A Quick Glance Backwards, a Hard Look Ahead
I try to take the start of every year to sit back and look at what I have been doing — and what I want to do.
In 2022 I wrote 47 stories/essays on Medium.
There is still time to read a few. . . .
aleXander hirka – Medium
Read writing from aleXander hirka on Medium. Writer, visual artist, philosopher, autodidact, curmudgeon. More than half of what i do is make believe. https://alexanderhirka.nyc.
I created this large art piece for the Burning Man event in August, as well as numerous other smaller pieces throughout the year.
“I Can’t Wake Up (Looking for One Honest Man)” on Behance
2023
While stepping back from all social media, I have also set aside my word-smithery for a while.
Although already something hairy is in the works.
A few visual art pieces have emerged.
This latest one — "Bishop Genet" — is an homage to writer Jean Genet.
If you are unaware of this novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist, you can read the wiki — HERE.
We are living through some scary times, with corruption spreading like weeds in all directions.
The craft of propaganda, which serves the racketeers, is getting ever more deviously sly and powerful.
Take a few minutes to read Major General Smedley Buther's brief 1935 essay — "The War Racket"— to help you see through the smoke and mirrors ahead. HERE
When I am the king of the world this will be required reading.
Thank you for reading.
I wish you all health and an abundance of joy and Awe in this new year.
AleXander
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