eu falo besteira / i do a lot of bsing*

camisetas em desenvolvimento, paul e Miguel:
……
eu falo besteira.
  • a regra de ouro
  • pacifismo
  • “Menos é Mais”
  • empatia
  • compartilhamento
  • natureza sobre a artificialização
………………..
mas essa besteira …
“PEACE” ou “Positively Ethical Applied Community Ecology” …
é Verdade!
***************************
t-shirts in development, paul and Miguel:
……..
i talk nonsense
  • the golden rule
  • pacifism
  • “Less Is More”
  • empathy
  • sharing
  • nature over artificialization
………………
but that bs …
“PEACE” or “Positively Ethical Applied Community Ecology”…
is Truth!
*******************
Camisetas en desarrollo, paul y miguel:
……
digo tonterías 
  • la regla de oro
  • pacifismo
  • Menos Es Mas
  • empatía
  • intercambio
  • naturaleza sobre artificialización
…………………
pero esa puro mierda …
“PEACE” o “Positively Ethical Applied Community Ecology” …
¡es Verdad!
…….
paul (e Miguel Rezende da Silva)
pbm
7 S’s / VV->^^
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*Images might be a big mouth on the front … and a dove on the back.

A Partido Obvio (A T-Shirt Idea Spurred by My Dear Friend Miguel Rezende da Silva)*

A Partido Obvio … obviamente

pacificadores ecológicos

Aprendizado contínuo, pensamento crítico/

tomada de decisão em direção a uma neo-Terra

(Até que façamos, …

a medida inapropiada do PODER

em direção ao BOM

é a hipocripto-moeda)

…………………….
A Partido Obvio … obviamente

Não “direita”, esquerda, centro; em cima, em baixo; ou no espaço sideral
………..
Apenas viva corretamente, para o curto e longo prazo …

para você, para todos; para uma neo-Terra!

***********************

The Obvious Party … obviously

ecological peacemakers

Continuously learning, critically thinking &

decision making towards a neo-Earth

(Until we do ,..

the inappropriate measure of POWER

toward GOOD

is hypocrypto-currency)

………………………

The Obvious Party … obviously

Not “right”, left, center; up down; or in outer space

………..

Just live right, for the short and long term …

for self, for everyone; for a neo-Earth!

*******************

El Partido Obvio … obviamente

pacificadores ecológicos

Aprendizaje continuo, pensamiento crítico y

toma de decisiones hacia una neo-Tierra

(Hasta que lo hagamos,..

la medida inapropiada del PODER

hacia BUENA

es moneda hipócrita)

…………………………

El Partido Obvio … obviamente

No “derecha”, izquierda, centro; arriba abajo; o en el espacio exterior

………..

Solo vive bien, a corto y largo plazo …

para uno mismo, para todos; por una neo-Tierra!

##########

Miguel e paul (principalmente Miguel)

pbm

7 S’s / VV->^^

…………….

*With an image of a regular coin & a “Bitcoin” on the front, and a smiling Earth on the back.

 

ian bain, william, abby, catherine, and jeremias et al.

i know i could learn from you!

and probably you could learn from me?

 

and together we would change the world!

maybe even for the better!??!

…………………………….

Wendell Berry’s …

“’Think Little,’ announced,

‘Nearly every one of us, nearly every day of his life, is contributing directly to the ruin of this planet.’

Berry went on to say that he was ‘ashamed and deeply distressed

that American government should have become the chief cause of disillusionment with American principles.’

“’A properly educated conservative, who has neither approved of abortion nor supported a tax or a regulation,

can destroy a mountain or poison a river and sleep like a baby,’ he writes.

‘A well-instructed liberal, who has behaved with the prescribed delicacy toward women and people of color,

can consent to the plunder of the land and people of rural America and sleep like a conservative.'”

( Wendell Berry’s Advice for a Cataclysmic Age | The New Yorker )

………………………….

i would ask of you to definitely not

play the game of “More Is More”

do live life sabiamente, simply, smally, slowly, steadfastly, sharingly, sustainably

in solidarity with all (including me)

be a Positively Ethical Applied Community Ecologist/PEACEmaker

with a sustainable livelihood

consider going to an excellent small liberal arts college

like Oberlin, Pomona, Middlebury, or Trinity University

and spend some considerable time

living south of the tropic of cancer

with the poor and disenfranchised

learning other languages & cultures …

learning and positively applying

doing at least a little bit of real good

locally and globally … and globally and locally

 

try to live locally and truly “lightly” wherever you reside

with respect to food, fiber, shelter, and entertainment …

and without an automobile

 

read robert jensen, niebuhr, thoreau, vijay prashad, and paulo freire

support Veterans for Peace

 

love,

grandpa/

pbm

7 S’s / VV->^^

 

 

just dabbling and trying to sort some of it out

o limits & carrying capacities

daily solar energy & ecologically-destructive fossil solar energy which runs current Eaarth (and in the case of fossil energy, ruins Earth)

the second law of thermodynamics

destruction of life-dependent topsoil & good-quality air, quality water, photosynthesizers, healthy ecosystem biodiversity

overshoot

o a few cells attempting to begin to get a foot-hold and find a place on Eaarth as multicellular life vs.

