A Question asked in the Ram Dass Facebook Group...
https://beherenownetwork.com/be-here-now/
and Then he wrote a Dozen MORE Books and Gave Many Lectures... ALL WORTHY... I Especially Love "Still Here" because I'm 67 Years Old and The Question of My Own Death is Important To Me... Now... https://www.amazon.com/Still-Here-Embracing-Aging-Changing/dp/1573228710
It's Important to remember that Kermit Michael Riggs Taught Dr. Richard Alpert to BE HERE NOW. He was a Laguna Beach, CA Surfer...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavan_Das_(yogi)
and Then After Listening to The Saturday Night Alive for the Global Peace Tribe Show...
I Had a Dream: We were walking towards the Entrance of the Los Gatos Library and there was a Thin Old Man dressed in a Small Bathing Suit ahead of Us. He pulled on the entrance to the Children's room and It was Locked... Disappointed, he turned around and I asked: "Are You Looking for the Man Who Works There?" He Said: "NO" and I Motioned towards the Main Entrance. We all Entered. He seemed lost so I asked: "Do you Need Help?" as I would ask any Lost Old Man... He Said: "NO" and then I asked again: "Can I Help You?" He said: "No. I'm Fine." and then we went on Our Own Ways. By That time it was Obvious to Me That he was Ram Dass and That it was a Rather "Heavy" encounter to Ask Ram Dass If I Could Help Him... a Meaningful Event... and I was Shaking... So we went downstairs and I went searching for a Book that I Has Started reading before (about Philosophy) - and on the same shelf was a large picture book of the Grateful Dead's Fare Ye Well Tour with four CDs (that were missing) and My friend asked me why I would want to check out that book and I said: "Too Look for Pictures of Myself." and then I woke up and Typed this Document... It's Best to Type it Up before I forget it... For Certain, I would have tried to help any Lost Old Man but It seems Important that I Offered Ram Dass Help in my dream. That's One Of His Main Teachings...
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and then I Read Online... SE SAID:
One thing I've noticed about movies from the 1960's is that they are so gorgeous to watch! The Technicolor really pops compared to the color in more recent movies. Also, the film itself seems to be really high quality. I know that nowadays they use computers to brighten the color and make the overall quality look better. But it seems like they switched to a lower film quality in the 70's compared to what they used in the 60's, and they never went back to the higher quality film that they used in the 60's. There were some great movies in the 70's, 80's, and 90's, but the quality of the film was noticeably lower...and the color no longer looked bright and beautiful. My understanding is that Technicolor was an expensive and time-consuming process, which is why they stopped using it. But you sure do see a difference when you compare the look of older color movies to movies from the 70's, 80's, and 90's. Some of my all-time favorite movies came out in the 90's. It was a time when we had some fantastic independent and arthouse films. But when I compare the film quality of 90's movies to the film quality of the 60's, there is no comparison.
In the 21st Century, we can now use computers to enhance the look of a movie, so movies are looking better than they did at the end of the 20th Century. But still, when I watch movies from the 60's, sometimes I just marvel at the beauty of the color and the high quality film stock. Those movies were made to watch on the big screen, and they really took the time to make them look as gorgeous as possible. Nowadays, movies aren't necessarily made to look good on a big screen since people can just watch them at home now. That's cool in a way, and it's certainly convenient, but it does make movies feel less special if you can just watch them at home. Next time you watch a movie from the 1960's, notice the beautiful color and high quality film stock. There really is nothing else like it.
and I Replied: Remember Cinerama? It was a Really Wide Screen Show designed for EPIC Dramas Like "How the West was Won" and ""It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" and Then there was the Psychedelic Trip right after Intermission in the Movie 2001 where He Travels Thru the Monolith... Intentionally Designed so a Person Could Go Out to the Parking Lot and Smoke a Marijuana Cigarette and then see that INSANE Lightshow... and then they made Multiplexes with many tiny screens... BOO... I Remember The UPTOWN Theater in Washington DC That had a Giant Screen and a Rock Concert Sound System... I Saw Pink Floyd The Wall there and It Really Frightened Me... I NEVER Saw that Movie Ever Again... But we went to The Opening Nights There with TV News Cameras and Hoopla... "The Right Stuff" was EPIC. IMAX is a Great Technology... They Showed Movies at the Air and Space Museum in Washington DC... Especially Moving was "The Dream is Alive." With Walter Cronkite Narrating and Giant Crystal Clear Images of That Lady Astronaut with Zero Gravity Hair...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dream_Is_Alive
and SE Replied: I agree that IMAX is the best movie experience nowadays. All of other theaters are multiplexes with small screens. Any time there's a movie I'm really excited about, if it happens to be playing on IMAX, that's where I'll see it. But unfortunately, not everything is shown on IMAX, so we're stuck with those awful small screens. Also, remember the awesome DOLBY stereo systems? I can barely hear movies on small multiplex screens because they have such awful sound.
