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December 2008 
TriGirls and My thoughts on Gaia
Posted on Feb 14th, 2008
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Ramblin'H2O
Ramblin'H2O
Dear Siona,
WHAT!!!?? You want me to PAY to not see ads, after big giant Gaiam took over Zaadz?! It's not going to happen. And, from the look of the email header, I've got to get out of here. You see, if I'd wanted to use capitalism (by my definition, the Culture of BUY MORE STUFF) to change the world, I would have been operating under that philosophy already. That's one of the very things I do NOT want to be supporting, the Culture of Consumption, whether as a supposedly mindful "choice" or just as conditioned cultural reflex.
We all have to eat. We all have to make money enough to get our basic needs met. But HELL if I'm going to support the System with my brains, ideas, and energy, when changing, shaking up, tearing down and permanently altering said System is what I'm interested in doing. I work within the System as a professional musician and bassoon teacher, warping young minds when I get the chance and always asking lots of questions, while NOT holding down a numbing day job that wastes my time and energy- our family is much better off with me not working at anything other than music outside our home. I stay plenty busy all day long, believe me. Our big family joke is that I'm spending my days eating bonbons with my feet up... each of us contributes to the good of the household in our own way, and for us, that means that my tasks as main cooker & cleaner save us bucks and make us all healthier because we're eating more home-cooked less processed food, and our cleaner home is more pleasant to be in. Meanwhile I'm also running an internationally-known bassoon camp (www.bassooncamp.com) and practicing my bassoon and viola, making reeds, writing music and words, refreshing my Arabic skills, teaching at UNC-C, and playing in several symphony orchestras. Capitalism? Feh. I'm a refugee from that System that systematically ignores art bums and free thinkers. I don't chase dollars, they come to me when it is time through my work, the work I am passionate about, the work that I must do because my heart and soul know it is my path. Conscious Capitalism? Yuck. So you're aware that you are part of an exploitative process... what does that say about your ethics, your karma, and your conscience? Catalyzing Conscious Capitalism? I thought we were going to <b>change</b> the world, not merely overlord it like the same squatter bosses have been doing for far too long. No thanks, I've Consciously Catalyzed my ass out of that particular game.
Zaadz appealed to me because I'm not a joiner. Zaadz let me speak my piece and meet others who wanted to do the same in order to grow their spirits, not their wallets. Zaadz left me feeling more hopeful that I might actually meet others that felt the same way about the necessity for immediate evolution and change, and together, we could begin to repair this mess we're living in. Gaia takes that hope, smashes it in the eye, and then hands it a teddy bear with a balloon and tells it, "Let's meditate to re-center." I want to build bridges, I want to find out how we can unite, I want to help us leave the Culture of Us vs. Them, I want to move forward. I want to tear up pavement and grow gardens. I want to throw wrenches in cogs. I want to stop the craziness of what passes for sane these days. Zaadz started out as that kind of a place, and it is that place no longer. I will be leaving soon for The Pier To Forever, and I'm not doing it to be a joiner.
Yours in Asskicking and Motion,
TriGirl
WHAT!!!?? You want me to PAY to not see ads, after big giant Gaiam took over Zaadz?! It's not going to happen. And, from the look of the email header, I've got to get out of here. You see, if I'd wanted to use capitalism (by my definition, the Culture of BUY MORE STUFF) to change the world, I would have been operating under that philosophy already. That's one of the very things I do NOT want to be supporting, the Culture of Consumption, whether as a supposedly mindful "choice" or just as conditioned cultural reflex.
We all have to eat. We all have to make money enough to get our basic needs met. But HELL if I'm going to support the System with my brains, ideas, and energy, when changing, shaking up, tearing down and permanently altering said System is what I'm interested in doing. I work within the System as a professional musician and bassoon teacher, warping young minds when I get the chance and always asking lots of questions, while NOT holding down a numbing day job that wastes my time and energy- our family is much better off with me not working at anything other than music outside our home. I stay plenty busy all day long, believe me. Our big family joke is that I'm spending my days eating bonbons with my feet up... each of us contributes to the good of the household in our own way, and for us, that means that my tasks as main cooker & cleaner save us bucks and make us all healthier because we're eating more home-cooked less processed food, and our cleaner home is more pleasant to be in. Meanwhile I'm also running an internationally-known bassoon camp (www.bassooncamp.com) and practicing my bassoon and viola, making reeds, writing music and words, refreshing my Arabic skills, teaching at UNC-C, and playing in several symphony orchestras. Capitalism? Feh. I'm a refugee from that System that systematically ignores art bums and free thinkers. I don't chase dollars, they come to me when it is time through my work, the work I am passionate about, the work that I must do because my heart and soul know it is my path. Conscious Capitalism? Yuck. So you're aware that you are part of an exploitative process... what does that say about your ethics, your karma, and your conscience? Catalyzing Conscious Capitalism? I thought we were going to <b>change</b> the world, not merely overlord it like the same squatter bosses have been doing for far too long. No thanks, I've Consciously Catalyzed my ass out of that particular game.
Zaadz appealed to me because I'm not a joiner. Zaadz let me speak my piece and meet others who wanted to do the same in order to grow their spirits, not their wallets. Zaadz left me feeling more hopeful that I might actually meet others that felt the same way about the necessity for immediate evolution and change, and together, we could begin to repair this mess we're living in. Gaia takes that hope, smashes it in the eye, and then hands it a teddy bear with a balloon and tells it, "Let's meditate to re-center." I want to build bridges, I want to find out how we can unite, I want to help us leave the Culture of Us vs. Them, I want to move forward. I want to tear up pavement and grow gardens. I want to throw wrenches in cogs. I want to stop the craziness of what passes for sane these days. Zaadz started out as that kind of a place, and it is that place no longer. I will be leaving soon for The Pier To Forever, and I'm not doing it to be a joiner.
Yours in Asskicking and Motion,
TriGirl
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