a developed multicellular organism who has struggled through the good, bad & ugly here on Eaarth

o a human-determined hierarchy of power & supremacy within the taxonomy of biota

with the major determiners probably being male, white, north of the Tropic of Cancer and

possessors of industrial & military might … hinged at the hip of powerful corporate neoliberal capitalism

o abortion, capital punishment, just & unjust War

 

…………………

i realize humans are irrational & relatively rarely employ pure, good logic

i have been personally strongly reminded that i lack logic & rationality

by those who have lived very close to me & those who share very many of my genes

that i am a cruel, calloused, irrational & toxic idiot

 

but how can it be??? that individuals give precedence of a relatively few cells in the womb of a poor mother who does not wish to give birth

over tortured & threatened multicellular lives

  • on death row
  • in Guantanomo, Carandiru-Brasil, Tadmor-Syria, Vladimir-Russia, San Quentin
  • in the favelas, slums, ghettos, and “Sahels” here on Eaarth

over war-torn humans & other biota in Yemen, Syria, Burkina Faso, Myanmar, Mexico, & Ukraine

to which wonderfully good mothers have given birth???

 

how can it be??? that We Haves are so smug, apathetical, complacent, and comfortable … de facto lazy, ignorant; immoral, unethical???

…………………………………..

“To live, we must daily break the body and shed the blood of Creation.

When we do this knowingly, lovingly, skillfully, reverently, it is a sacrament.

When we do it ignorantly, greedily, clumsily, destructively, it is a desecration.

In such desecration we condemn ourselves to spiritual and moral loneliness,

and others to want.”

Wendell Berry

 

( Wendell Berry’s Advice for a Cataclysmic Age | The New Yorker )

 

pbm

7 S’s / VV->^^

why do i write?

why do i write?

small, simple, savvy, steadfast, sharing, sustainable dad alton martin who was partially a Nite …

with his lists which could bite … with well-written letters honed during the ww II pacific fight

and high school english teacher ruth allen … so very bright

then drs. dick ridgway, pete lingren, miguel altieri … always wanting me to write (publish or perish) … and cite

now poet sylvia manning  …  she’s dy-no-mite

and nephew dr. nathan martin and kin, and seven grandkids who ignite

lifting me in flight

to great heights

like a kite

sometimes smitten with smite

but mostly it gives me sight!

light!!

and at least a perception of might!!!

wishing, probably hopelessly, to enlight

with deep insight in our plights

to fight the good fights

these are why i write

sometimes very late at night

yes!  hoping to incite

(and SOMETIMES i wish i could keep it really right & tight!??!)

………………….

pvm

7 S’s / VV->^^

Pains in Head, My Heart, My Whole Body, My Soul. The Gobbledygook of Immoral Man and Immoral Society

Putin and Trump & Melania stirred up the words written below on the morning of March 22, 2022

Do they worry much about anyone or anything other than themselves?

I think not!

 

And Zelenskyy and Biden & Jill?

Most certainly!!

…………………….

Putin e Trump & Melania agitaram as palavras escritas abaixo na manhã de 22 de março de 2022

Eles se preocupam muito com alguém ou alguma coisa além de si mesmos?

Eu acho que não!

 

E Zelenskyy e Biden & Jill?

Certamente!!

……………………

Putin y Trump y Melania agitaron las palabras escritas a continuación en la mañana del 22 de marzo de 2022

¿Se preocupan mucho por alguien o algo que no sean ellos mismos?

¡Yo creo que no!

 

¿Y Zelenskyy y Biden & Jill?

¡¡Seguramente!!

 

Bomb shelters and ridiculous “evasion” strategies and tactics; threat of nuclear War

Civil rights struggles and tragic murders of those on the ground … and their leaders, the racial and trans* killings (attempts at blotting out the other) which continue to this day

Vietnam, and neo-Vietnams: Iraq Wars, Afghanistan.  More useless deaths**

Toxic, persistent biocides (& resultant metabolites) which continue to be copiously produced, propagandized, & sold by transnational corporations … with neurological, hormonal, carcinogenic … devastating effects

Abundant transnational peddling of guns and other armaments (which kill …  through domestic violence, and War)

Perilous Putin, Joe McCarthy, Roy Cohn, Lester Maddox, Spiro Agnew, Gingrich, Trump, Greene, Jordan, DeSantis, Paxton, Cruz, Abbott, George P. Bush, Bolsonaro, Al-Assad, Duterte, Erdogan, et al.

 

Sadness through which I have lived

………………..

Trinidadian Tiffanie Drayton says blacks sometimes have no alternative to fleeing the U.S.

Relatively “affluent” young Brazilians, with considerable power to choose, … cry that the only way to “More” is the airport

Have-nots, disenfranchised, & War-torn refugees across the globe desperately flee to the U.S., Europe, and many to Turkey, Ethiopia, & Bangladesh, and yes, some even to Brasil

Leonard Pitts worries about loss of Canada as one of the last sane places of Earth***

Not to worry.  Elon, Jeff, & Richard will carry us into outer space

 

Social and ecological insanity is global!?!  (Perhaps we are all already very spaced out?)

