An artist named Tonika Todorova has made a beautiful video with a reading of my poem Future Generations (If There Are Future Generations) for her platform Visceral Adventure. Check it out: The Substack for Visceral Adventure is here and the website is
Impressive. This is anti-propaganda—Truth presented through Art and Beauty.
It succeeds where so many clever “imitations” fail. The imitations fail because what they present is not actually Beauty, but only cheap imitations of Beauty, namely, emotional appeals, and the novelty of “effects,” like much popular and contemporary art.
The real thing is so much more edifying, interesting, and beautiful.
Looking forward to more of these great multimedia productions.
Deeply moving video. Still crying even as I type this. True art has the power to change the world for the better. Anyone who watches that video will be forever changed by it.
The age old struggle in every single one of us, “God vs Satan”! We are in an incessant 24/7 War and the enemy does not sleep! What is coming upon this earth is like nothing ever before nor ever will again! Time to look up because Redemption Draws Nigh! The Night is far Spent! We have been Given Freely the Way of which none of us ever deserved but there is no Greater Love in all of Existence! Grace has given us what we don’t deserve and Mercy has spared us what we rightfully deserve! Come Lord Jesus, Come… God Bless 💝
Wow! I only very rarely like poetry, but I didn't notice a word amiss. The visuals really enhanced the experience. It would have been easy for them to feel like a sequential illustration of each concept, but no - they added a lot.
We had a choice after WWII; build an economy that benefits the many, or an economy that benefited the few. You can guess which one we chose.
Impressive. This is anti-propaganda—Truth presented through Art and Beauty.
It succeeds where so many clever “imitations” fail. The imitations fail because what they present is not actually Beauty, but only cheap imitations of Beauty, namely, emotional appeals, and the novelty of “effects,” like much popular and contemporary art.
The real thing is so much more edifying, interesting, and beautiful.
Looking forward to more of these great multimedia productions.
Incredibly profound and beautiful. Thank you, Caitlin.
Aim Low To Aim High
How delicious is simply water,
When your stores stack sodas to the wretched ceiling,
When your workers aren’t viewed as people who need to use the bathroom,
When properties stand empty because that’s valuable,
When every meal, every purchase, is an extension of the ego,
And not a single commodity ever fills the void,
Which is largely the point.
How badly do you need that cup of sugar,
And when did we stop asking each other for it.
How beautiful is simply life,
How relieving to jump in a pool,
And have a toilet you can go to.
There’s a place you can do it that makes you a criminal.
There’s a place you can do it that makes you civilized.
But don’t do it on my time.
Spend what I transform yours into at less than what you put in on this soda.
And drink it before it gets hot.
You can’t address a crisis without first knowing where the money will come from,
Nothing can be done for its own sake,
Not even saving the world.
How much of the consumer’s anguish is in feeling they don’t enjoy enough,
An unhappy person sits around on a weekend and feels they’re wasting their life,
While other folks in the same affluent nation don’t have potable water,
And a pointless person writes a poem about it.
How much is it the ego that actually separates us,
Like the ritual of exchanging digits for what I need to survive?
How much is it this identity you’ve foisted on me
That makes the recognition of one human being to another
Totally obscure?
There’s a heatwave,
I’m simply sitting around
But at least I can take cold showers,
I can drink a glass of water.
To think there was one day we all shared things with each other,
To think it’s possible to at least get through the day,
Let alone attain to the most basic level of socialism.
There is something you will never enjoy,
That is nonetheless worth aiming at it
Existing one day in such profusion
It was as ubiquitous as the sea.
Deeply moving video. Still crying even as I type this. True art has the power to change the world for the better. Anyone who watches that video will be forever changed by it.
Profoundly moving. Here come those tears again.
Excellent. Great collaboration. Well matched visuals with the timbre of the reading.
Thank you. ♥️🙏
Some of us can see... I want to see...
Wiping away the tears as I'm experiencing a bit of catharsis over here.
Beautiful, Caitlin and Tonika
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The age old struggle in every single one of us, “God vs Satan”! We are in an incessant 24/7 War and the enemy does not sleep! What is coming upon this earth is like nothing ever before nor ever will again! Time to look up because Redemption Draws Nigh! The Night is far Spent! We have been Given Freely the Way of which none of us ever deserved but there is no Greater Love in all of Existence! Grace has given us what we don’t deserve and Mercy has spared us what we rightfully deserve! Come Lord Jesus, Come… God Bless 💝
A New Dimension to a Meaningful Life
Studies suggest that appreciating beauty in the everyday may be just as powerful as a sense of overarching purpose
Beautiful!! Thank you so much Tonika for putting Caitlin's words to a wonderful visual background and music.
Beautiful, but terribly sad, with a glimmer of hope. That's what I'll hang on to.
Wow! I only very rarely like poetry, but I didn't notice a word amiss. The visuals really enhanced the experience. It would have been easy for them to feel like a sequential illustration of each concept, but no - they added a lot.
I am no wordsmith, on the other hand, I see!
I was more impressed than this sounds.