The Promised Land Project: February 2011

Turning Vision into Action....at least hypothetically

Strike up the music of the band
We're blazing a trail for the promised land
Heaven on earth is within you.

Through the writing of stories, poetry, essays, and a novel, I’ve creatively contended with the consumer culture and the problem of the ideal in the modern era. This preoccupation in time would lead to a vision of cultural transformation and where I believe our democratic society needs to go to truly progress beyond the modern era. Conceding my limited credibility, this blog provides a synthesis of recognized visionaries, poets, and writers with the objective of making a credible argument. Ultimately, it is a certain feeling the project strives to inspire and sustain on a certain level, making more vital use of poetry and the arts; consequently whether one agrees or not is less important than whether one senses it and feels it over time.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

The Perfect Wave Project: Exploring the Viability of a New Movement in the Arts and Activism

As related in previous posts, I'm proposing a Perfect Wave Project as a new movement in the arts and activism. But there are questions to its viability. Thus perhaps it's best rephrased as exploring the viability of a new movement in the arts and activism. What I hope to do is bring together various groups in the arts and activism to explore, for example, how the arts can lend rhthym to action (to intone Rimbaud).

Friday, February 25, 2011

New York Times Column on Shared Sacrifice

Here's a link to a David Brooks column on the differences of private sector unions versus public sector unions and the importance of shared sacrifice to come to terms with our debt.

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Thinkers and Dreamers

Here's a link to an essay that appeared in the New York Times Book Review on January 23, 2011. Entitled "Thinkers and Dreamers" in the book review, the online version falls under another title, "The Philosophical Novel". It raises some questions that the Promised Land Project addresses.