 

“They” questioned my questioning of an intolerant Catholic dogma of the 1950’s

Aggie buddies were confused at my leaving “prestigious” Texas A&M and the “perversion” within the Corps at A&M in the 1960’s

My kind CO in Naval Air wondered why I would drop out of what he considered an elite program of upward mobility for a pig-farmer’s son

USDA research leader Dr. Dick Ridgway could not understand my notion of socio-ecologically changing agrilogistics vs. just tweaking industrial, capitalistic, extractive agriculture

Versatile scientist & real communicator Dr. Jerry Payne thought I was going off the deep end as I left a comfortable tenure-track position of agrilogistic research with the University of Georgia … in a quest for better communication & knowledge in Brasil

I did abandon my largely uninformed individualistic attempt at “appropriate,” minimalist, sustainable agriculture on family land in south central Texas (in an effort to save a marriage)

I bucked the neoliberal capitalistic model for Texas agriculture rather than bowing and submitting to this powerful force … and keeping my JOB (vs. my constant dream of a SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD****) with Rick Perry’s Republican Texas Department of Agriculture

And now I am considering leaving my attempts at saving some individual starfish washed upon the shore … and spending even more time, energy, and resources at getting to the root of the problem and undergoing efforts at really changing the system!!??!!  (Remember the starfish parable)*****

 

Family & friends do not know what to make of me as I teach, preach, politic “Less Is More” and real systemic change from neoliberal capitalism, our military-industrial complex, usury, disparity, exploitation of the poor (including other species), and destruction of dynamic homeostatic symbioses

Nor do they understand why I neglect/attempt to reject their real-world ethos of “More Is More” … for self, family, tribe, religion, nation … why I neglect/reject their immoral society******

 

Perhaps I am but a quitter?

I WAS often somewhat right in my actions, but these actions weren’t profound or holistic enough

And I did just sort of quit a number of times

 

I think it is time for another dramatic change in my approach to life and for giving it more meaning before I pass away?

But where do I look for direction?

Around me here in my study are the works of physiologists, psychologists, sociologists, politicians, theologians, anthropologists, philosophers, visionaries, scientists, systems modelers … which I haven’t thoroughly read and understood

More specifically, I suppose I’ll look to Robert Jensen & Wes Jackson, Wendell Berry, Paulo Freire, Helmut Haberl, Veterans for Peace, and the Saturday Free School for guidance

Mostly I need to join, attempt to learn & communicate, critically think, … AND ACT!

 

Do I truly believe there is much hope?

No!

Do I believe prayer to and seeking solace in our “Gods” … even my god of dynamic homeostatic symbioses … is the answer?  Well, we do need some inner peace and tranquility.

But … mostly no!  What we need is scientific knowledge, wisdom, and prudence … and critical thinking & decision-making, strategic planning, and action!!!

Therefore, do I truly believe we must ALL must make concerted, smart efforts toward real change in order to confront existential threats to human existence? …

You are damned right!!!

  • Real efforts to eliminate: nuclear and other arms, military, soldiers; police
  • True change toward: an ethos of “Less Is More” and sustainable livelihoods manifesting this ethos as a local and global way of life
  • Effective transformations in order to protect: precious topsoil and clean, quality air & water; abundant photosynthetic capture of daily solar energy and appropriate net primary productivity; appropriate diversity of biota/dynamic homeostatic symbioses
  • (The key to appropriate real change from Eaarth to a neo-Earth is not financial and economic shell-games and virtual living through computer-generated algorithms … but rather living prudently, simply, smally, slowly, steadfastly, sharingly, sustainably–in SOLIDARITY!, and–I repeat–having livelihoods of “Less Is More!”)

 

And now to paying bills, filing with the IRS, working the polls, prep for our 50th wedding anniversary, bugging lost grandkids, cleaning & organizing/yardwork, preparing meals & eating, remembering about meds, trying to sort through the noise of “news” and science & philosophy & politics & other human gobbledygook, exercise, …

pbm

7 S’s / VV->^^

………………

*In a basic meaning of this prefix, “the other side of.”

**My doctoral “major” professor, rightly said our most numerous ways were against legitimate sustainable livers in sustainable livelihoods on this Turtle Island, … indigenous peoples.  List of wars involving the United States – Wikipedia

*** Leonard Pitts Jr.: One of the last sane places on Earth (msn.com)

**** Sustainable Livelihoods – PabloEco3500K (paulpeaceparables.com)

***** The Starfish Parable – PabloEco3500K (paulpeaceparables.com)

****** Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study in Ethics and Politics | Foreign Affairs

***********************

 

Abrigos antibombas e estratégias e táticas de “evasão” ridículas; ameaça de guerra nuclear

Lutas pelos direitos civis e assassinatos trágicos daqueles que estão no terreno… e seus líderes; os assassinatos raciais e trans* que continuam até hoje

Vietnã e neo-Vietnams: Guerras no Iraque, Afeganistão. Mais mortes sem sentido**

Pesticidas tóxicos e persistentes que continuam a ser vendidos por corporações transnacionais… com efeitos neurológicos, hormonais, cancerígenos… devastadores

Comércio transnacional de armas e outros armamentos (que matam… por meio de violência doméstica e guerra)

Os perigosos – Putin, Joe McCarthy, Roy Cohn, Lester Maddox, Spiro Agnew, Gingrich, Trump, Greene, Jordan, DeSantis, Paxton, Cruz, Abbott, George P. Bush, Bolsonaro, Al-Assad, Duterte, Erdogan, … e outros 

 

Tristeza pela qual eu vivi

……………….

