Showing posts with label optimism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label optimism. Show all posts

Springtime in Orangevale California - Trees in Bloom and Blue Sky with Feathery Clouds - I Feel Optimistic - We Just Installed a Brand New American Flag! and A Photo of a "UFO."

 Near Sacramento, California - In A Rural Area
Just a Few Photos of My Walk Around the Neighborhood.

A Fake Photo of a UFO in the Sky Over Orangevale... It's a JOKE! gvan42
A Fake Photo of a UFO in the Sky Over Orangevale...
It's a JOKE! gvan42


Springtime in Orangevale California - Trees in Bloom and Blue Sky with Feathery Clouds - I feel optimistic - gvan42

new American Flag being installed by the Care Givers at Home - gvan42
New American Flag Being Installed
by the Care Givers at Home - gvan42

feathery clouds - useful as a background image
feathery clouds - useful as a background image

Persimmon Tree In Bloom - Orangevale California
Persimmon Tree In Bloom - Orangevale California

Psychedelic Art - Green Green Greener Still - gvan42
Psychedelic Art - Green Green Greener Still - gvan42

Springtime in Orangevale California - white flowers on a tree - gvan42
Springtime in Orangevale California -
White Flowers on a Tree - gvan42
 


Observe the Psychedelic Animations and Slip Into a Trance...
Handy For Self Hypnosis... 
For Example: Quitting Smoking 
"Whenever I Have the Urge to Smoke, 
I'll Remember This Light Show...
and How Much FUN It Is To BE ALIVE!

~~~~~~ (~);-} ~~~~~~
On a Different Subject:

Washington DC: At the Air and Space Museum Gift Shop I Bought Thin Plastic Sheets of Diffraction Grating. When You Look Thru the Plastic Sheet You See Rainbows is All Directions from Every Point of Light. Well, I Cut that Sheet into Four Pieces and Scotch Taped Two of Them as Replacement Lenses for Paper Movie Theater 3D Glasses. That way You Could Wear The Rainbows While Walking Around, Dancing or Riding as a Passenger in a Car on the Freeway (Driving is Not Recommended - You Might Get in a Car Wreck!)

SO... I Had the Habit of Giving these MAGIC Glasses to People and Blowing their Minds!  After All, I Could Just Make More! One Time I Gave a Pair of these Glasses to a Man Who was Selling Quartz Crystals in the Parking Lot of RFK Stadium before a Grateful Dead Concert... and then He said; "Would You Like to Break Bread With Me, Brother?" and I Said "Yes" and Ate The CENTER SQUARE of a Round Loaf of San Francisco Sourdough Bread... and Went on My Way... 


and Then... Later... I Was Tripping on LSD! That Surprised Me Because I Had Not Bought any LSD From Street Vendors... and I Had Not Eaten any LSD... BUT IT WAS UNMISTAKABLE!  

That Particular Concert was EPIC because There was a Thunder and Lightning Rainstorm and The Football Field Turned Into a Sea of MUD... There Were People Running and Diving and Sliding... Just Like they Did in the Movie "Woodstock." I Danced in the Mud but Did Not Slide...


After the Show I Did a "Power Walk" Just Like Carlos Castaneda and don Juan Did in those Books... I Took a Step, and Experienced Everything There Was to Know about That Particular Location... and When I Had GROKKED It Fully... I Took Another Step... and Experienced Everything There Was to Know about That Particular Location... SO... What Happened Was... I walked Extremely Slowly All the Way to the Car... and People were Streaming Past Me "Rapidly." - It Was Like a Scene from the Movie "Koyaanisqatsi" - and Some People Were Laughing and Pointing... "Watch OUT! That Guy Is Moving REALLY FAST! Danger Danger! He'll Knock You Right Over!" - In Fact: Deadheads are SILLY PEOPLE! 

Speaking of Washington DC...

I learned how to Play DEAL by the Grateful Dead on my Acoustic Guitar... and It's One of My Favorite Songs to Sing and Play in Public... One time I was in LAFAYETTE PARK right across from the White House and One of The Homeless People I Was Singing For said... "I Really Like that song about a DEER." - Misunderstood Lyrics... So Common...  On the other Hand, One Lady Did Not Care for GOLDEN ROAD because the Lyric "She's a Neon Light Diamond, She Can Live on the Street." Doesn't Amuse People That Are Actually Living on the Street...

