The Promised Land Project: A Timely N.Y. Times Editorial about the Poetry of Everyday Life

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, April 16, 2011

A Timely N.Y. Times Editorial about the Poetry of Everyday Life

Here's a link to a timely editorial by New York Times columnist David Brooks that addresses some of the concepts this project contends with, particularly the entries made this month. Brooks cites a book, I is an Other by James Geary, the title of which I presume is taken from Rimbaud's 1871 seer letter that's addressed elsewhere in this blog.