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Where jazz meets the cold slate of technology WHIFF TROPHY's campaign is naturally sensual in a world of plastic genitals. No dictionary can define that space. It's primordial and intelligent.
Favorite track: quetzaalli.
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*********A VERY IMPORTANT NOTE RE: TITLE STYLIZATION OF TRACK #9: (((((I SET YOUR BODY FREE)))))**********:
Firstly, I have never, nor will I ever, support Antisemitism or "white supremacy." The closest analogy I can make to my position regarding such bigotry is that it is cancer: as it grows it kills what is healthiest, namely Diversity.
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I passionately and thoroughly believe that regardless of whether we embrace it or not, we are all in this experience of Consciousness together, and ever moving closer to realizing our true status as a single organism. I know it doesn't seem that way sometimes (perhaps often), and I grant that much of what we experience on a day-to-day level seems fraught with "non-recognition," but nonetheless, I believe we are moving towards this awareness, perhaps less out of kindness than the urge to survive. As technology dissolves arbitrary borders we are more able to see how points "1" and "2" relate, and are ultimately united.
As such, any attempt at oppression or violence is particularly troubling in that beyond the callousness of it, it reveals a cognitive disassociation: at some point down the line, any harm done returns to the perpetrator, and is increased; any short-term perceived gain is annulled in time as the system reverts to a stage more degraded than from whence the motion began.
Therefore, it is of the utmost importance to take a position, and call out bigotry and hate, and with the empowerment of Love and health, dance in defiance when necessary.
"We" seek healing, the embodied encouragement of kindness and thoughtfulness, and the cultivation of opportunities for experimentation, growth and delight. It is the lover's responsibility to identify and defy any attack on the program of Peace, and, attendant to that, practice active condemnation of the obvious idiocies, dangers, and limitations of prejudice.
When I put the tracklist for this collection together, I was unaware that the alt-right has made it a goal to co-opt the (((cyberhug))) for its misguided, hateful, ill-informed, immature and, ultimately, doomed agenda. I very seriously considered changing the stylization of the title to absolutely avoid any confusion regarding my allegiances, but have, after much introspection, decided that doing so would be a small victory for them, which I refuse to facilitate.
Taking cues from Semitic folks who've self-applied the echo parentheses around their names to show respect for self and family, I have decided that instead of removing the stylization, I will increase it (and explain why). To me, Prejudice itself is the greater enemy than some specific manifestation thereof, and my goal for these remarks is that they make my position on these subjects explicitly clear.
If I am near correct in my assessment of the alt-right's beliefs, they seem to often believe that Caucasian people have been subject to historical and continued oppression, mostly by people of Jewish heritage, but also by anyone who doesn't support the belief that they have indeed been oppressed. I wholeheartedly reject this notion. I see no indication in history that Caucasian people or any extension of the European-born Imperial-Industrial enterprise has been adversely affected in any significant degree by the oppression of Caucasians. It simply isn't there, and what is there is quite the opposite. "Caucasians" (aka the semi-Christain-semi-Pagan-Capitalist-Imperialist-Euro-Phallo-(Logo?*)-centric Proletariat), have been some of the most brutal and oppressive people to ever walk the Earth. History is full of monstrous acts committed by them for the advancement of their niches, with total disregard for the artistry, wisdom and sanctity of other cultures. They are oppression-mongers and control-freaks combative to the Tao.
Therefore, I shall not grant them any propriety upon elements of Art or style. I instead choose to align myself with co-operation, intelligence and mutuality. I serve the discorporeal: the formlessness of delight, and I believe it will assist me in my goals of cheering up my allies when we are down, and amusing us when we are up. I believe this space is available to anyone who follows its clues.
I find it exceedingly important that people remember that Art, and expression, and fun, and Love, are our innate and rightful gifts. These things belongs to us, and when we become thankful and co-operative, it becomes our duty to care for, celebrate, and sustain them in the face of occasional misguided or pathological entities who would wish to rescind or annihilate them. Thus, we must challenge ourselves to find causes, to grow strong, and to play our music and have our fun, all in the face of the deeply painful and myriad harms of idiocy that sometimes become prominent and do us harm. It is essential that each day we push ourselves to reclaim more space for Love, support, empowerment, and fun; for our Family, united however consciously in the truly winnable aims of the attainment of peace, health, and sustainable living for all. This effort will yield a variety of forms, but always recognizes itself in its multiple expressions.
Inasmuch, we are urged to "become the change we wish to see;" and Love grows best in delight. Be assured: we WILL win. Remember this, and be strong, and dance the dance of transcendence almost more often than is "possible," for it is indeed an integral part of the work. You are the light, so shine brightly, blindingly. Grow for it. The dance and the magic words belong ONLY to the lovers, as those who seek to use words and symbols to imprison or harm eventually inflict the harm upon themselves: By chanting a poisoned riddle, they feed themselves that which they mistakenly believe can defeat Love. Take heart and breathe deeply. You are alive.
Our words create our world. We must hold each+other RESPONSIBLE.
It is in the fundamental ignorance and self-assured pride of all destructive aims that they are always forced back upon themselves. This is predictable to the well-informed, but always a surprise to the the pushers of oppressive technologies. This is because the information on how to avoid assured destruction is widely available, and can be summed up in the longstanding teaching of treating one's neighbor as oneself.
And though from time to time the adversaries of peace carry through in their demented quest to push the mania to some bitter end, I urge us to note it and move on with more constructive matters as quickly as feels appropriate. Remember, each must carry out their own destiny, but consider this tool: it hurts the oppressors to see us happy, and the more you dance, the worse for them. The hateful vision will eventually fill them to the brim, and they will drown in the foul internal waters they have feasted upon, leaving us to continue the work of kindness with less interference. It has been said that "the best revenge is a life well-lived." Good luck in the living well, friends :) Have some music for your journey!
This is what I believe, for now, in humble hope and presence.
whiff trophy reporting in, of, and to serve Love. Thank You for being here.
Namaste, and glad to knowing ya.
*regarding "Logocentrism" or "Phallologocentrism": these are operative frames and necessitate recognition:
The commonest problem is that they AREN'T recognized, especially inasmuch as these particular filters (Phallo+logocentrism) are often primary, and if thought of at all, are considered inseparable from experience. While it is true that the Logos (or the "Yang" principle) is elemental and deserving of celebration, we must be vigilant to recognize it's connection, however subjectively tenuous, to its counterpointS. As in the Tao, each force (Yin and Yang) contains within it a seed of the other. So too with Logos, and as such it can be explained via that route. Taken as a lovely example, is this quote, which I was delighted to learn of recently: "Nothing survives being thought about." I.e. Experience is lost in translation (to any other format, period.) Therefore, "Logocentrism" definitely seems like an appropriate concern to...let's call it "Philosophy," but it's also therefore social and political policy, as well as "Business" and "Science." It touches everything. "Spirituality" and "Truth" are connected. So also "paradox": using the thing to undo it! sheesh.
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recorded march - october 2017, lake forest park, wa.
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