Chapter 1: Departure
Just because we are living outside the States doesn't mean we have to miss out on all of the delicious pleasures conceived there. Nature Valley granola bars, Real Simple magazine (print version), and now Heroes, the new quasi science/super hero/simultaneous emergence of a revolutionary consciousness NBC drama, are all easily available for our consumption.
These are troubling times. With fascism and communism vanquished and the cold war ended, we enjoyed a period of relative calm, secular, rational, and peaceful. I said it was relative. Productive talks in the Middle East, G8, a certain sax loving American President all were conspiring to make the 21st century the best ever. What went awry?
Now we've got unchecked fundamentalists exploiting their hegemony over simple people worldwide, and a planet that seems rather pissed and making it known in myriad and creative ways. We need a hero. And it's not going to be Bono or Clark Kent.
I think Bonnie Tyler said it best:
Where have all good men gone
And where are all the gods?
Where's the street-wise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?
I haven't thought about who my heroes are in a long while. I had to write a paper in the second grade on "My Favorite Hero/Heroine". I chose Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. I think because she seemed vaguely French, smart and cultured and had flippy hair. My priorities haven't changed that much since then, I guess.
Whose life do I admire? What values and actions do I find noble? If I gave a dinner party for marvelous, moral people, whom would I invite? To begin with Daniel Berrigan a poet, priest and peace activist still fighting at age 85. I'm gonna do some more thinking and get back to you on this. Let's end here for today with some Bacon- inspired chair dancing. 5,6,7,8...
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'till the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
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This smacks of Politics...I thought you and he broke up?
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