Author Archives: Gene Stewart

About Gene Stewart

Born 7 Feb 1958 Altoona, PA, USA Married 1980 Three sons, grown Have lived in Japan, Germany, all over US Currently in Nebraska I write, paint, play guitar Read widely Wide taste in music, movies Wide range of interests Hate god yap Humanist, Rationalist, Fortean Love the eerie

Turning Fear’s Key

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Gene Stewart

Religionist cons always offer eternal peace and love because they target the insecure even as they ramp up fear, hate, and anxiety. This combination of unrelenting pressure and an offer of refuge is irresistible to abused slaves. Hence Nietzsche’s dictum … Continue reading →

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Stand Up

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Gene Stewart

There is what we call evil.  Sociopaths, psychopaths, that ilk.  I like to say that we’ve diagnosed evil and made it merely vile. I often also sense a more general pall of evil, of negativity, which is the Imp of … Continue reading →

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“Overhead Shot: A Poem I Woke Up With On 3 February 2520 Athenian Era”

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Gene Stewart

There’s an overhead shot of a man underneath a building that fell from the sky There’s an underground rumor of revolution by a group they call May Lie In shades of grey a color comment fails to reach its goal … Continue reading →

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We Are This Society

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Gene Stewart

We Are This Society. We live in a society now that has allowed food to become poison, greed a virtue, and sadistic cruelty praiseworthy. We are part of a society that pollutes its air, land, and water as fast as … Continue reading →

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Owning’s Onus: Intellectual Property Rights and Leftovers*

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Gene Stewart

For ages, the notion of copyright and intellectual property simply didn’t exist. Shakespeare openly used plots from Italian and other plays to hang his poetic dialogue upon. George Freiderich Handel, the composer of “The Hallelujiah Chorus”, “Water Music” and “Music … Continue reading →

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A Whiff Of Morning Napalm

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Gene Stewart

All the cynical, manipulatory political theater cannot disguise the fact that the worst enemy faced by America is internal and called the GOP, in diabolical combination with corporate sociopaths in the 1% bracket of wealth. We all know it. We … Continue reading →

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A Statement About Art Being Accessible

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Gene Stewart

Art not directly accessible to the public creates a guarded, separated atmosphere, and places art psychologically apart from life and people. We do not want this. Art is life, and alive, and must intermingle. We need to experience it directly. … Continue reading →

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A View from the Tip of the Iceberg We Hit

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Gene Stewart

How fake the world has become due to corporate domination.  Sitting in a parking lot at a shopping plaza within sight of a housing development, I gestured around us and said, Show me one real building or vehicle.  It’s all … Continue reading →

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Happy Solstice, Hail Yule

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Gene Stewart

We’ll sit in clouds Watch moonlight Glitter on stars We’ll celebrate Shared smiles Hands held We’ll bring light in Warmth and togetherness We’ll entwine. –Bu-Xan Da, Tenshin Monastery

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Got A Light?

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Gene Stewart

I broke down and cried in the car after the radio hit me with the double-whammy of “The Pretender” by Jackson Browne and “Roadhouse Blues” by the Doors.  Unblinking vicious truth followed by a hefty dose of fatalistic nihilism, y’know? … Continue reading →

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