hello world, i once as a young player wrote a piece called instructions to the cadre
man i was young, what on earth did i think i had to say
over the years it got away from me and i dont think anybody paid attention to that one either, but i was thinking the other day ima try that again
what made me come to that was i met this young brother with talent and game
young brother freelon, did a reading together couple of days ago
boy had chops and game, i was impressed
thinking about giving him a copy of mojo rising
which i wrote basically for young talent
maybe a copy of rgh sius the craft of power
which was the work that open my eyes and made me a player
then i was thinking how he might not be moved by either
id be just embarrassing myself trying to take a fledgling under
wing didnt come to me asking for guidance
young players have to come to you, you cant go to them, that dont work - you note them, keep an eye on them, help them, guide them when you can, just be cool
recently gathered up some young talent here in syracuse, jeannie, patricia, tiffany - po tential
and ive reached that stage in life where passing it on as important as getting your own work done
trying to keep babajohn o killens legacy alive, which remind me i got to
get back in the saddle w/new ren workshop down in brooklyn
trekking down to the city tire me out these days
but what that got to do with the price of butter
i remember the master trekking to medger evers every saturday morning
for his workshop, surrounded by his flock of fledglings, pacing ourselves to
his little bitty old mans steps
i have given the craft of power to young players for years, gave one to ashwin couple of weeks ago
gave one to sheree a little while back, dont know that it moved either of them it like it moved me
way back when, made me a player, put me on the board - but then i thought thats something
i can do on rootsblog, do another instructions ot the cadre, designed to
introduce young players to the game, as always this just me trying to figure
out how best to use the time and investiture i put in on rootsblog wisely
and the net a unique instrument of distribution, be curious
to see how an ideolgoical initiative of this sort work on the net
so let me take a stab at that
probably going to run up on same problem i had with mojo rising
do i orient this toward young hoodoos or toward young players in general
probably everything i write is oriented most specifically toward young hoodoos in the game
trying to shape the generations of hoodoos who will come after me
but i want/need it to be useful to young players who arent in the tradition too
also my type of game is oriented toward ideological players, the longgame, shaping generations
ideological orchestration
which is kind of a rarified audience, and gets me back to
my same old problem of no readership (or respect)
ill just have to work that tension out as i let this thing develop
and accept that once again not that many folk will be interested in what i have to say
bes that way sometime
when you running visionary game
in the name of babajohn o killens, the great griot master of brooklyn
(i will be glad when keith gilyard finish his study of babajohn, babajohn deserve way more
respect than he get and my boy gilyard got this seminal work in play on him)
so anyway, first i need an outline, let me do 9 segments, a good hoodoo number
to start with, always got to start somewhere and ive found this a good strategy for starting works:
what about:
invocation
the game
preparation
immersion
positioning
paying dues
leadership
leverages
legacies
okay rick, that look like a decent layout for the moment, dont have anything for serenity rick, really
need serenity, always need serenity, some grace - guess these categories will be refined as i go along
next step would be to break each one of these down into 9 movements
dont know that i will go into all that at the moment, got to clock todays pages
get back to this today if i get some Work done
the thing to do is start with a rough layout of what will be covered
in the different movements and then keep opening them up
forgive me for letting you watch the process, this gon be ugly:
least till i get that first draft, at some point will transfer
it to rootswork.com, where more permanent work works better:
right now this just me trying to use this rootsblog time wisely
destinically speaking
invocation
notes: setting the hook, inspiring young players to mount the board
and you young player
perhaps you are ready
to join the great game
to test your mettle, to be a force
in the name of the conqueror
and the legions of rickydoc
the longgame
notes: setting up the longgame and the board of destiny
ideological orchestration
shaping generations and the future of humanity
the longgest most comprehensive game wins . . . .
the one that subsumes all others
longgame on the hoodoo board of destiny
on which we are all played and players
if you play it well, everybody
in the world works for you
preparation
notes: prepare yourself to enter the arena, take a position on the board
to be true force
to be historical, destinical, to make a difference
you must first prepare yourself
after you have chosen your field of battle
you must gain the necessary skilz to be force in that field
you must gain the necessary qualities of mindm body and soul
to be force in that world
relocate if necessary, do whatever you have
to do to be force
apply yourself to this prepartion
before you step on the board
be prepared
immersion
notes: total discipline, total commitment to the game, totalwar
in context of a life of grace
positioning
notes: positioning yourself for ever growing power
constantly adjusting to both victories and defeats
paying dues
notes: paying dues, everybody got to pay dues, if you
want to win big, got to pay big - dont be whining about it
leadership
note: in the arena, taking your punches, building
institutions, shaping generations, being force
remember fledgling, ethics are a power
always best to have some
leverages
notes: leveraging power into pushbutton op that sustains itself and achieves quality of life
withdrawal for assessment, rerefreshment and reality checks, finessement, moving the board
legacies
notes: passing it on to the next generation and
all the generations to come
stategic notes: fri 11/16
okay rick, as i start laying out the parameters of my movements
i wonder if this chronological development of game is viable
or whether i should approach this more themetically
whatever, ive given it all its gon get today
got to clock some pages
maybe do a little commentary later on when i feel
some psychological space - ie got todays Work done
my love to you all
rickydoc trickmaster
wouldbe prophet
of the hoodoo way
FRIDAY EVENING:
just read over what i got, corn factor kinda high
will have to decide if this something i can do on line
hate to let you see me sweating
rdoc
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