tick tock

This photograph was taken on the right bank of Paris during September of 2004. Time has been fluid and unpredictable since then. I can't quite put my finger on it... life is different. Better in some ways, disappointing in others. Its not a free fall, more like a trip and fall down a big, rocky hill. I hope there is a river at the bottom.

Perhaps the world is no different than it has always been. America is probably no more shameful now than it was in the 70's... and prior... but now everyone who watches CNN or reads a newspaper knows of our disgraceful acts. Walter Reed, post-Katrina, Iraq... We've lost our credibility as humanitarians, heroes, innovators. Its going to be a long fall. We don't even have "street cred" anymore. Its just pathetic.

At uni a group of fellow art, architecture, drama and creative writing students staged a Caberet of the New Pathetic... and gee, there was so little to complain about then though I can't imagine a more Weimar experience. The bar we held it in was full or what would become the new Republicans (fraternity and sorority types), balanced by the crusty hippies who never left their college town. By the end of the night there was a great fist fight, blue lights and a lot of spilled beer. Best of all, I think the cabaret turned out to be very good art.