In this post... what The Masters is about and why I'm writing it. Also, why people see Jesus in pancakes, how autobiographical reasoning and historical memory are related, a story about a Roman emperor, a childhood anecdote about the KKK, and the importance of the Haitian revolution.
Hi Ben. I only listened to Part 5, not techy at all, so I'm not sure of how to go back to previous parts of the story. I'm almost sure that this isn't even the right place to comment on Part 5. Your descriptive vocabulary made me feel as if I had overheard a public conversation in a boys locker room that was not intended for anyone's ears but the guy's. At the same time I must admit that you express things with a vulgarity that is amusing as well as liberating for some reason I can't quite understand, except that if you ask Ruthie, my sister you spoke of, some of my ways of describing things, events, or people makes me think we must share DNA. "Buttholes and armpits" cracked me up, because it sounds like something only a true Puertorican would think to say. I also asked myself, "Is this DNA talking or does everyone in New York talk this way?" I don't read any of the books you speak of, nor am I a techy in the least, so quite a bit of what you shared in other parts of this site went right over my head. As for Seeing JESUS in pancakes, I follow, and it reminds me of Edie Brickell's song that says, " Philosophy is a walk on the slippery rocks; Religion is a smile on a dog." I don't know if you follow what I mean, but it's nice to get to know you better, my Cousin. I have trouble knowing what is true and what is made up, so I guess I have to do my research, huh. Sorry about the length of this comment. I hope it helps. I felt the pain of the parts I did know to be factual, as if I lived it. It must be my Puertorican DNA.
Thank you cuz. When I was doing my research on la Princesa prison, the thing that hit me over and over was the despair. There's a wonderful book Ruthie put me on to a while back by Nelson Denis... War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America s Colony — that really goes deep on the military, economic, and social punching down of regular Puerto Ricans. Denis is a Cuban/Puerto Rican American (attorney, film maker, politician) who represented East Harlem—not too far from your mom's borough, the Bronx. https://waragainstallpuertoricans.com/
Hi Ben. I only listened to Part 5, not techy at all, so I'm not sure of how to go back to previous parts of the story. I'm almost sure that this isn't even the right place to comment on Part 5. Your descriptive vocabulary made me feel as if I had overheard a public conversation in a boys locker room that was not intended for anyone's ears but the guy's. At the same time I must admit that you express things with a vulgarity that is amusing as well as liberating for some reason I can't quite understand, except that if you ask Ruthie, my sister you spoke of, some of my ways of describing things, events, or people makes me think we must share DNA. "Buttholes and armpits" cracked me up, because it sounds like something only a true Puertorican would think to say. I also asked myself, "Is this DNA talking or does everyone in New York talk this way?" I don't read any of the books you speak of, nor am I a techy in the least, so quite a bit of what you shared in other parts of this site went right over my head. As for Seeing JESUS in pancakes, I follow, and it reminds me of Edie Brickell's song that says, " Philosophy is a walk on the slippery rocks; Religion is a smile on a dog." I don't know if you follow what I mean, but it's nice to get to know you better, my Cousin. I have trouble knowing what is true and what is made up, so I guess I have to do my research, huh. Sorry about the length of this comment. I hope it helps. I felt the pain of the parts I did know to be factual, as if I lived it. It must be my Puertorican DNA.
Thank you cuz. When I was doing my research on la Princesa prison, the thing that hit me over and over was the despair. There's a wonderful book Ruthie put me on to a while back by Nelson Denis... War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America s Colony — that really goes deep on the military, economic, and social punching down of regular Puerto Ricans. Denis is a Cuban/Puerto Rican American (attorney, film maker, politician) who represented East Harlem—not too far from your mom's borough, the Bronx. https://waragainstallpuertoricans.com/