In a war where generational trauma haunts all parties, it is extremely
difficult to see a way forward for peace. Nevertheless, I would offer
this link to a recent text by Mushon Zer-Aviv, which addresses that
question.
https://medium.com/@mushon/your-empathy-is-killing-us-1a50a4fc0488
I can't remember if Mushon is on NetBehaviour. I know him from the
Upgrade! list and meeting him in Skopje (I think Ana Valdés was there
too?), and have followed his words for some years. Never before have
they seemed so cogent or necessary. And I am moved more by the picture
at the end of his text than by the words, speaking to the generational
project that may be the only way forward from the deep set memory of
trauma, the flight or fight or freeze response, the parochial empathy,
the taking of sides, willy-nilly.
There is more that I have been mulling over, but let me leave you
first with Mushon's words.
paz,
Paul
On Sun, Dec 3, 2023 at 10:26 PM 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/*
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