A Trinitária Tiffanie Drayton diz que os negros às vezes não têm alternativa a fugir dos EUA

Jovens brasileiros ricos dizem que o único caminho para “Mais” é o aeroporto

Os desprovidos de direitos em todo o mundo fogem para os EUA, Europa–e sim, até o Brasil

Leonard Pitts se preocupa com a perda do Canadá como um dos últimos lugares sãos da Terra***

Não se preocupe. Elon, Jeff e Richard nos levarão ao espaço sideral.

 

A insanidade social e ecológica é global!?!  (Talvez já estejamos todos muito espaçados?)

 

“Eles” questionaram meu questionamento de um dogma católico intolerante dos anos 1950

Amigos da A&M da Universidade do Texas ficaram confusos com a minha saída da perversão dentro do Corpo de Cadetes da A&M na década de 1960

Meu Comandante da Aviação Naval, que foi muito gentil, se perguntou por que eu desistiria do que ele considerava um programa de elite

O líder de pesquisa do USDA, Dr. Dick Ridgway, não conseguia entender minha noção de mudar socio-ecológicamente a agrologística … versus apenas ajustar a agricultura industrial, capitalista e extrativista

Cientista versátil e comunicador real Dr. Jerry Payne pensou que eu estava indo para o fundo do poço quando deixei uma posição confortável de pesquisa agrologística com a Universidade da Geórgia … em busca de melhor comunicação e conhecimento no Brasil

Abandonei um esforço de agricultura “apropriada”, minimalista e sustentável em terras familiares no centro-sul do Texas (em um esforço para salvar um casamento)

Eu contrariei o modelo capitalista neoliberal para a agricultura do Texas em vez de me “curvar” e me submeter a essa força poderosa e manter meu TRABALHO (contra meu sonho constante de um meio de vida sustentável ****) com o Departamento de Agricultura Republicano do Texas de Rick Perry

E agora estou pensando em deixar minhas tentativas de salvar algumas individuais de estrelas-do-mar … e gastar ainda mais tempo, energia e recursos para chegar à raiz do problema e fazer esforços para realmente mudar o sistema!!??!!*****

 

Família e amigos não sabem o que fazer de mim enquanto ensino, prego, político “Menos é Mais” e mudança sistêmica real do capitalismo neoliberal. nosso complexo militar-industrial, usura, disparidade, exploração dos pobres, incluindo outras espécies, e destruição de simbioses homeostáticas dinâmicas

Nem eles entendem por que eu negligencio / tento rejeitar seu ethos do mundo real de “Mais é mais” … por si mesmo, família, tribo, religião, nação … por que negligencio / rejeito sua sociedade imoral

 

Talvez eu seja apenas um desistente?

Muitas vezes eu estava certo em minhas ações, mas essas ações não eram profundas ou holísticas o suficiente

E eu meio que desisto

 

Eu acho que é hora de outra mudança dramática na minha abordagem da vida e dar-lhe mais significado antes que eu passe?

Mas onde eu procuro direção?

Ao meu redor aqui em meu escritório estão os trabalhos de fisiologistas, psicólogos, filósofos, visionários, cientistas, modeladores de sistemas que eu não li e compreendi completamente

Mais especificamente, suponho que vou procurar Robert Jensen & Wes Jackson, Helmut Haberl, os Veterans for Peace e a Saturday Free School para orientação

Principalmente eu preciso participar, tentar comunicar, pensar criticamente, … E AGIR!

 

Eu realmente acredito que há muita esperança?

Não!

Acredito que a oração e a busca de consolo em nossos “Deuses”… até meu deus das simbioses homeostáticas dinâmicas… é a resposta? Bem, precisamos de um pouco de paz interior e tranquilidade.

Mas … principalmente, não!  O que precisamos é conhecimento científico, sabedoria e prudência… e pensamento crítico e tomada de decisão, planejamento estratégico e ação!!!

Portanto, eu realmente acredito que TODOS devemos fazer esforços conjuntos e inteligentes para uma mudança real para enfrentar as ameaças existenciais à existência humana?

Você tem razão!!!

  • Esforços reais para eliminar armas nucleares e outras, militares, soldados; polícia
  • Verdadeira mudança em direção a: um ethos de “Menos é Mais”, meios de subsistência sustentáveis que se manifestam como um modo de vida local e global
  • Transformações eficazes para proteger: solo precioso e ar e água limpos e de qualidade; captura fotossintética abundante de energia solar diária e produtividade primária líquida adequada; diversidade apropriada de biota/simbiose homeostática dinâmica
  • (A chave para a mudança real apropriada da Terra para uma neo-Terra não são os jogos financeiros e econômicos e a vida virtual por meio de algoritmos gerados por computador, mas sim viver de forma prudente, simples, pequena, lenta, firme, compartilhada, sustentável – em SOLIDARIEDADE !, e tendo meios de subsistência de “Menos é Mais!”)

 

E agora para pagar contas, apresentar documentos de imposto de renda, trabalhar nas urnas, preparar nosso 50º aniversário de casamento, incomodar netos perdidos, limpar e organizar/trabalhar no jardim, preparar refeições e comer, lembrar sobre remédios, tentar resolver o barulho de “notícias ” e ciência e filosofia e política e outras besteiras humanas, exercícios, …

pbm

7 S’s / VV->^^

………………….

