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This man said “doctrine is the answer” and I wonder if it is. Just how much can doctrine and strict regimen really improve the way things in the world are dealt with? Whether it be used in a religious context or a societal ills context the question raised by this man is a worthy one.
I love televised ministries. Seeing the various ways one can preach interests me to no end. Now, along with this interest is my interest in photographing a television. I have been doing this for years and I was very surprised today to find a man selling snake oil.
Miracle Breakthrough Oil? It is obviously ineffective and a sham, but couldn’t we all use some real Miracle Oil?
We like things a certain way. Everyone does, some special thing they require or desire or lust after or make sure of is always at the ready, be it physically on hand or in mind. What does it mean that we need certain things or feel that we need things in a certain order or in a certain way or quantity to be happy? One, two, three or once. How much is enough of what you want? How much is enough of what you need? Is it OK to only do what you want? Is it OK to put aside what you need?
Reality does kind of suck. Money, traffic and petroleum seem to rule the day. It makes me sad to know that this is not the only solution. Waking up to the challenge of keeping beverages cold never seemed so good. Knowing that I needn’t keep a schedule or worry that mine hinders others. Walking around in what I feel comfortable in and resting at a burn barrel after midnight. Getting in touch with how the moon moves across the sky. Knowing how rain really smells. Oh how I miss these things!
I know it might seem as if I obsess about this whole Burning Man thing… I do. It changed my perspective on a system that I already was skeptic of. I see just as in the film from the early 20th Century, METROPOLIS, that we are part of a breathing machine.
American Legion, Lombard Illinois 2005
Lombard Illinois 2007
This is just another side note in the history of a small village. Lombard is just like any other place in America. Things change and buildings go on to live a different purpose. Sometimes buildings are removed and others they are saved. This one was saved. Recently in this country it seems that many of them are not deemed worthy of saving.
