Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

[Note: The following two-person dialogue was a purely an imaginary one and never occurred outside the mind of Cecil with anyone other than me and my-not-quite-empty mynd. Any resemblances to this conversation and one that you may have experienced are strictly coincidental and in no way should reflect upon the reader. Thank you.]
Where are you from?

You mean, 'Where was I last?'

No... where are you FROM... like you're here now but where were you before you came here?

I try to be here now all the time.

Look... I just want to know where you're from. That's all.

Hmmm... where are you coming from with that question?

What do you mean..?

Will knowing where I'm from make it easier to know me?

No, not really.

Will knowing where I'm from make your life easier?

Wise ass! I'm from Atlanta, Georgia. Where are you from?

That's it?

Yeah... that's it.

I'm from.... ummm... Phar Lepht, initially, anyway.

Phar Lepht. Where is Phar Lepht?

It's a location within a state.

What state?

A state of mynd.

A state of mind?

Yeah... not really geographical.

But that doesn't answer my question.

What question?

Where are you from?

From Phar Lepht.

But that isn't geographical... right?

No, Lepht... Phar Lepht.

Why did I ask this question...

I haven't any idea.

I just wanted to strike up a conversation... you know, get to know you...

Why don't you just ask?

Ask what?

Ask what or ask me?

Ask you what?

Who am I...

Who are you?

When?

Now.

Right now?

Yeah, who are you right now?

I wish you wouldn't ask that...

Why? You asked me to ask you...

No. You misunderstood.

What do you mean?

You asked me who I am right now...

Yeah...

But now is no longer the now when your question was asked...

You're evasive.

Yeah... sometimes I am.

You're full of shit.

Well, relatively.. I had a shit this morning, so I couldn't say that I'm full of shit... there's some waste products still remaining...

Chrissakes! Who are you?

Who are you... who, who! Who are you.. who.. who...

The Who.

Roger Daltry.

You're Roger Daltry..?

Do I look like Roger Daltry?

No! You don't look like Roger Daltry.

Then why did you ask?

Because of the Who.

The what?

The Who... the Who song...

The who song...?

Yeah, the Who song you mentioned.

Who are you... who, who..?

Yeah... Who are you... who, who.

You remember that song?

Yeah, of course.

I do too.

Yeah, I figured that ...

But did you figure on me saying that?

No.... no way did I ever figure that.

I didn't either.

You didn't figure I'd figure that or you didn't figure you'd Who? Who?

Both.

Hmmm...

It's funny how things develop...

What do you mean?

Oh... not much... except things just happen.

Shit happens.

Yeah, shit happens...

I've been talking to you now for several minutes and I don't know anything about you.

Nothing?

Well... you're evasive... difficult to pin down....

Like a grasshopper?

A grasshopper?

Yeah... ever try to pin a grasshopper down?

You have?

No way! Not while it was alive...

Of course not.

Coarse knot?

'Of' course not...

From coarse knot...

Not 'from'... 'of'... of course not.

You talk in circles.

Me?!?! I talk in circles..?

Nothing wrong with that, is there?

You talk in circles...

In my circle or in your circle?

Ahhh jeezus...

Bethlehem.

Bethlehem...?

Yeah.. he was from Bethlehem.

Who was from Bethlehem?

No, Who was from England.

Who was from Bethlehem?

No... Who was from England.

Where are you from?

Isn't that what started all this?

I can tell I've wasted my time...

What else would you have done with that time?

I could have built a bridge...

A bridge..?

Yeah... a bridge to understanding.

There really is nothing to understand here.

Matter of opinion...

I don't know you either...

What would you like to know?

Nothing.



cecil
21 March 2010
[originally conceived: 24 July 2005]

Picture of the Week: This plaque was placed on a step of concrete bleachers in a park overlooking a baseball field in my neighborhood during the Presidential Administration of F.D. Roosevelt which gave much needed employment during some of the most difficult years of our country, The Great Depression, which historically began on "Black Tuesday" with the Wall Street Crash of October, 1929 and rapidly spread worldwide.

Between 1935 and 1943, the WPA (Works Progress Administration) provided almost eight million jobs. Most people who needed a job were eligible for at least some of its jobs.[3] Hourly wages were the prevailing wages in each area; the rules said workers could not work more than 30 hours a week, but many projects included months in the field, with workers eating and sleeping on work sites. Before 1940, there was some training involved to teach new skills and the project's original legislation had a strong emphasis on training.

