Disrupt
Disrupt featured today in the fabulous Core (C.O.R.E) 27-2-09
Disrupt belongs to the following groups:
! 100% !, All Out Emotion, All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Anger Management, Core [C.O.R.E], Creative, Talented, and Unknown, Freedom to Shine, Live, Love, Dream: , Masterpieces: Literary Workshop, Midnight Ramblers, Something To Say, The Art of Pain, The Healing Journey, THE SISTERHOOD, The true beauty, Up & Coming Writers and Who are YOU to Judge?Don’t come near me unless you want to be disrupted.
I will:
Upturn a cliche and write it to a new form
Eradicate generalisation and turn it specific
Challenge a belief system if your face is sad
Think from different perspectives always…
Look at one feeling, idea, person from multiple points of view at once
Break apart binaries good/bad right/wrong that imprison our minds
Turn objectivity to subjectivity and then reverse it
Unpack revolutionary, anarchist, activist, environmentalist…..creative
Bounce from one archetype to another from muse to vampire thanks Jung
Shatter expectation if it is judgemental and cruel
Surprise with imagination and odyssey travelled
Thrive with encouragement and inspiration
Question our wired generation
Devastate prejudice and bias that hurts others
Advocate freedom and fight for love, honour, decency and respect.
Look through lens of post structural, scientific, modern, psychological
and head towards Neo Post or Beyond the Post…
Research from Foucault to Derrida to Decartes to Hegel to Jung to Freud
Think creatively, innovatively, strategically, laterally and emotionally
Live on the edge, the fringe, from the inside, the outside and be free
Do what you don’t expect….
...because I have been told since I was a little girl that I
think too much… ‘Leave your mind behind next time’
They said to me:
You feel too much
You are too much because not only can you think you can feel too much…
Your too intense
(Did they think these words would silence me…remove my voice…
stop my mind…)
Too much for Who?
Too much for What?
Too much for You?
Too much too much too much
Much too much
Makes me want to scream…too much.
I will:
Disrupt
Dismantal
Unpack
Challenge
Reconstruct
Recreate
As long as my mind is free and my voice can speak and my heart can
feel I will disrupt death in life, cruelty to others and intolerance
of difference. And live full and free to my last breath.
Too much….......never :)
Anthea Slade 21-2-09
Shoaib .
wow that is freaking brilliant writing !!!
Anthea Slade replied
Oh Shoaib what a beautiful compliment. Means a lot coming from such a great writer. Thank you.
Les Smutz
Wonderful writing, Anthea! Go bravely forth!
Anthea Slade replied
Ah Les…I feel courage to push the boundaries of my imagination and see what will come forth. Thank you.
bev langby
oh my u rock gurlfren this is wonderful …......
Anthea Slade replied
Oh Bev thank you for such wonderful words. You made me smile :)
Ken Eccles
What a lovely, proudly defiant, unfettered mission statement to take on the world with, to scrape away the greys and beiges, to reveal the rainbow just beneath all facets of philosophy, theology, art, humanity, science.
Nicely done Anthea! If only people used their pallette knives to scrape off the crud of conformity rather than smoothing it down, how wonderful would our world be?
Anthea Slade replied
Oh I love what you have written here Ken…to scrape away the grey and beiges to reveal the rainbow just beneath all the facets of…Yes…Amen…I could not agree more Ken. And yes I whole heartedly agree that this world be a wonderful place if we could scrape off the crud of conformity rather then smoothing it down. Wow this is perfect and I see that you understand the intent and belief and passion behind my notion of disrupt. Thank you so much Ken for another inspired and inspirational response to my poetry/art.
Sally Omar
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xoxoxoxoxoox
Anthea Slade replied
Oh Sally thank you so very much for great response to Disrupt.
ufosIsee
Like Bon Jovi said its my life… Damn that was a great treat before bed time…
Anthea Slade replied
Yeh Bon Jovi definitely had it right Ufoslee. And am glad you could enjoy Disrupt before you went to bed. Thank you for your wonderful comments. I really enjoy them.
