01 June 2009

from a potent myth....

....it has degenerated into a taboo.

"men will sacrifice their lives to bring about a better world - whatever that may mean - but they will not budge an inch to attain paradise. nor will they struggle to create a bit of paradise in the hell they find themselves. it is so much easier, and gorier, to make a revolution, which means to put it simply, establishing another, a different status quo."
henry miller, big sur