Check out this incredible video [www.youtube.com]

I found it absolutely fascinating, really changes the way one sees the world, and everyone in it. Wow.

Then you can read this article here [www.wired.com]

Cheers,
J

this is how people are supposed to act

all the time

in touch totally with their environment

this is how we act when we are first born

curious

wishing to interact with our environment

touching things

smelling things

tasting things

moving moving

constantly moving

not within the confines that are meted out to us ( in our crib)

but crawling around and about everywhere

then...

little by little

the cardboard perimeters come on

dashing the curious fingers so they are crushed beneath our prim souls

modulating how we walk

how we talk

how we do things

made to learn a grammar and language that we had no part in creating

wishing to break out

constantly

from this stultifying mode

of life

called civilization

in a way

she is free

in a way


she is laughing at us

cuz we stopped being natural

stopped being curious and wishing to explore


and just became paper cut outs of corporate dementia

okay maybe i should stop saying "we" since some of you are probably thinking

hey... don't accuse ME!! of being a paper cutout

its just that... i am naturally like her

but i have to always keep the lid on it

cuz of all the 'fricks" who think it is so weird to be going about smelling things

touching things

tasting things

roaming about

dancing

singing

or even laughing

look around you

do u see anyone dancing?

look around you

do u see anyone singing?

look around you

do u see anyone smelling their environment?

look around you....

no

it is only in private

that we are allowed to be who we truly
are

its only behind closed doors

that we can stop being cardboard silhouettes

if u go into a restaurant

people are sitting

if u are in an elevator

people are standing

i challenge you to sing while u are waiting in line at the DMV

or smell each and every flower on a particular street ( before the home owners come out with their UZI's to shoot you down for "alarmist behaviour"

why do i sound so cynical?

i apologize

its just that

the soul is now banned from being who it truly is

it must dance when alone or within certain confines ( like during dance class or dance performance)

it must sing only when it is in front of a microphone or holding a guitar in front of certain people or

ALONE

but don't be fooled

the soul is more powerful than you know

if this scene of that woman didn't look familiar

it should

its

Y
O
U


learn your language

do it before its too late

i also feel that when things were more natural

and people interfaced with their natural environment

people were EXACTLY like her

they were constantly smelling plants

tasting ( cautiously) to see which were edible

ingesting... ( to see if it was nutritive) or even poisonous ( they put the plant in their mouth and spit it out and put it on their arms or lips to see if it would break out in welts to see if it was poisonous or not)

the cavemen and women didn't speak the english language

and if we heard their speech back then

we would probably think they were autistic

because they were making what we may simply call "noises"

but it was a language nonetheless

that was essential to their survival

now, we live in ARTIFICIA ( artificial land)

what is there to smell? in an office environment... the FAX machine?

what is there to taste? paper clips?

but this woman has somehow retained her instinct

to do what is natural

and she is so aware of how people view her as a freak

isn't it more freaky that this world has become the way it is to the extent it has so that the things she is doing

smelling
touching
tasting
singing

has become obsolete?

( on yeah, unless u are eating a meal or decide to be on american idol)

i can't watch the video for some reason but the article was very good. i have often wondered about a different sort of intelligence being an option when it comes to differently abled folk. looking at it as a gift in an unknown capacity is more realistic than seeing so many as dis-abled i feel.



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This one is quite good too, although not quite on the same paradigm as the first post.

[www.youtube.com]

Cheers,
J

Hey coco, try this link out [www.youtube.com]

Cheers,
J

something must be wrong with this computer, i can't watch any of them!

I feel slightly humbled and graced with this clip. I see myself as exceptionaly non judgemental and open minded and yet watching this movie I found some "judgements" which have been an unconcious part of me that it is time to be aware of.

I definately don't have anything against autistic people but I have unconsciously assigned them to the catagory of simple or just so different to myself that their capacity for the kind of analytical focus required for our communication is beyond them... ( meaning that they don't opperate in a way that allows for it ).

This is an admission on my part, but also not to be mistaken for any kind of disrespect as I respect all things. This has definately opened my eyes to the multi faceted side of the intelligence which is autisism or alternative. I almost feel like an apology is required but hey... I have my flaws and I'm working with them.

LaV : I understand and agree strongly with alot of what you say but also feel that there is definately a place for propriety ! I find that the freedom of expression also finds itself embodied acting in accordance with a set ideal or image. I feel that the balance is achieved by accepting ALL states including conformity.

conformity has its place
its like hiding a precious jewel in a plain cloth rag

if everyone knew about the jewel , they would go after it
but hide it in a rag ( conformity)

and it is protected perhaps

but it has its price

both do

in fact

c'est la vie

"she is laughing at us

cuz we stopped being natural"

not me!

and Im laughing too

elnatural

( " and the trees could be heard clapping" )


The EL has thus spoketh

go natural

just

B

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