Astoreth
yikes Anthea…..this is absolutely brilliant girl!!!! xx
Anthea Slade replied
Astoreth thank you so much for your gorgeous compliment. Made me smile. xx
Antanas
great work
Anthea Slade replied
Antanas thank you so very much I am very pleased that you like Disrupt.
sandraellen
ANTHEA…............This is BRILLIANT…i do not know what to say…...far out!!
sandra :())
Anthea Slade replied
Sandra what a lovely compliment. Thank you so much for your great feedback on Distrupt.
Renate Dartois
Stunning words Anthea-a crusader fighting for the rights the prejudices the injustices the cruelties in this world-being told it cannot be done-but knowing inside that we each have to follow our own path regardless-only we can give peace to our heart.
Anthea Slade replied
Oh thanks Renate for wonderful words…I did feel like a crusader when I was writing this piece. I just love what you have written and I agree when we follow our own path and inner voice we do have peace in our hearts. Above all to thine own self be true a wise writer once said. His name was William :)
Roz McQuillan
Another brilliant and thoughtful piece of writing, my friend! never stop thinking and feeling!
Anthea Slade replied
I can never stop thinking and feeling my friend it is the way that I am wired and even if it is too much for some it is not too much for me and for those who are true friends like you. I am so happy that you like Disrupt…your encouragement means so much to me.
bev langby
I had to return Anthea your words are so me also , im the one who always challenges in the family not content to let things go, although im slowing down somewhat but im glad there are others like me who care enough to take a stand and bugger them all…........peace is good but at what price….....
Anthea Slade replied
Oh thank you for re-visiting Disrupt my friend. I am so glad you can relate to this piece. Like you I have always been inner directed and driven and have paid attention to this through my life…and am prepared to make a stand for what I believe…and challenge things that I feel are causing pain and destruction. It seems I can’t help but challenge…I have done this since a child and now as an artist, writer and trainer I can’t stop. Sometimes keeping status quo is too high a price and it is crying out to be disrupted…so positive change and transformation can occur. Something like an alchemist. Have you read that book? I love your thoughtful comment my friend and am glad you returned to this poem.
bev langby
Thanks Anthea and yes i have read that book and love to read but i dont have a way with words as u do , i envy u that , i also speak through my art in my own way ….... a way that makes me happy, my art is like my books really, my escape …...........
Anthea Slade replied
Ah yes sometimes art and imagery can speak more then words and you speak powerfully and beautifully through your art. Your art is amazing…I enjoy each upload. And I understand about escape as I too escape into my imagination through my art and writing. Reading also transports me to other worlds.
Ushna Sardar
Excellent Anth sweetheart! XO
Anthea Slade replied
Wow thanks so much Ushna for the feature. This is a wonderful and welcome surprise. I was woken from sleep at 4 am this morning and checked my RedBubble and discovered this feature. Disrupt is straight from my heart so this means a lot. xx
Tammera
CONGRATULATION ON OUR FEATURE…
IF I MAY…A QUOTE FROM GEROGE BERNARD SHAW…
Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
HURRAY FOR YOU TO STAY AWAY RISIST AND FIGHT THOSE WHO “CANNOT CHANGE ANYTING”....YOU WITH YOUR ABILITY TO SEE ARE ABLE!!!
Anthea Slade replied
Oh thank you so much Tammera for your inpirational comment. George Bernard Shaw was spot in this quote. I feel very inspired to meet my day with your wonderful encouragement. Feels great to be featured in Core (C.O.R.E).
Vasile Stan
Darling Anthea, I comment now at last, after you got all the glory and so well deserved attention: first off, big congrats on being featured in CORE.. and if it’s still worth something, here’s my take on your amazingly powerful poem:
I feel that this poem is your CV of substance, a manifesto of your spirit and strength of character. You have definitely disrupted my state of mental fluidity (read: “crying with my mind”) and my educated sensorial censorship (don’t read more here!). You are coming so strong on the very side of the mountain I love to climb… I think you know what I mean! Don’t stop!. Ever.
Anthea Slade replied
Oh dear Vasile thank you so much for your stunning comment and your words have gone directly and powerfully to my soul. I have already read your comment a number of times and each reading makes me feel happy in my heart. Your words…’CV of substance, a manifesto of your spirit and strength of character…and you have disrupted my state of mental fluidity (read:’crying with my mind’)’ touches my soul very deeply and I do know what you mean and I won’t stop ever. You have written a beautiful and powerful comment that I will remember always… Yes it was wonderful to receive recognition from the CORE group in the feature of Disrupt…it certainly disrupted my week in the most beautiful way possible :) Thank you so much for writing these beautiful words on my poem Disrupt… dear Vasile your words move me so much.
