O say can you See
The next trend come to thee
So you are a refined man
The citizen of the globe
Can say "hello" in seven languages
And "I love you" in eight
The world is like a buffet
Served to you in a silver plate
The Pharoah the Allah the Buddha
The Kabbalah the Karma the Ka
Since when the world became a fashion show
A cultural Safari if you will
Observe behind the safety window
You come, you shoot, you go
but --- can you see it
If it is not in a souvenir shop can you see it
If it doesn't have a price tab can you see it
If it is not reviewed, appraised, approved can you see it
Do you even dare to look at it
Are you even allowed to appreciate it
I begin to suspect this is all illusion
This so-called diversity
All education
But no intuition
All decoration
But no inspiration
(And I am dangerously becoming one of them)
Since when the world became an anthropology museum
Only viewing but no touching
And definitely no feeling
But -- can you see it
If it is not behind the display glass can you see it
If it is not on the magazine catalog
Can you can you can you
Still see it
- Re: O Say Can You Seeposted on 01/04/2005
It's all because we are buried
in this shallow commercialism
Deeply, deeply, no way out
till we become one of them!
:) - Re: O Say Can You Seeposted on 01/05/2005
I was trying to say something else. Anyway this is not an effective execution.... - Re: O Say Can You Seeposted on 05/24/2010
ti - Re: O Say Can You Seeposted on 05/24/2010
To see is just to see. To live is to be real. To live requires courage. I don't even dare eat raw oysters. I have forgone that part of "to live". Oftentimes, second-hand experience (learning) is still better than no experience (or learning). Even that requires courage. To open one's eyes is hard. Not to mention to live. - Re: O Say Can You Seeposted on 05/24/2010
There is a balance between being sane and being real. Sometimes, being sane means being unreal; and being real means being insane. What is "real"? What is "reality"? (Ambiguity in) language plays wicked tricks on humans' mind. Even being sane and being insane lose their distinction. Some seers are so frightening that others think they are insane. - posted on 05/24/2010
There she goes, the glorious triumph of global capitalism!
In her wake the shattered human mind…
Susan wrote:
O say can you See
The next trend come to thee
So you are a refined man
The citizen of the globe
Can say "hello" in seven languages
And "I love you" in eight
The world is like a buffet
Served to you in a silver plate
The Pharoah the Allah the Buddha
The Kabbalah the Karma the Ka
Since when the world became a fashion show
A cultural Safari if you will
Observe behind the safety window
You come, you shoot, you go
but --- can you see it
If it is not in a souvenir shop can you see it
If it doesn't have a price tab can you see it
If it is not reviewed, appraised, approved can you see it
Do you even dare to look at it
Are you even allowed to appreciate it
I begin to suspect this is all illusion
This so-called diversity
All education
But no intuition
All decoration
But no inspiration
(And I am dangerously becoming one of them)
Since when the world became an anthropology museum
Only viewing but no touching
And definitely no feeling
But -- can you see it
If it is not behind the display glass can you see it
If it is not on the magazine catalog
Can you can you can you
Still see it
- Re: O Say Can You Seeposted on 05/24/2010
Thanks Maya, Shudai and Senior 8.
It was "inspired" by Alice Walker's short story "Everyday use".
I cannot believe that so many years have passed... I feel like I am still waiting for my life to begin.
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