MONDAY
and you o mythworker, o teller of tales
and weaver of lies, o fool of a trickster
is there nothing you hold sacred
no boundary you will not cross
in search of a song . . . .
im going to start working on a myth
i was looking at that piece i just wrote and had this image of blackfolk
withdrawing into a defensive circle and
thought it would be nice to depict the race as a group like that and then i
thought about this myth of the children of the sun i been playing with
and i thought im going to start telling that myth as part of this
weblog
those of you familiar with my work will recognize the basic parameters
i figure i will stumble at first but ima keep telling it until i
start making it shine, maybe a booklengthwork, every week ima tell more of it
and so i begin:
once upon a time there was a mighty people
a star traveling people respected throughout the galaxy
the illuminated children of the sun
humanities living ancestors and gods true chosen
legend is that they are guard and guardian of humanity
destinyworkers, leading humanity unto its ever greater self
legend is they had a vision, legend is they had a destiny . . . .
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okay, im stuck, and embarassed
will get back to this during the week, hopefully
bring it to life, hopefully
figure out where im going with it, hopefully
but you know, as weak as it is
ima stick with it and see if i can make it a regular part
of my presentation, it will justify the time i give this blog
get a little mythwork done
now thats what i call working at the
crossroads
word by
rickydoc trickmaster
be well, be wary, be safe
SATURDAY
speaking truth to the people
once when i was a young conjuror in training
i had this discipline where once a month i would speak absolute truth
to everybody i knew - for the whole day i would
speak nothing but the truth as i saw it
i quickly abandoned that discipline, it was more trouble
than it was worth
but i think this week i will speak hard truths on difficult issues
at least my truths, thought about it when i did the bill cosby post
i admire what he trying to do even though its not how i would go about it
if you gon call the race to account got to spread the blame
but his issue is community dysfunction and he taking the blows
in a quixotic effort to save blackfolk
i admire that - i think its a profile in courage
but i get enuf flack from my radical friends and colleagues
so i been reluctant to publicly speak on the coz
another issue i been reluctant to speak on is immigration
cause im conflicted
my progressive instincts say i got to go along with it
but im concerned that its gon hurt blackfolk
already we been pushed aside by the burgeoning hispanic population
and i fear we will be left on the bottom again - gon have to learn how to beg in spanish
and i envy them their growing power, they hardworking disciplined folk
unlike so many of my own - they mobilized 500,000 in their la march
and affected the political debate in their favor, thats power and i envy it
im nervous about where this dynamic leaves us
blacks and hispanics clash about as much as they get along
but this immigration situation doesnt just affect hispanics
it also affects caribbeans and thats family
and all them dark hispanics, they may not know it yet
but they family too
also the rise of the hispanics is kinda inevitable
and we got to maintain a working relationship
cause in the future we gon need their help a lot more
than they will need ours
so blackfolk may be conflicted on this one but in the final analysis
we got to support liberalized immigration policies
ive spoken before on our impending most favorite minority demise
i believe we have to prepare for that inevitable eventuality
by maintaining a working relationship
supporting their struggles whenever we can
and claiming the allegiance/identification of darkskinned hispanics
a strategic fifth force so to speak (more on that later)
also there is some room here for crossroads game between the old power
and the new - if you get my drift
forget most favorite minority anyway, it was weak game
i say we move into global shadowplay
as much as i envy mobilizing a 500,000 march i think its old and tired game
been there, done that - all that marching and protesting, i think its yesteryear game myself
the make do game of the weak and the powerless and i for one will be glad when blackfolk move on
for me its all about strategic empowerment - the longgame
a grinding day to day commitment to 20 year plans, 100 year plans, 100 generation plans
we have to forge our people into a global (and even cosmic) instrument of power
my model is still the jews, how a disrespected minority can achieve security
power and prosperity in a hostile environment
thats another issue i tend to avoid, jewish power
the israeli lobby been spotlighted recently in some report i heard about
and will have to hunt down
the jews of course insist that there is no such thing and anybody who says so is antisemitic
well i understand the tactical imperative of disowning power but everybody knows the jews wield power inordinate to their numbers
that they have inordinate influence in power industries such as finance, media and entertainment, and that many of our policies in support of israel are antithetical to our strategic interests
but i do not want to get on the wrong side of the jews, they can be ruthless enforcers
jews probably the only folk on the planet more sensitive than black folk
two battlescarred folk feel like they always on the edge of disaster, always ready to rumble
but blackfolk got to speak truth on this issue, we learned it from you
that situation w/the palestinians, you wrong on that, i say it
as a friend, you jackboot wrong
also i be dancing around the arab/islamic conquest of africa
ticklish because so many strong afroam have gon islamic
but the truth is the truth
when blackfolk rename themselves after muhammad ali - one of the most proficient slavers/killers of blacks ever to depopulate the sudan we have a problem
genocide in the sudan, slavery in mautetania, etc etc
islam must be made to understand it is a guest in africa and not a conqueror
mess around and let africa go islamic we will have no place to call home, no place
where the african way can grow into the glory it could be instead of the ruin that it is
surrounded by our enemies
the west on one side, islam on the other
also i avoid this one because i dont approve of what often passes for discourse
in islamic circles, dont want nobody issuing no fatwas on rickydoc
but if you call yourself a serious artist and intellectual you got to be willing to speak
truth to the people and i like to think of myself as a serious man
a serious
artist, intellectual, conjureman
my response to the cultural establishments (black & white) refusal to treat me
with respect, you might not take me seriously but i do - and when i speak i speak in
words of power - i will speak the truths that make other folk tremble
and the hard truth of the moment is that
all my political life hispanics been our allies in struggle
we always ready to call on them to back our plays
the progresssive among us struggle for commonground
and to avoid ruptures
if they want to throw down on this we got to throw down with them
but ima tell you that civilrights mode of empowerment, based on our own, is of limited utility
the jewish model is more appropriate to the times, a diasporic/global model of
ritualized group solidarity, strategic positions of influence in influential social sectors
a vision and a sense of destiny - the longgame
that civilrights model is like an old ghetto neighborhood, let the new folk have it
its time to move on
i will forge blackfolk into an instrument of power or die trying
and im not gon let folk stuck in yesteryear restrain me from doing what have to be done, from saying what have to be said
all that dysfunction killing our communities got to go
thats not gon be part of the black future the old rootdoctor see
21st century yall, no more games, we got to do this
and i would you be tricksters all
a people of power and masters of strategy
the key that opens all locks
it is the geas of rickdoc
i know this is so far from the current reality
that you might not see it like i see it
but i am a dreamer, a conjuror and a lifelong organizer
an ideological orchestrator and a wouldbe prophet
of the hoodoo way
forcing reality to bend itself to my will
is what i do
the first step is to see
things as they truly are
word by
rickydoc trickmaster
awaken the sleeper
protect the weak
guide the strong
Rdoc,
Seems like I been taking up you stance from days past. I stand with you because I am an instrument of power. All day, every day, every where, I'm down for the ride. Keep speaking what you speak, some dont realize the power or travel on the plane, and some just dont like knowing that some of us SEE THE TRUTH, are the truth...
Peace
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Posted by: Naro% | April 09, 2006 at 02:55 PM