Reefer and Other Madness
This playful new photo essay was published in Counter Arts today at 4:20 GMT. (Thanks, Sadie!)
So. . .
Light up a “j” and we’ll be on our way.
Or eat up that edible and come see things incredible.
Go have a vape and check out this landscape.
However you consume you’ll go vroom-vroom. Etc.
Everybody Must Get Stoned (in NYC) | by aleXander hirka | Counter Arts | Jul, 2024 | Medium
Manhattan’s Metastasizing Marijuana Mayhem
Another view of New York City — from my life/art partner Tammy.
New York City: Not Funny Ha Ha. It’s more funny peculiar | by Remington Write | Weeds & Wildflowers | Jun, 2024 | Medium
It’s more funny peculiar
And then, but seriously folks . . .
This excerpt from a piece by Caitlin Johnstone speaks to the struggles I feel myself facing lately.
“Every time, at every turn, power wins and the people lose.
After a while it starts to feel like you're bashing your head against an immovable object.
Some people fall down after a few hard bashes. Some don't get back up again. Others keep bashing away, becoming harder and harder and more and more miserable and neurotic the longer they go at it. [I.]
And most people don't even know any of this is happening, that's what can really make it hard. You talk to your loved ones about what you're seeing and they just get uncomfortable or look at you like you're crazy. They don't see the problems you're pointing to because none of the places they're getting their information from tell them it's happening, because the powerful control those information sources.
And it sucks. No matter how you slice it, it sucks. It sucks watching this massive juggernaut slowly devour your world and see everyone's attempts to stop it fail, and to have most people in your life not understand it or even see what it is you're pointing to.
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