Re: Ho !
Madelyn Powell (POWELLM@gacsrv.gactr.uga.edu)
Mon, 6 Oct 1997 17:44:02 EST5EDT
hey now!
heck yea!
It's kind of amazing how often our paths are parrallel, though at
slightly different times,
isn't it?
I like your new name, too, Spring!
and hey there, Marc! Glad to hear your story! did you get my e-mail
the other day?
How are you feeling?
loving ya'll...
maddy clare
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>
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> <snip>
> >I can only speak for myself,but many rainbows i've talked to feel the
> >same way.
> >I grew up in whitebread middleclass suburbian America. I always felt
> >like i didn't belong. As i grew older, I began to see that compared to
> >the rest of the country, indeed the world, i had it good. Very very
> >good.
>
> >And it felt ALIEN to me.
>
> >All the authority figures in my life; parents, teachers, TV, national
> >leaders, etc. talked about how lucky I had it and how I
> >should dive right into the system and take advantage of this huge
> >material headstart that i had on the rest of the human race. I came from
> >a long line of conquerors and couldn't let their sacrifices down.
>
> >And it felt utterly empty, repugnent, and ugly to me from the very
>
>
> > I started getting high on pot while a young teen. There was something
> >there that spoke to the emptiness inside me. I started reading about
> >other cultures and history- what i could find that wasn't rewritten by
> >the conquerors -
>
> >The oriental path had some truths that spoke to me but it was too
> >different a culture to embrace fully.
> >I started getting away from the highly developed suburbian culture and
> >landscape and spending time in less developed landscapes up to and
> >including wilderness. There was definately something in nature that
> >spoke to me. Something huge but i needed a framework to view it thru.
>
> >At the same time, i was in the middle of the antiwar movement here in
> >the states and the federal government that i had always thought of as
> >"officer Friendly" was the enemy. Cops were dragging my longhaired
> >friends away to their cells and kicking them out 3 days later missing
> >their pot, money, teeth, and hair. I had been reading the underground
> >press and Bury my heart...
>
> >I took some acid in the woods 5 days after Kent state and I suddenly saw
> all the parallels between the native americans and the hippies.
> >I went to the gathering in 72 in Colorado and it really hit home.
> >I started reading everything I could about the TRUTH of the native
> >american struggle. I saw how we were following in their footsteps.
>
> >The eagle rose in my chest and screamed for the blood of his people.
>
> >By the time I heard of the prophecies, it was "Of course, how can anyone
> >doubt it"
>
> >My blood might be from europe, but my spirit belongs to the forests,
> >plains and mountains of turtle island. and i will die for my land and my
> >people.
>
> >HO!
>
> >marc
>
> marc -
> having personally experienced many of the actions and the thoughts as you
> speak of - i think i can feel quite strongly what you are saying.
> i read this and thought - that is beautiful, marc.
> thanks!
>
> Spring
> (yep, I was just given a new name by a very most remarkable brother and i
> will now be
> posting as Spring. used to be holly!)
>
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