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    Life Out Of Balance

    By Elusive Trope on Sun, 01/09/2011 - 12:31am |

    The tragedy that unfolded today in Arizona is one of those events that both leaves one speechless and unleashes a torrent of words trying to make sense of it all.  That it appears to have political motivation only intensifies the reactions. 

    At this point, I will say this: this tragedy is a reflection of us.  There are those who are more culpable than others, but we collectively own this.  This is us.  The blood is on our hands.  This is our society.

    In Articleman's blog, I was drawn to Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance, the 1982 film directed by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by Philip Glass and cinematography by Ron Fricke.  In moments like this, all we can do is turn to art as way to make sense of it all, or lacking a way to do that, to merely deal with it.

    So I offer their vision our society almost 30 years ago (how time flies) which still holds true:

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    Peace.  May we find balance.