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Hi Norman,
Great to hear from you again; I thought you might
have fallen off the edge of NY State, into Canada or
something.
I haven't heard about the Falun Gong movement's
implication in abducting and isolating members; like
I said, I feel the need to run away when I see their
exhibits, so I don't know much about the movement.
If I see them in the future, I'll force myself to
look carefully at the elements of their work, and
figure out what bothers me. You're RIGHT about the
"stand up" aspects, though, and the "candid camera"
effect. I hadn't thought about those elements in
relation to Falun Gong before, but they are subtly
in there. Hope none of you are practitioners... :)
Laura, I agree with Norman that you should just do
your project, and if the will is there, it will
complete itself. It sounds fascinating already, and
I think you just need to figure out the form of
interaction you wish to have with your audiences.
Will you interrogate them against their will? Will
they perhaps interrogate you against you will? What
will you ask them? I am not sure what torturers ask,
but I think they ask it over and over again... "Are
you with Al-Quaeda?" That would be sort of pointless
if you captured people off the street, since most
people are not with Al-Quaeda, but there must be
some sort of good questions that most people would
be reluctant to answer.
If "reality TV" shows like FEAR FACTOR can obtain
waivers to prevent the people who appear on them
from suing, then maybe you too can secure something
of this nature? FEAR FACTOR is that show where
people are enticed into seemingly "normal"
situations, but thenheld hostage by mad doctors,
viewed as an accomplices by serial killers,
threatened by mobsters, or otherwise forced to react
to deeply uncomfortable situations. At the end, it's
like "Smile, regain your composure: you're on FEAR
FACTOR."
I'm still thinking about my reluctance to view the
Falun Gong exhibits and torture in general as a
"performance." I'll get back to you on that later;
there are actually good reasons to exclude Falun
Gong at the level of basic PS definitions, depending
on whose definition of performance you use. But more
on that another time.
Thanks for your very wise comments regarding toxic
energy and the need to radiate health. Some days, I
think my psyche should open its own toxic waste site
and rent it to NYC as a general disposal ground. But
then I read posts like your guys', and just end up
thinking that things are still ok in the world. :)
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From: norman douglas <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 5:14 pm
Subject: Re: [PSI-EXTRA] "Is Everything a Performance?"
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> hi there
> maybe we should
> stop reminding each
> other that war is bad and start reminding
ourselves that life is
> the only thing
> worth living for; that there is no way to peace,
peace is the way.
> imagine a
> peace demonstration in which no one spoke or
chanted or carried
> signs - or
> maybe just one big peace sign - just 100,000+ kids
walking silently
> through the
> streets, standing silently when confronted by police.
>
> this blame game only makes one feel better about
oneself, after
> all. and there
> is really no reason to feel better about oneself
unless one feels
> bad about
> oneself, and only oneself can change that feeling.
if toxic
> energies harm us, it
> is because we allow them to do so. our job is to
repair the toxic
> energy, which
> is not done by reflecting its toxicity, but by
radiating health.
>
> try it
>
> peace love and soul
>
> norman
>
>
> --
> Through the electromagnetic vapors, space clamors
to be recognized.
> The sun's
> unitary heat and the cold-infused moonlight cross
our fragmentary
> borderlines,joining and erasing them in a single
undulating polar-
> charged space.
> -- "Art Space as Borderline Interface," unlimited
specialist
> international, 1997
>
> --
> norman douglas
> po box 1311
> hudson, ny 12534
> 518.928.0445
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