In 1912 Theodore Roosevelt’s insurgent Progressive Party included a health insurance plank in its campaign platform.

In 1934 as part of the New Deal, Franklin Roosevelt considered proposing universal health coverage as part of the Social Security Act. Presidents as diverse as Truman, Carter, Ford, George H.W. Bush and Clinton have all introduced various proposals for health care reform. Universal health coverage is always the stated goal. All the proposals put forth by all these administrations, dating back to the early 1900's, have only thing in common—failure.

Today, Sunday, March 21, 2010, the Health Care Reform Bill is being voted upon in Congress. I wholeheartedly support the Bill and defend it's weaknesses as being only a step in the right direction. Astrologically we are going through the first quarter of a New Moon which is an excellent time for anything new to begin. Let us hope that this auspicious time is the right time for this Health Care Reform to be a much needed Law for the good of the Land.

May success come to our Nation's health care crisis for once and for all.

That conversation sounds familiar...

I bet it does...

It's funny what we say to ourselves when we're the only one's listening.

Ya who the f@$$%^$# are you? For that matter who am I? There is no I in me. Samsara is a bitch...

wow! I love to listen to conversations when I´m in the mood for that...!(not matter who´s talking! )

gracias for the stream & the photo, Cecil! (mmm...and the bronze is so tempting...: I have liquid-paper at hand, may I too...? )

saludos & good luck!

Arcadia

Enjoyed the conversation...and Soo's post immediately following cracked me right the hell up.

Hey M(angled) T(ransmission),
Your title brought to mynd Ginsberg’s passing astrophysical comment:

”These galaxies cross like pinwheels and they pass like gas.” (Allen Ginsberg)

Your recent streams have meandered menacingly around the central topic of communication/Mis-communication. Are you trying to say something?

Having had shared a fair amount of dialogue with you, my own self, I can easily empathize with the travails of poor, put upon, sooZen. Pass her my regards, and several aspirin.

M(edicinal)T(herapy): May success come to our Nation's health care crisis for once and for all.

NS: On that note, the theme from Don Quixote (“to dream the impossible dream”) begins to play in my bandaged head. I too am all for national health care, but does that mean that I should favor this health bill? That remains to be read. But, the idea that all ‘must’ purchase an insurance company’s product, should surely please those selfless purveyors of insurance policies. What future products will we next be required to buy, else be punished?

”I got the bill for my surgery. Now I know what those doctors were wearing masks for.” (James H. Boren)
NS (Nero Surgery)

Hi
Artguy: For that matter, who am I?

NS: Who's asking?

"Samsara is a bitch..."
You tell 'em, artguy! Life is endless and lives eternally. What to do? Bitch? or bark?

Hola, arcadia. How's everything in Rosario? Fall is moving in this time of year, isn't it? 26C is about your temperature, si? que bueno! Cuidado con el liquid paper... the smell may get you high!

Thx, el mingo! Glad you were able to get thru the conversation. But it was worth it, wasn't it? Yep, Soo is unabashed when it comes to speaking out... she brings me a smile and a chuckle quite often, which is something I appreciate... couldn't be happy without it.

Howdy, N(ice) S(urprise)!

You question more than you listen, I assume..? Having to pay the piper for affordable health care has little choice but to pay for affordable health care, the way I see it. But as long as the Bill has been passed and most of the services don't raise their heads until 2014, I figure that may be enough time to get the loose ends and big questions resolved. It's not like everything is being rushed into blindly, altho many may differ on that, eh?

I will admit we are subjects within a system that allows two sides of every problem to speak loudly and not necessarily honestly, due to our freedom of speech. But when there are two sides to every coin, we tend to forget that there is only one side at a time we can contend with unless the coin is in constant flipping motion which makes neither side clear to the viewer.

How's everything in Rosario? Fall is moving in this time of year, isn't it? 26C is about your temperature, si? que bueno!

yes! the last two days were weather-perfect for me! (cool & sunny at the same time! , after the flames of summer , it feels great!!)

Cuidado con el liquid paper... the smell may get you high!

no worry, Cecil!.... fifteen days since the gas service was cut in all the building and it will probably remain that way for fifteen days more (until the big fix is done). And I´m against micro-waves and I don´t have electric kitchen, any idea? ( I´m already a bit bored of salads, sandwiches, delivery food & deambulation) gracias!!