“Social activists are also prone to Doing in a dissociated way. After all, we are products of our society and it isn’t easy to change such a deeply ingrained pattern of Doing. In addition, we often feel an urgency to accomplish as much as possible because of the destructive momentum of our current society. There is a trap in this. We often ignore our relationships with each other while organizing meetings. We forget the depths of our souls while pressuring people, institutions, corporations, and governments to wake up. When we do these things, we are acting partly out of the same mindset that produced many of our problems in the first place. If we approach social change in this way, we may prevent some of the worst abuses, but we won’t really be able to transform society.”

- Jay Earley

upon leaving Miami:

while i was in miami, i pulled my record player out of the closet and got to listen to albums that i hadn’t heard in the better part of a year. American Football and Jason Anderson got played over and over. they are just too fitting. and now, sadly, i don’t have either on my computer. that shall be rectified.

someday i’ll post more than lyrics, but, for now, they speak to my feelings infinitely more than i ever could. this song is appropriate to leaving both austin and miami. at the end of my trip, this is how i feel.

i’m thinking about
leaving
and how i should say
goodbye
with a handshake
or an embrace
a kiss on the cheek
or possibly all three

well maybe i’ve been wrong
maybe my intentions
are irrelevant
but honestly it’s just not for me
we’ve both been so unhappy
so let’s just see
what happens
when the summer ends