and I Replied: I have not Gone to a Movie in a VERY long time... The Last Three Movies I Saw in a Theater were the Lord of the Rings Trilogy... I Guess They Are NOT Depending on Me to Buy Tickets.
SE SAID: I don't go to very many movies anymore either. I haven't been to one since 2019 (because theaters were closed in 2020). I would like to go to a movie sometime soon, but only if there's something I really want to see. Right now I don't think there are any movies playing which interest me all that much.
and then Bob D Said:
Closing time at the Arcata Farmers Market. Soundman Tofu, aka Michael Simon Schwartz puts everything used to put on the music part on a cart and loads it onto the Market truck. (By the way, he’s wearing an “AQ” Absynth Quartet tee-shirt. Playing drums in that band is another of his jobs.)
Laura Hughes, Arcata Farmers' Market Manager and Director of Market Operations, oversees all nine markets around Humboldt.
When everything was loaded, David MacCuish, who helped with Marguerite Pierce’s Family Farm, drove the truck to a secret spot not far away until next time.
That Saturday afternoon I was taking an unscientific poll regarding the future of the center of the Arcata Plaza. You can see what needs to change at the edge of the photo of Laura: there’s a cement wall with a metal railing around the space where there was once a statue of William McKinley. It’s time for it to go.
The city added the wall and a flowerbed sometime in the Eighties in a bit of social engineering. Prior to that, there were steps around the statue so that people could sit and talk. I used to hang out there with my friends.
There were some who thought that was a bad thing, that ne'er-do-wells hanging out stopped the good citizens from using the Plaza. Personally I think it was a bad idea building that wall. The simple fact is the Plaza is designed as place for people to gather and hang out. The ne’er-do-wells never stopped congregating, the just moved somewhere else on the town square.
Anyway, at this point that flowerbed is nothing but an obstacle. People use the space as a soapbox for speeches and occasionally kids play up there, but there’s no way to get up there other than climbing over the railing. It’s an accident waiting to happen, a potential lawsuit. The statue was removed more than two years ago. IMHO, it’s time for the flowerbed to go too.
Among the suggestions were simply removing a portion of the railing and adding some steps and hopefully some better flowers. (I’ll point out that some of the plants up there now are thorny bushes, apparently planted as intentionally hostile elements.)
Some would like a stage built in the space so that bands would be elevated slightly above the crowds. (I’d say it’s unnecessary and a portable stage could be added anytime.)
Others have suggested a gazebo, which is what was there before the statue was erected in 1906. That could be problematic. Have you seen the gazebo in the McKinleyville Shopping Center lately? They had to put a fence around it so people won’t sleep there on rainy days.
Some have suggested another statue, something more politically correct. We could easily spend years arguing about who should be honored.
I offered my own suggestion long ago when we were still talking about arguing about removing the statue of Bill. We should clear off the flowerbed and put nothing there. Actually I suggested adding a spiral emanating from the center, but I’d be satisfied with nothing.
Incidentally, when I asked Laura the market manager what she thought, she told me she was part of a city sponsored study group that came up with a list of possibilities a couple of years ago. The stage idea was a suggestion as was a gazebo, but nothing was done after the study. “You can probably find it on the city’s website,” she suggested. Maybe I will.
[Side note: I tried finding the report of the study group by googling and failed. Does anyone know the actual name of the group that produced it? I’d still like to see it.]
[[Side note on the side note: While googling about I stumbled across a fascinating document that’s published in full on the city website: an ad hoc book by Susie Van Kirk titled, “Reflections of Arcata’s History: eighty years of architecture.”
It’s a treasure trove for anyone interested in the history of our town with short essays on pretty much every period and building in the central city, some of them gone.
I’ll republish Suzie’s essay on The Plaza later. It’s the first thing in the book. I printed out the whole thing last night and it will give me hours of pleasure.]]
But next I’ll continue the poll: What do you think we should do with the center of the Arcata Plaza?
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