*Em um significado básico deste prefixo, “o outro lado de”.

**Meu professor “principal” de doutorado, com razão, disse que nossas formas mais numerosas eram contra os fígados legítimos nesta Ilha da Tartaruga, … povos indígenas.  List of wars involving the United States – Wikipedia

*** Leonard Pitts Jr.: One of the last sane places on Earth (msn.com)

**** Sustainable Livelihoods – PabloEco3500K (paulpeaceparables.com)

***** The Starfish Parable – PabloEco3500K (paulpeaceparables.com)

***********************

 

Refugios antibombas y ridículas estrategias y tácticas de “evasión”; amenaza de guerra nuclear

Luchas por los derechos civiles y asesinatos trágicos de quienes están sobre el terreno… y sus líderes; los asesinatos raciales y trans* que continúan hasta el día de hoy

Vietnam y neo-Vietnam: Guerras de Irak, Afganistán. Más muertes sin sentido**

Plaguicidas tóxicos y persistentes que siguen siendo comercializados por las empresas transnacionales… con efectos neurológicos, hormonales, cancerígenos… devastadores

Tráfico transnacional de armas y otros armamentos (que matan… a través de la violencia doméstica y la guerra)

Los peligrosos: Putin, Joe McCarthy, Roy Cohn, Lester Maddox, Spiro Agnew, Gingrich, Trump, Greene, Jordan, DeSantis, Paxton, Cruz, Abbott, George P. Bush, Bolsonaro, Al-Assad, Duterte, Erdogan, etc.

 

Tristeza que he vivido

…………………..

La Trinitense Tiffanie Drayton dice que los negros a veces no tienen otra alternativa que huir de EE. UU.

Los jóvenes brasileños acomodados dicen que la única forma de llegar a “Mas” es el aeropuerto.

Los pobres, privados de sus derechos en todo el mundo huyen a los EE. UU., Europa–y sí, incluso a Brasil

Leonard Pitts se preocupa por la pérdida de Canadá como uno de los últimos lugares cuerdos de la Tierra***

No es para preocuparse. Elon, Jeff y Richard nos llevarán al espacio exterior.

 

La locura social y ecológica es global!?!  (Tal vez todos ya estamos muy espaciados?)

 

“Ellos” cuestionaron mi cuestionamiento a un dogma católico intolerante de los años 50

Los amigos de la Universidad de Texas A&M estaban confundidos cuando dejé la perversión dentro del Cuerpo de Cadetes de A&M en la década de 1960.

Mi oficial al mando en la aviación naval, que fue muy amable, se preguntaba por qué abandonaría lo que él consideraba un programa de élite.

El líder de investigación del USDA, el Dr. Dick Ridgway, no podía entender mi idea de cambiar socioecológicamente la agrilogística … frente a solo modificar la agricultura industrial, capitalista y extractiva.

El Dr. Jerry Payne, científico versátil y verdadero comunicador, pensó que me estaba yendo por las ramas cuando dejé un cómodo puesto de tenencia de investigación agrologística en la Universidad de Georgia… en busca de una mejor comunicación y conocimiento en Brasil

Abandoné un esfuerzo por una agricultura sostenible, minimalista y “apropiada” en tierras familiares en el centro sur de Texas (en un esfuerzo por salvar un matrimonio)

Me resistí al modelo capitalista neoliberal para la agricultura de Texas en lugar de inclinarme y someterme a esta fuerza poderosa y mantener mi TRABAJO (frente a mi sueño constante de un sustento sostenible ****) con el Departamento de Agricultura Republicano de Texas de Rick Perry

¡Y ahora estoy considerando abandonar mis intentos de salvar a algunas individuales de estrellas de mar … y dedicar aún más tiempo, energía y recursos para llegar a la raíz del problema y esforzarme por cambiar realmente el sistema!*****

 

La familia y los amigos no saben qué hacer conmigo mientras enseño, predico, politico “Menos Es Más” y un cambio sistémico real del capitalismo neoliberal. nuestro complejo militar-industrial, la usura, la disparidad, la explotación de los pobres, incluidas otras especies, y la destrucción de las simbiosis homeostáticas dinámicas

Tampoco entienden por qué descuido/intento rechazar su ethos del mundo real de “Más Es Más”… para uno mismo, familia, tribu, religión, nación… por qué descuido/rechazo su sociedad inmoral.

 

¿Quizás no soy más que un desertor?

A menudo TENÍA algo de razón en mis acciones, pero estas acciones no eran lo suficientemente profundas o holísticas

Y simplemente renuncié

 

¿Creo que es hora de otro cambio dramático en mi enfoque de la vida y darle más significado antes de morir?

Pero, ¿dónde busco dirección?

A mi alrededor, aquí en mi estudio, están los trabajos de fisiólogos, psicólogos, filósofos, visionarios, científicos, modeladores de sistemas que no he leído ni entendido a fondo.

Más específicamente, supongo que buscaré orientación en Robert Jensen y Wes Jackson, Helmut Haberl, los Veterans for Peace y la Saturday Free School.

Sobre todo necesito unirme, intentar comunicarme, pensar críticamente… ¡Y ACTUAR!

 

¿Realmente creo que hay mucha esperanza?

¡No!

¿Creo en la oración y busco consuelo en nuestros “dioses”… incluso mi dios de simbiosis homeostática dinámica… es la respuesta? Bueno, necesitamos algo de paz interior y tranquilidad.

