So I’m sitting here on a wet Sunday morning and watching a video by Justin Hall. He’s gone back to school - and is having a great time in LaLa.

Excerpt from a Justin poem…..

I pause during my second ginger ale and sit on a couch and wait for my date: soon after i’m surrounded by red velvet ropes and told i’ll be asked to leave when the reserved party arrives

people too cool to be friendly?
a race to defrost through chemistry to reach for warmth
only out of reach from fear
a massive economy build on the fear of rejection
shaping of self for others who are all busy morphing themselves

what is sincere - the hunger
and maybe play
these are mostly willing, witting participants in identity drama for fun and profit
and maybe its their blustering confidence, their embrace of insincerity that is so defying
what do they know?
how did they choose?
what was their opening move?

this kind of analysis ignores the individuals involved

Here’s a video (hlr bday mov) Justin did on Howard Rhiengold…

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