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THE SEED CATALOG 2009
Summer, Fall & Winter 2009
 Look for SEED SONGS in 2010 By William T. Joyner |
Frank Baums story about the Land of Oz is really about The
Land of Us. Its about the Magic Kingdom within. To Relate is to create . . . . Corita Be swept away from false worlds of amusement by your own bemusement. |
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That we control
the situation is
as much an illusion
as the notion
that were really
getting somewhere
as a result of our mania
for constantly being
in motion. |
La Strada (The Road) Avoid contact at
all cost, and whatever else, dont let anybody
get ahead of you! These are the innate,
unavoidable rules of the road on the racetrack
that is our average modern highway. Suffice it
to say, we are never less free than when we are driving. |
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Is there anything truer than truth? Yes, legend. This gives eternal meaning to ephemeral truth. Nikos Kazantzakis
A smallish war about the quality and content
of public art in Sarasota
rages across the front page
of our newspaper
and in the hallowed halls
of the City Commission,
involving, as you might expect,
the presently installed
Fifty Foot Woman
and Her Sailor Guy
(my title),
which now graces
or disgraces,
our most central view
of the bay.
The sculptors title
is Unconditional Surrender,
the implications of which,
in my opinion,
spring from
chauvinistic
roots. I think the
word applied to
the statues title
by Ms. Hoffman,
chair of our public arts
commission,
is apt: salacious.
Birds are chirping
Now is the active edge |
I like to hide now & then, just like
everyone else
so we all have our cherished
secrets,
ok? secrets which are probably
so out in the open
that were the last ones
to know the game
is already up.
Slinging around my own version of truth,
with a dash of scholarship
and derived wisdom tossed in,
that used to be
my game, the foolishness
of preaching, as St. Paul
called it.
But then I learned
what Alan Watts proclaimed
from his Buddhist
orientation, that:
Preaching is moral
violence.
I do still preach now & then
not always inadvertently
to young friends
who I would not like
to see sliding away
from the world
of their own
reality.
As for the effectiveness
of such preachments,
however,
I am extremely
doubtful
that it does
any good
at all.
Alan Watts also claimed
that hide and go seek
is the quintessential
human game.
Duplicity, deception,
is it not a part of
the universal mystery?
Still, remember Jonah
and the folks in Ninevah
to whom he was sent
to preach about their need
for improvement,
and how, to his great
surprise, they did change!
Bill Joyner |
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MAN ON WIRE is a boss documentary film! Tracing the
early origins
of Philip Petits passionate obsession with walking a
wire between the
twin towers of the Trade Center right up to the moment
when he steps
out in 1974 to do just that, it is a story of heroic
madness and achievement,
rightly compared, I think, to Werner Herzogs depiction
of the similarly
possessed character in his movie
FITZCARRALDO, who moves heaven and
earth to drag a ship over a mountain to an inland lake.
But in MAN
ON WIRE, we are seeing the breath-taking reality of a
truly incredible death-defying feat. Unforgettable! |
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Theres a magic synergy
between mud and seed,
the sacred drama
of re-creation
taking place
right before
our eyes.
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I realized that I had been seeking God all those years
while
never noticing that He was right in front of me,
just
like the fianc who thinks he has lost his
engagement
ring, searches anxiously for it
everywhere,
and does not find it because
he
is wearing it on his finger.
Nikos Kazantzakis in his spiritual autobiography
REPORT
TO GRECO (P. 488, or thereabouts)
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Some things I have heard about THE CELESTIAL CAROUSEL from initial readership: "t touched me." "Provocative" "Nothing in there is boring." Some people report their pleasure in being able to look at just one thought or page and put the book aside 'till next time. Others have expressed appreciation for the variety afforded by the inclusion of quotations from different writers and sources. Hey, I read it myself now and then, and in my opinion, it's a great little coffee table or gift item book, good looking and substantive. If you'd like a copy, just send $20, which includes mailing costs. Plus, I'll autograph each copy that goes out. |
 Kiki Joyner Michaelek |
THE CELESTIAL CAROUSEL (A Circus of Spiritual Discovery)
By Bill Joyner
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This baby is born, weighing in at 51/2" X 81/2" and 91 pages. Thanks to each of you who have invested in this endeavor. The first edition of only 125 copies is sold out, but the current printing is available for a donation of $20, including postage. Just let me know by mail (POB 3411/Sarasota, FL 34230), phone (941-355-4050) or e-mail ([email protected]) if interested. |
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THE CELESTIAL CAROUSEL: A CIRCUS OF SPIRITUAL DISCOVERY William T. Joyner |
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The Celestial Carousel is a collage of original text, social
commentary, quotations from American literature, and
artwork by noted cartoonist, Christopher Browne. In this "Circus of Spiritual Discovery," poet William T. Joyner explores secular experience and biblical ideals as a natural/Taoist response to the uneasy rise of worldwide fundamentalism in the 21 st Century.
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