of course we do get attached to the ideas we hold and > my mocking of them is inevitably going to be taken as a mocking of the people > who hold the ideas. And some of those people are actually mock-worthy from > time to time so that adds to the futility. > > It makes me wonder if I have the same reaction to being mocked for not > believing? I guess I am when the mocking is directed at me personally, but > not when it is an attack on the ideas of atheism, so I probably have the same > issues any theist has. Are you saying that all atheists will burn in hell or > are you saying that imagining the flames devouring me gives you pleasure? > Kind of an important distinction isn't it? But I would welcome more of the > kind of satiric writing about atheism that I am attempting about theism. I > would love it actually. > > If you watch blasphemous cartoons like South Park, Family Guy the Simpsons, > there is a freedom of visual imagination that I am seeking in my writing. I > am attempting to create images in the mind's eye of the reader as outrageous > and shocking as what I have seen from the writers of these shows within the > specific focus of Hindu and TM imagery. Not exactly the most endearing goal > I know, but there it is. And according to my own inner gauge within the > context of my own goals, I am getting closer to what I am seeking. > > And by creating these images there is a definite process of inner > desensitization going on, so that I experience these images completely > differently than some of the readers. If you hold Maharishi to be a saintly > guy then it isn't comfortable to be plunged into a scene where the tangle O' > Barbies become the comely course participants invited into his private > Jacuzzi with Ganesha heads as the water jet spouts like a Hinduized grotto at > the Playboy mansion. I am following my own muse in these mental excursions. > I have just enough people who enjoy this giving me feedback to allow me to > hit send more often than not. (You should see the ones I don't hit send on!) > > FFL for me is like slow motion improv where a topic is thrown at you and you > can react and express as you feel in that moment. It encourages me to write > and gets my creative juices flowing for my other projects that require a sort > of focused madness. > > The other day I had a group of kids imagining numbers as associated with > dramatic images, like a four legged tiger for the number 4, so that we could > then use them to act out the math functions they were having trouble > conceptualizing. It recruits brain cells and forms neuronal connections not > possible with the slippery abstract numbers themselves. > > I know it seems like a tenuous connection between the tangle O'Barbies in a > state of in flagrante delicto, to a mission of teaching kids math, but > believe me it is the same process for me. And least you think I am hiding > behind a save the children campaign, I admit that sometimes I am just being > dickish and deserve to be called on it when I am. > > They both require the kind of thinking that I can practice here, and for that > I thank you all and end with a special shout out to Emily for inspiring this > journey of introspection. You can join me and the Barbies any time sista, > the water is fine. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@> wrote: > > > > I didn't say distinguished from the larger "human" one, talking bigger > > picture, but yes, but distinguished from the "male" one as a subset of > > "human."  It goes without saying that the female experience (i.e. the > > experience of being incarnated into a female body) is different than the > > male experience (i.e. incarnated into a male body). I was just > > acknowledging that there is a difference in experience and that one gender > > will never *know* what it feels like to be the other.   Hence, > > differences are reflected in the interplay between the two, as evidenced on > > this forum.  And, I'm not talking about the soul, or astral plane, or > > other planes of reality, just this physical, mental, emotional one.  > >  > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: emptybill <emptybill@> > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 8:18 PM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Wow > > > > > >  > > This sounds more secret than a secret handshake. > > > > What exactly is the "female perspective/experience" > > that distinguishes it from a "human" one? > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Awoelflebater, "Wow" sounds about right then. Â You could be in the > > right place. Â "Cat fight" is probably the wrong term, which > > generally assumes a fight between *women* and the majority of the > > exchanges are between *individuals*, irrespective of gender, or reflect > > differences in the male/female experience. Â (Having said that, I've > > jumped in from my perspective as a female on several occasions.) Â I > > think of the exchanges here as healthy debates; the forum allows for an > > expanded level of freedom of expression which is good and posts can be > > very funny, even the *off-color* ones, from a certain perspective. Â > > Yes, sometimes the language descends into what would be considered the > > *gutter*, applying typical social convention, but on the other hand, it > > almost always sparks additional debate. Â Few scenarios of this ilk > > are left untouched and not commented on. > > > > > > This is a different venue and the gift to me is that it does > > accommodate a wide range of language and visual formats. Â For me, I > > enjoy the multiple perspectives as the human condition. Â For me, the > > struggle to "conform" has been like a noose that slowly tightened around > > my neck and just about snuffed me out at different times in my life. > > Â This group includes some of the most creative, intelligent and > > interesting people I've come across in a long time. Â The joy of > > experiencing a robust internet forum with multiple viewpoints is well > > worth any personal offense taken along the way, IMHO, and further > > affords opportunities to articulate your own position, or step back and > > let go, or question/clarify one's own mental/emotional constructs. Â > > For me, I often feel something larger in place here that transcends (and > > I use that word very loosely) what may be interpreted as petty or > > insulting or mundane at face value. Â I hope you stay and speak out > > as you see > > > fit. Â Â > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: awoelflebater no_re...@yahoogroups.com > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 7:05 AM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Wow > > > > > > > > > Â > > > Hi Buck, Yes, I was initiated in 1970 by my sister who attended TT in > > Majorca in 1969. I was 14 at the time. I remember paying one week's > > allowance for this. I transferred from Colgate University in 1975 to MIU > > after attending an SCI course at Livingston Manor. It blew me away and I > > just had to come to FF! I attended MIU from the Fall of 1975 until > > graduation in 1980. I left FF for a while living in upstate NY with my > > then boyfriend and fellow MIU graduate. After a couple of years I > > returned to FF (don't we all at some time?) and taught a horseback > > riding program with another friend of mine for the students and > > meditators in town. Around that time I also had a friend that had > > attended the first Robin Carlsen lecture in town. Their description of > > it intrigued me. I proceeded to watch a seminar tape, was blown away by > > that and jumped head first into the most amazing three and a half years > > of my life. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: > > > > > > > > Awoelf, You are a meditator(?) You do meditate don't you? > > > > Just wondering, where you are coming from. > > > > -Buck in FF > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Just a newbie here at FFL. Glancing through all of the posts > > > > > > > they range from the mundane (movie reviews) to scratch-out- > > > > > > > your-eyes cat fights. Something's got some of you going but > > > > > > > I'm not sure anyone is convincing anyone else that they are > > > > > > > right. Good luck to you all. > > > > > > > > > > > > Welcome. I took your reference to movie reviews as > > > > > > "mundane" as a bit of a challenge, and I hope you > > > > > > like the result. :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > As for trying to convince others that we're right, > > > > > > well that is something not everyone here indulges > > > > > > in. Some just "know" that they're right. :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Awoelf, > > > > > > > > > > You come in to the middle of something here. > > > > > Lot of us been trying to save this guy from his ways for years now > > and he thinks he knows better. Still, I pray for him and those others > > that fell away from the cart here too. Is always a sad thing to witness > > these fallen away wriggle the way they do. > > > > > > > > > > Kindly, > > > > > -Buck in FF > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