I Loved Going to Lafayette Park Because There Were Endless Protests Going On There... No Nukes! and Anti-War! and Random Other Causes Were Attracted to That Location. During the Gulf War of George Bush the Father I Played The Big Marching Band Bass Drum in a Drum Circle Designed to DISTURB HIS SLEEP and Remind Him That We The People Were NOT HAPPY With His War... A Man Named "Kodiak" Owned the Bass Drum but he was Tired of Standing and Holding it Up... They are Heavy! So He Asked Me to Play It For a While...  and I also Played a Paddle Drum with Buddhist Monks There... They Played a VERY STRANGE and COMPLEX Rhythm... I asked Why and They Said It Requires the Drummer to FOCUS Their Mind - a Technique Useful in Meditation... 

Read More of My Autobiography at: 

American History: The US Military Built an Air Force Base in Saudi Arabia to Help Fight the First War Against Iraq. Then After the War Was Over the US Air Force KEPT THE BASE OPEN... Because... Why Not? It's a Great Location for Making Bombing Runs to The Entire Middle East... Or Spying Flights... Anyway... Osama bin Laden Was Angered by Americans Invading HIS Country and Never Leaving... He Was So Mad About This That He Got Revenge by Having His People Fly Airplanes into The World Trade Center on 9/11/2001. It Has Been Asked: WHY DO THEY HATE US? and The Answer is: Because We Invaded Their Country and Never Left. The Answer is NOT "Because They Hate our Freedom." - That's "Spun" Propaganda Written by Professional Liars That Work for the CIA... Did You Know That the WORD "BRAINWASHING" was Invented By The CIA? They Employ Countless Writers To Create Believable Stories to Mislead the Public... and Publish Them in Newspapers Worldwide... and on the TV & Radio... Most Famously the "Voice of America" with a Broadcast Station Located in Europe and Antennas Pointed at Russia... Broadcasting "PRAVDA!" For the People to Hear! The Message is "Our Guys are Red Hot, Your Guys Ain't Diddly Squat!" OR... Our Way of Life is Dramatically Better Than Yours... Overthrow Your Government!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_withdrawal_from_Saudi_Arabia

"Since Saudi Arabia houses the holiest sites in Islam (Mecca and Medina), a number of Muslims, including Bin Laden and his supporters, were outraged at the permanent presence of non-Muslim U.S. military personnel. The continued presence of U.S. troops after the Gulf War in Saudi Arabia was also one of the stated motivations behind the September 11th terrorist attacks[1]" 


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Great Book: "It's Better than it Looks: Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear" by Gregg Easterbrook

https://www.amazon.com/Its-Better-Than-Looks-Optimism/dp/161039741X
Most people who read the news would tell you that 2017 is one of the worst years in recent memory. We're facing a series of deeply troubling, even existential problems: fascism, terrorism, environmental collapse, racial and economic inequality, and more.

Yet this narrative misses something important: by almost every meaningful measure, the modern world is better than it ever has been. In the United States, disease, crime, discrimination, and most forms of pollution are in long-term decline, while longevity and education keep rising and economic indicators are better than in any past generation. Worldwide, malnutrition and extreme poverty are at historic lows, and the risk of dying by war or violence is the lowest in human history.

https://www.ploughshares.org/world-nuclear-stockpile-report 

Nine countries in the world possess a total of 14,900 nuclear weapons. The United States and Russia account for 93 percent of them. Since their peak in the mid-1980’s, global arsenals have shrunk by over two-thirds. More countries have given up weapons and programs in the past 30 years than have tried to acquire them. The direction is positive, but when you are fleeing a forest fire it is not just direction but speed that matters. Ploughshares Fund is committed to reducing nuclear threats before it is too late.

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