Category Archives: delusions of progress

Brilliant Visions of Despair: Failing Empire

The Dead Flag Blues Godspeed You! Black Emperor The car’s on fire and there’s no driver at the wheelAnd the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicidesAnd a dark wind blows The government is corruptAnd we’re on so … Continue reading →

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Derrick Z. Jackson: Children Will Suffer the Consequences of Recent Supreme Court Rulings

Originally posted on Vox Populi:
It appears to be of no concern to the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ultraconservative majority how children are collateral damage in its monumental rulings to close the 2021-22 term. https://randomyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/baby-girl-at-doctor-1.jpg Credit: Alex Proimos/Flkr First, the conservatives?struck…

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Tarot Journal #18: 5 of cups(Regret)/IX The Hermit

Shining a Light on Loss and the Myriad Possibilities Last night as I was going through my bedtime routine a sudden unbidden memory of driving to my sister’s house in the coastal range of Oregon east of Coos Bay. I … Continue reading →

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Tarot Journal #17: 7 of Cups(Debauch)/VI The Lovers

On the Continuum of Reconnection Each of these cards represents its own range of a certain process. The Seven represents the range of separation of desire from compassion and sensitivity to others, and The Lovers represents a range of an … Continue reading →

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Tarot journal #16: Queen of Wands/The Moon/The Hermit

Beginning with a Weightless Step There is a constant process of reaching out into the world, natural and cultural, drawing inspiration, breathing in and combining external material with the material that has been internalized or exists in my subconscious memories, … Continue reading →

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