Today's Exploration: When Potatoes are Outlawed Because they have the Word POT in their Name

 I have been observing state politics lately and what I have found is unsettling:  Legislators will not vote for policy proposals in this state that can be construed as green, pro-woman, or anti-corruption.  Why?  because even if the outcome is utilitarian they are afraid to move beyond conservative religious based paradigms.  

So what is/are the pathway(s) beyond this political impasse?

1) How bout' disguising the language used in green, pro-woman, and anti-corruption legislation to avoid those terms and thus pass bills that promote these ideals without explicitly saying so?

2)  What if we revolted and talked to progressive lawmakers about doing really crazy things like reversing the role call in committee votes so the super-majority did not always set the tenor of voting?

3) How bout'  consistent streams of protest to call into question the rationale for the exclusion of so many great ideas? 

So far I have been working on re-fining the practice of nuancing the language to have broad appeal and disguising what appears to be the unsavory goals of energy efficient buildings, increasing women's right to choose, and holding public officials accountable for their abuses of power.  WHAT ARE YOUR IDEAS?

The Goal:  To Achieve a Space for Exploration of Ideas, Sentiments, and Possiblilities.

I am the mother of two children and I have found that this identification has opened up possibilities, but also limited the scope of the spheres I inhabit.  I sometimes do dishes, or laundry and think about how to affect a change in this world.  I know that everyday forms of resistance and action are key.  But I also feel a seismic shift in the political systems that shape cultural reality and I want to increase my cognizance of these changes as well as participate.  I want to have my eyes wide open rather than sinking into apathy and alienation.  

When I went RAW I felt like I was living a revolution.  Getting in touch.  What I felt and sensed was magnificent and terrifying.  When I wrote and taught in grad school I felt like I was moving through the thin veils of manufactured being and reaching for the uncapturable to hold for a minute to alternate options of reality.  Now, I sometimes feel life moving, but I am numb to its direction, I am riding, but not driving.  HOW DO I CHOOSE PROGRESSIVE PATHWAYS FOR ME, MY FAMILY, AND MY COMMUNITY?  That is the theme(s) this blog will explore.