Pero… sobre todo, no! ¡¡¡Lo que necesitamos es conocimiento científico, sabiduría y prudencia… y pensamiento crítico y toma de decisiones, planificación estratégica y acción!!!

Por lo tanto, ¿realmente creo que TODOS debemos hacer esfuerzos concertados e inteligentes hacia un cambio real para enfrentar las amenazas existenciales a la existencia humana?

¡¡¡Tienes toda la razón!!!

  • Esfuerzos reales para eliminar las armas nucleares y otras, militares, soldados; policía
  • Cambio verdadero hacia: un espíritu de “Menos Es Más”, medios de vida sostenibles que se manifiestan como una forma de vida local y global
  • Transformaciones efectivas con el fin de proteger: valiosa tierra vegetal y aire y agua limpios y de calidad; abundante captura fotosintética de energía solar diaria y adecuada productividad primaria neta; diversidad apropiada de biota/simbiosis homeostáticas dinámicas
  • (La clave para un cambio real apropiado de la Tierra a una neo-Tierra no son los juegos de trileros financieros y económicos y la vida virtual a través de algoritmos generados por computadora, sino más bien vivir con prudencia, simple, pequeño, lento, firme, compartido, sostenible, en SOLIDARIDAD !, y tener medios de subsistencia de “¡Menos Es Más!”)

Y ahora a pagar facturas, presentar documentos de impuestos, trabajar en las urnas, prepararse para nuestro 50 aniversario de bodas, molestar a los nietos perdidos, limpiar y organizar/trabajar en el jardín, preparar comidas y comer, recordar sobre los medicamentos, tratar de clasificar el ruido de “noticias”. y ciencia y filosofía y política y otras tonterías humanas, ejercicio, …

pbm

7 S’s / VV->^^

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*En un significado básico de este prefijo, “el otro lado de”.

** Mi profesor “principal” de doctorado, dijo con razón que nuestras formas más numerosas eran contra los hígados legítimos en esta Isla Tortuga, … pueblos indígenas.  List of wars involving the United States – Wikipedia

*** Leonard Pitts Jr.: One of the last sane places on Earth (msn.com)

**** Sustainable Livelihoods – PabloEco3500K (paulpeaceparables.com)

***** The Starfish Parable – PabloEco3500K (paulpeaceparables.com)

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beauty / beleza / belleza

beauty???

……………

a lover’s smile (betsy’s)

an intelligent, confident woman’s attractive aura, jeito, feel, cheiro

Truth like that of Fannie Lou Hamer, Thoreau, Martin L. King. Jr., Wendell Berry, Eduardo Galeano, Paulo Freire, Octavio Paz

“Less Is More,” equity

stories from innocent young bocas (three-year-old Amelia, six-year-old Joao Gabriel, nine-year-old Owen, …)

Edwards’ It’s All In the Game, Roy’s In Dreams, Patsy’s Crazy, Willie’s Stardust, Roberto’s Cama e Mesa, The Platters’ My Prayer, Patty’s Useless Desires

Tom T.’s I Love, … Ave Maria

true friends

poetry

respect, empathy, steadfast humility, love

(natural) dynamic homeostatic symbioses

peace

………….

these are beauty

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beleza???

o sorriso de um amante (de betsy)

a aura, jeito,  sentimento, cheiro atraente de uma mulher inteligente e confiante

Verdade como a de Fannie Lou Hamer, Thoreau, Martin L. King. Jr., Wendell Berry, Eduardo Galeano, Paulo Freire, Octavio Paz

“Menos E Mais,” a equidade

histórias das bocas de jovens inocentes (Amelia de três anos, João Gabriel de seis, Owen de nove, …)

All In the Game de Edwards, In Dreams de Roy, Crazy de Patsy, Stardust de Willie, Cama e Mesa de Roberto, My Prayer de The Platters, Useless Desires de Patty

I Love de Tom T., … Ave Maria

amigos verdadeiros

poesia

respeito, empatia, humildade inabalável, amor

simbioses homeostáticas dinâmicas (natural)

paz

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¿¿¿belleza???

la sonrisa de un amante (de betsy)

el aura, jeito, sentimieno, oler atractiva de una mujer inteligente y segura

Verdad como la de Fannie Lou Hamer, Thoreau, Martin L. King. Jr., Wendell Berry, Eduardo Galeano, Paulo Freire, Octavio Paz

“Menos Es Más,” la equidad

historias de las bocas de jóvenes inocentes (Amelia de tres años, Joao Gabriel de seis, Owen de nueve,…)

All In the Game de Edwards, In Dreams de Roy, Crazy de Patsy, Stardust de Willie, Cama e Mesa de Roberto, My Prayer de The Platters, Useless Desires de Patty

I Love de Tom T., … Ave María de Tom T.

verdaderos amigos

poesía

respeto, empatía, humildad constante, amor

simbioses homeostáticas dinámicas (natural)

paz

 

pbm

7 S’s / VV->^^

artificial clutter vs. dynamic homeostatic symbioses & knowledge/wisdom/prudence

OF COURSE!!! i get trapped

in the mess of …

neoliberal capitalism and the sucking of energy & resources from the poor & relatively “powerless” & enslaved, disenfranchised-“political”-units of biotic systems … mostly in the South

consumerism & materialism, glamour, and “More Is More” (addicted to destructive extraction for input/throughput/destructive outputs of rampant artificialization)

militarism & policing & War! War! War! … on …

–dynamic homeostatic symbioses/”nature”

–the indigenous

–the other  … skin color, ethnicity, “race;” sexual anatomy-physiology /orientation/persuasion; culture, economic-power, nation/tribe; etc., etc.

