"What Kind of Boot?", asked the Buddha
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.
- George Orwell (1903-1950)
Don't Turn Your Back on me Buddha
"What Kind of Boot?", asked the Buddha
Inspired by George Orwell (1903-1950)'s quote, "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever". The titled responsion is...
I am evoking a heuristic and stereotype of sorts, one where the Buddha presses for clarification on seemingly irrelevant details. The wisdom of the boot in a violent display of aggression shouldn't matter much, or should it? Should the Buddha get the boot?
Home Grown Möbius
Inspired by Paul Celan (1920-1970)'s quote, "Poetry is a sort of homecoming." The titled responsion is
When humanity turns her back on you, where do you go? Perhaps Paul Celan's most anthologized Death Fugue (Todesfuge) is a home coming in itself? Conceiving the inconceivable is more than a holocaust, it's the Shoah with the death winds blowing beneath the earth.
Meditate instead!
Inspired by Umberto Eco (1932-2016)'s quote, "I felt like poisoning a monk." The titled responsion is...
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