JonoCarrick
Amazing!
Anthea Slade replied
Jono thank you so much for lovely comment and favourite of Disrupt.
Medusa
Anthea, I’m lost for words… You are a Genius…
Mx
Anthea Slade replied
Medusa what a beautiful comment…so deeply touched by your response to Disrupt. These words are directly from my core. Thank you so much.
Elucidate
Wow, powerful writing. Your words are charged with emotion.
Anthea Slade replied
Thank you for your beautiful comment on Disrupt. So glad you can feel the emotion in this one.
JonoCarrick
Wow Anthea! This one blew me away! So intellectually powerful!
Anthea Slade replied
Oh thank you my friend for accepting Disrupt and great comment. I think this one is still one of my most intense poems…along with Insane or Wired or Brilliant?
JonoCarrick
(I know I read it before! But I like to comment things I add to the group…lol)
Anthea Slade replied
I love to receive all your comments Jono…you encourage me greatly.
JonoCarrick
Strangely enough, I find a lot of your work intense! Even the one’s you won’t necessarily classify as intense – I would because they contain so much passion and sensuality.
Anthea Slade replied
Oh Jono thank you so much…I guess passion and sensuality are very intense feelings. And you are so right my friend…there is a lot of that ingredient in my poems. Another insightful comment from you that inspires me.
Cassey
Great stuff! Individualism – not always popular but who cares!
Anthea Slade replied
Yeh…it isn’t always popular…but I think being true to our inner voice is even more important then being popular :) Thanks Cassidy…I love your comment.
Rhinovangogh
This is an anthem for the brilliant among us who can and do use both sides of thier heads. The tortured questions of a life among brutes leaves one (or so I imagine) relegated to a life of frustration. Zen is always the answer at least for me.Forgiving oneself ; allowing oneself the ability to be all that the flesh is heir to… One need not apologize for what one is. One wastes energy demanding that the world understand what one is. Yaddah yaddah, I have said too much. Love your writing. RVG
Anthea Slade replied
Amen RVG…wow I so love your engagement with Disrupt…and your words so elegantly stated…it is an anthem to those who can use both sides of their heads…we can be catalysts and rupture set thinking patterns that create ruts and open up options and opportunities for new ways of seeing, thinking and feeling for ourselves and for others. Zen is wonderful mode of being and have read on this topic. Disruptors need not apologise for their difference…after all just being is enough if one is true to their inner core….RVG…I love how you think and your wonderful responses to my writing. Thank you so very much. Anthea
jacqleen
You’re MY KIND of A GIRL…..............and I so agree…..TOO MUCH FOR WHO??? FOR WHAT???
Too MUCH…......NEVER!!! Loved every word and it’s passion …from the beginning to the END!
Love your writings!!!
Anthea Slade replied
Oh thank you Jacqleen for brilliant engagement with my poem Disrupt. I can see and feel from your words that relate to the passion and essence of my poem. Too Much….Never. Indeed. Amen. Your response brings joy to my soul. Anthea
skinnyman
wonderful stuff, full on, in your face, this is me like it or lump it, dare you take me on? Watch out for sensitive souls!!
Anthea Slade replied
Yes indeed skinnyman…watch our for us sensitive souls. Your response is beautiful and I love your interpretation of Disrupt. This is my inner voice speaking and it just flowed out like this from my essence. Anthea
kevinmawson
Extreamly well written! a Tornado with a heart!!!!!!!!!!
km.
Anthea Slade replied
Wow km…I love this a tornado of the heart….yes that is what Disrupt is…so glad you like
this poem. as
Charles Kohnen
Absolutely Brilliant!!! Great work – Just kept reading it over and over again – Love it!!!
Anthea Slade replied
Oh Charles thank you so much for this brilliant comment…so thrilled that you love it enough to reread it. Your comment makes a wonderful start to my Sunday. Also thank you for the favourite and adding me to your watchlist. Anthea
Anthea Slade
Thank you lace wren for favouriting Disrupt. This means a lot to me.