………………………

i get trapped in the mess of the clutter of overwhelming information, misinformation, disinformation

 

i am a particularly uneducated,

ignorant, lazy, weak

apathetic, unsympathetic, complacent

piece of … uuuhhh, biota

 

but i hope to try harder

to keep the eye

on the prize

 

on the prize of …

real short-term & long-term

continuous learning &

positively ethical applied community ecology

holistically, profoundly, and in solidary with all

 

on the prize of …

real/true communication … locally & globally

knowledge, wisdom, prudence

determination of wholes in which we can operate

and be effective in …

–goal-setting, policy-making, planning

–developing moral and ethical strategies, tactics, actions

–monitoring systems, analyses, assessments, evaluations

–re-planning and goal-setting

toward goals which are moral and ethical

 

on the prize of …

open borders; tearing down walls, barriers, and eliminating military & police

eliminating hate, fear, jealousy, envy, greed, hubris

realizing local & world-wide pacifism

relative harmony, and

dynamic homeostatic symbioses

 

on the prize of …

positively ethical applied community ecology/PEACE/PEACEmakers

and the rising of a neo-Earth

from the destructively-artificial clutter

of Eaarth, agrilogistics, industrialism & inappropriate technology … and the Anthropocene

pbm

7 S’s / VV->^^

 

 

bless me father (mother, others) for i have sinned

(one of my dearest & favorite biotic individuals

accused me once

of keeping some deep dark secrets

 

nevertheless, i don’t try very much

and for the most part au contraire

i do know that i do wear a bit too much on my sleeve

 

now … please indulge me, tolerate me,

and what is herein

FORGIVE ME!

 

these “poems,” my blog posts,

are mostly for me and mine

though I do hope that as a “normal” being

i do also somewhat serve you and yours)

sim, i am certain that moral, ethical humans must live

sabiamente, simply, smally, slowly, steadfastly, sharingly,

and sustainably … in solidarity

 

i personally desperately need others who are living morally & ethically to help me to do so

 

i was incredibly lucky

to have been provided in my life

with good genes from louise & alton

and a favorable environment

i am a Have with considerable power

as a white, straight male, & u.s. citizen with a doctoral degree

who speaks three languages fairly well

(though i am truly still a relatively illiterate country bumpkin)

 

the amazing good fortune i have had

contrasts with at least one-half of the world

mostly south of the tropic of cancer

having to live in more uncertain & perilous “comforts”

with the instability & insecurity largely a result

of policy & actions of we Haves

who meet certain warped & unjust white supremist-, ethnic-, cultural-, language-, religious-, sexual- “norms” …

 

therefore,

herein i confess as a spoiled individual, as a Have,

that i have been a sinner

and i do ask for forgiveness

 

it’s not that i bear “white, macho, ‘american’ guilt” …

yes, i did have considerable guilt for many sins of which you preached padre …

but after about twelve years of age

i began to see that most of these crimes against humanity were not sins

and i began to shed the heavy burden of catholic guilt

 

still, my genes, epigenetic methylations & histone modifications , and environmental influences

compelled me toward empathy & compassion

and to attempt to share and help others–

Including those of other species

and other units in the hierarchy of ecological systems–

to continue to be

and to be at a high caliber of existence

 

“Less Is More”

(and this supports/is attached to the hip of an abidance to  …

  • the second law of thermodynamics,
  • an ethic of reciprocity,
  • pacifism,
  • the precautionary principle,
  • critical thinking & decision-making,
  • being a positively ethical applied community ecologist/PEACEmaker

yet i personally use too much food, fiber, shelter

and vehicles for transport

fossil material & energy

and stuff

 

oftentimes i do not practice what i preach

with regard to always appropriately using appropriate technologies

and in truly living simply, smally, slowly, & sustainably

 

i have been wrong …

 

in not vigorously and overtly

speaking out against military power

and for social justice  …

 

in lazily, comfortably working for, supporting, & voting for democrats

versus being Eaarth-changingly involved with the people’s party or the green party,

with democratic eco-socialism,

instead of supporting

earth-destructive consumerism, transnational corporations, capitalism,

exploitation of the poor & relatively powerless,

including other species

 

………………….

actually my GREATEST SHAME and sin is from my early twenties and thirties

as a Have exploiting poor and vulnerable have-nots

in college station, la grange, brownsville,

piedras negras, nuevo laredo, ciudad acuña, reynosa, matamoras,

brasilia

(and chris hedges and bob jensen have recently been good whistleblowers

in my cranium & psyche)

 

once after a long & tiring evening of hiking (often lost)

i whipped the bare bottom of my dearest grandchild

because he refused to take a shower

 

in my youth shortly after high school

i found and unethically utilized

a precarious pseudo-peace

via the most dangerous drug … alcohol

and came close to killing self and others

 

these last three definitely involved mortal sinning

sometimes committed to just go along with the crowd

(even with a saintly younger brother)

but nevertheless

mortal sins

i am sorry for them

and hope i can be forgiven

 

i’ve sinned in dereliction of responsibilities and appropriate behavior

as a husband, lover, friend, confidant

of the one who is the best thing that happened to me

in my life of more than seventy-five years*

 

i did not do right in giving in–

at the lone star state’s department of agriculture–

to a farmers unionist’s pressure

and awarding what was clearly a poorly managed pest management association,

state-funding,

simply because they contributed to an election campaign

 

moreover, i was not right in using a discarded mimeograph master copy

of the amazing teacher dr. burke’s taxonomy test

which my graduate student boss had given me

(this supervisory friend had come upon it

while searching through the entomology department’s trash

for an upcoming test in a graduate-level course he was taking!)

