My profile theme of turtles reflects a very vivid dream I had once in which I was observing a molting turtle with the head of a human infant. This creature was entirely the brilliant light green shade of a new sprout, i.e., the color of new life, & it had the most beatific smile on its face. In the dream, I thought it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen, & I wanted to take it home & care for it. However, all the other observers thought it was a freak of nature & wanted to destroy it.
Also, my profile pic. is from an old Italian periodical I was cataloging at work (I'm a librarian), & it immediately caught my eye, because I'm an Aries born in the Year of the Tiger -- a "tiger ram," I often joke, with claws fangs AND horns, so, watch out! (8-{p>> -- and here was a pic. of a "tiger ram" being used to sell chamomile tea in an old Italian magazine! (It can soothe the savage beast, I guess!)
My Philosophy
spiritual anarchism
What Gives Me Hope
Individuals
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by
PATRIOTISM, n. 1) The inability to distinguish between the government and one's "country"; 2) A highly praiseworthy virtue characterized by the desire to dominate and kill; 3) A feeling of exultation experienced when contemplating heaps of charred "enemy" corpses; 4) The first, last, and perennial refuge of scoundrels.
PATRIOT, n. A dangerous tool of the powers that be. A herd member who compensates for lack of self-respect by indentifying with an abstraction. An enemy of individual freedom. A fancier of the rich, satisfying flavor of boot leather.
-- from The American Heretic's Dictionary edited by Chaz Bufe (See Sharp Press)