Look Up – Spoken Word with Lyrics by Gary Turk

Look Up – Spoken Word with Lyrics by Gary Turk

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I have four-hundred-and-twenty-two friends, yet I am lonely. I speak to all of them everyday, yet none of them really know me. The problem I have sits in the spaces between looking into their eyes or at a name on a screen. I took a step back and opened my eyes, I looked around to realize the media we call social is anything but. When we open our computers, and it’s our doors we shut. All this technology we have it’s just an illusion. Community companionship a sense of inclusion yet, when you step away from this device of delusion, you awaken to see a world of confusion. A world where we’re slaves to the technology we mastered, where information gets sold by some rich greedy bastard. A world of self interest, self image, self promotion. Where we all share our best bits, but, leave out the emotion. Were at ‘almost happy’ with an experience we share, but is it the same if no one is there? Be there for your friends and they’ll be there too, but no one will be if a group message will do. We edit and exaggerate, crave adulation. We pretend not to notice the social isolation. We put our words into order and turn our lives a-glistening. We don’t even know if anyone is listening! Being alone isn’t a problem let me just emphasize; if you read a book, paint a picture, or do some exercise. You’re being productive and present not reserved and recluse. You’re being awake and attentive and putting your time to good use. So when you’re in public, and you start to feel alone. Put your...
David Bowden – The Inner Net [Poem]

David Bowden – The Inner Net [Poem]

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The Inner Net – David Bowden Woven into each and everyone of us there is an inner net We connect To each other Thread to Thread Cell to Cell Heart to Heart When formed correctly the net forms community             And we catch boat loads of life We all yearn to be hewn[1] in this collection             For it is the human connection             It’s the reason why we have eyes, tongues, and lips             So we can be intertwined together as we see, speak and kiss             It’s the reason why we have right and left hands             So when my right reaches your left             Pinkies, rings, middles, pointers, and thumbs interconnect             In the loom of the human thread But we have become disconnected   By nations and nationalities             Language and legalities             Wars and quarantines             Prejudices and bigotry [2] The net of humanity Has been severed severely As we cut ourselves off In the pursuit of individuality And in the midst of this shrinking world sensation Many are placing the blame on Technology As we burrow into browsers Unplug by plugging in for hours Miss blue skies while working in the cloud Laugh out loud without laughing out loud Humanity seems to be disconnecting             At the one point in history when it is the most connected But just as to the good we are not entirely compliant [3]             Nor entirely resistant Neither is this tool entirely consistent For the problems of our world used to be too big and too distant             To connect to and know of its widespread existence...
Poem: Simple Truth

Poem: Simple Truth

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The truth is usually simple – Why is it difficult to live? If love is infinite to give, Then why is unity unreal? Why can’t we move beyond the words And sharing on Facebook pages? Why does this finite round world Get packed in shopping square cages? Hate, finger-pointing and spite Rule over every good intention Instead of change and self-correction, We look for being “good” and right. Is there sapience in us, Or are we fear-driven primates? We sing of peace, dream happy days, While driving somebody bananas… We’ve come a very lengthy way, We’ve walked the round world TOGETHER, We’ve played and learned from every game, We outgrew our furs and feathers. Now we are due to calculate And draw some sapient conclusions: To be recycled as primates Or drop the “you ain’t me” illusion… by Irene...
Intensive Emotions In The Wake Of The Storm

Intensive Emotions In The Wake Of The Storm

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During the past week global turbulence elevated at high speed with Hurricane Sandy plundering through Haiti to the U.S. It appears that many times when devastation occurs on such a massive scale a lot of heated human emotions rise to the surface. While browsing around the web and dwelling into all kinds of news stories and page commentaries focusing around the topic of Hurricane Sandy, I saw how people are mostly in need of recognition and appreciation of their existence. Now this is just a very simple natural psychological aspect of our human character (but it can be extremely misunderstood and hidden from us because of the turbulent times of our world social situation). These devastating headlines can bring out the best in us and can also bring out the worst. Either way, these conflicting opposites are signs of human emotions seeking attention, contact & connection with others, even if it’s aimed at raising deeply heated arguments ending up in curses and apparently despiteful hatred. There is a “good Samaritan” which hides inside each and every one of us (but not always the influence of our surrounding environments allows this potential to be exposed) even more so or more less when there is chaos all around. I would like to share with you here an inspiring status I read on the Facebook page of Walk Out Walk On, which could help us to focus on and perhaps receive some positive learning from a devastating situation. “A reflection from Walk Out Walk On friend, Bev Reeler on these times we are living in: “Do we need chaos to prompt us...