 

also, sins were committed …

through causing my straight and level & saintly mom some considerable grief over the years

in passing my completed algebra II exam back to “Comadreja

in teasing and beating up on two of my brothers … & bill bowling and johnnye mabery

 

voting for most candidates of the democratic party,

and certainly of the republican party

is probably a sin

versus truly working relentlessly to change …

niebuhr’s immoral society

herman daly’s, david pimentel’s, h.t.odum’s, jason hickel’s et al. world of energy crises (and global climate/ecological change)

diamond’s, morton’s agrilogistics

robert jensen’s (essentially) dead world

mckibben’s eaarth

 

………………….

(sorry, … but I must stress at this point that being  …

an agnostic/ignostic

pro-choice

against neoliberal capitalism

anti-war and -the war machine  …

is not a sin

and anti-Trump, anti-Trumpism, anti-Trumpster

is a virtue

 

the democratic party generally supports capitalism

and a broken socio-political/economic system  …

but Trumpism is a con-game on steroids

of using this broken system of neoliberal capitalism

for self-serving, temporary, immoral & unethical gain)

 

i’ve committed many, many sins  …

mostly venial

they all pale in comparison

to those I committed in the cities mentioned previously herein

 

my atonement/self-imposed penance is:

outdoor teaching of positively ethical applied community ecology/PEACE to children of all ages

volunteering in remote villages to improve the health of the animals and the people of latin america

attempts at PEACEmaking through the writing of poetry, essays, and books  …

and disseminating knowledge

(perhaps a good padre wouldn’t consider these aforementioned voluntary works to be penance

because i do immensely enjoy them

they do take effort, planning, time & energy

and for the most part i believe prayer, for penance & otherwise,

is a waste of time

 

[i must add that i will readily agree that meditation and deep thought

Is essential for good maintenance of self & community

and that these are essentially prayer

moreover, this “poem” is essentially “prayer”

as is good, informed group discussion

involving positively ethical applied community ecology/PEACE

 

and i suppose i do dream too much

which is essentially a form of prayer.

 

finally,

i am in robert jensen’s state of anguish

not anxiety …

i sleep very well most every night,

and sometimes during the day, even at the wheel!

not anxiety

 

not anxiety

but ANGUISH!!!

 

and hopefully I will work hard in this anguish

to produce such anguish in others

toward realization of somewhat of a neo-earth

and quality life for as many as possible

for as long as possible

and including individuals of other species

 

in ANGUISH

 

smartly learning in small “christian” cells

familial cells, amicable cells, intelligently-operated cells

of profound, holistic discussion, policy development, & action

spreading, communicating, critically-thinking and -decision-making

linking, intermeshing in solidarity, in communion with other cells

across Eaarth

to realize a neo-earth

 

in ANGUISH)

 

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*i am fortunate

to have taken this short ride of fifty-plus years

on this third rock from the sun

mostly in tx, fl, ga and on trips through all areas of the u.s.,

in brasil & other latin american countries,

and in poland & across europe by train from there to portugal

with Elizabeth “Betsy” Florence Hoffmann Martin

 

and last eve we imbibed together

Alejandro Escovedo

on the amazing Austin City Limits …

 

“Some people say the world’s a strange and evil place
And all the shadows fall across your face
Because the world’s a strange and evil place

Then others say because the sun shines every day
That we should live life come what may
Because the sun shines every day”

 

(Put You Down by Alejandro Escovedo)

 

pbm

7 S’s / VV->^^

Games We Play (kite.pub)

Normativity (and Humankind & Solidarity??) – PabloEco3500K (paulpeaceparables.com)

Laws Which Guide Us Individually and Collectively Toward Quality Life for All* – PabloEco3500K (paulpeaceparables.com)

To Kill! or Not to Kill? by paul b. martin – PabloEco3500K (paulpeaceparables.com)

A Sick World of Plastic – PabloEco3500K (paulpeaceparables.com)

Social Justice, Humaneness, and Ecological Sanity* – PabloEco3500K (paulpeaceparables.com)

TRUTHS – PabloEco3500K (paulpeaceparables.com)

The Starfish Parable – PabloEco3500K (paulpeaceparables.com)

Enrolada* by paul bain martin (Jan 2007) – PabloEco3500K (paulpeaceparables.com)

Sustainability Session in Plainfield, Massachusetts (June 2016) – PabloEco3500K (paulpeaceparables.com)

It Takes a Village. Therefore … Blame the (Local/Global) Village for Success/Failure! – PabloEco3500K (paulpeaceparables.com)

Games We Play (kite.pub)