>>we have the duty here now of _thinking inconceivability_ to respond with art, music, writings, analyses..>>
Alan I agree with what you write, I disagree with what you write too. I realize yes, remembering it well, a few years ago, during the war in Syria and the ISIS attacks, we created a discussion, for a whole month, on "ISIS, Absolute Terror, Performance" (empyre list). I also remember collating all the contributions, editing it all for a book, and we did not find a publisher. These past weeks, October-November, I heard a few expressions here, about "yes, but", and "yes and." In tried to join a discussion, and posted here, but no one was really discussing, and art, Alan, "art, music, writings...",. well it has been a disaster I think. No one here wanted to say outright that it is not quite right to argue that "it's impossible to comprehend what is occurring in Gaza, impossible to think through the violence and destruction, through the continuous cruelty." It is possible. I see it in Germany and England, and I hear it from Jewish friends in in this country and my neighbor country (France), and from friends in the US; Jewish families are afraid to send their children to school or go out of their homes, their houses in Berlin have been defaced, Synagogues attacked, demonstrations in London shout for annihilation of Israel, and I cannot calm down my anger, after the atrocious attacks of Hamas against Jewish civilians, which has now led to the new military repercussions. We experienced the attack on Ukraine, and many declared their solidarity with Ukrainians; I tried to also help raising awareness, we showed Ukrainian film and photos in a gallery where I work, and I will do the same for Israel defending itself against inhuman, grotesque violence, and using Gaza civilians now as a shield (they are not a shield) - offering them up as victims. What I am saying is that the conflict is not inconceivable, and yes there is a historical context (i don't care what, I am upset about what the Left says, what Greta Thunberg has to say); but why are so very very few arts organizations, theatres, galleries, writers, musicians expressing their solidarity with Jews who now afraid of their lives and safety, not only in Israel, but right here in all our lovely democratic safe communities in the West and the North. I grew up with the stern, incontrovertible maxim, 'never again' ; and now it happens right here and right now. respectfully, Johannes Birringer On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 5:24 AM Alan Sondheim via NetBehaviour < [email protected]> wrote: > > > Gaza > > https://youtu.be/Yda-c_4agZA (saz) > > it's impossible to comprehend what is occurring in Gaza, > impossible to think through the violence and destruction, > through the continuous cruelty. we don't think clearly, > perhaps not at all, impossible but occurring, absent here > but there, but continuous, but incessant, what is to come > everywhere our abject fear, our fear is safe _here,_ it > is our fear to own from _this_ distance, this safety. > we did years ago have ongoing discussions on email lists > set up for that purpose, war, violence, testimony. now we > have our _safe nightmares_ as cruelty spreads everywhere. > perhaps everything falls short of weeping, of our safety > here, perhaps not. inside we were napalm not real here > we are irreal bombardment, accounts, disasters, bodies, > limbs, massacres, children, infants, so many civilians, > we have the duty here now of _thinking inconceivability_ > to respond with art, music, writings, analyses, otherwise > than _there,_ in different words _here_ and not _there,_ > the safety of the aporia, the moment of the trench > adjacent to the cusp. i contribute this long-necked saz > piece, i am useless, we watch the war inside of us, we > survive in the safety, for now, of our bodies, our minds > elsewhere, no where at all, the world inconceivable, lost > > it'simpossibletocomprehendwhatisoccurringinGaza, > impossibletothinkthroughtheviolenceanddestruction, > throughthecontinuouscruelty.wedon'tthinkclearly, > perhapsnotatall,impossiblebutoccurring,absenthere > butthere,butcontinuous,butincessant,whatistocome > everywhereourabjectfear,ourfearissafe_here,_it > isourfeartoownfrom_this_distance,thissafety. > wedidyearsagohaveongoingdiscussionsonemaillists > setupforthatpurpose,war,violence,testimony.nowwe > haveour_safenightmares_ascrueltyspreadseverywhere. > perhapseverythingfallsshortofweeping,ofoursafety > here,perhapsnot.insidewewerenapalmnotrealhere > weareirrealbombardment,accounts,disasters,bodies, > limbs,massacres,children,infants,somanycivilians, > wehavethedutyherenowof_thinkinginconceivability_ > torespondwithart,music,writings,analyses,otherwise > than_there,_indifferentwords_here_andnot_there,_ > thesafetyoftheaporia,themomentofthetrench > adjacenttothecusp.icontributethislong-neckedsaz > piece,iamuseless,wewatchthewarinsideofus,we > surviveinthesafety,fornow,ofourbodies,ourminds > elsewhere,nowhereatall,theworldinconceivable,lost > */the hurry/* > > ___ > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >
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