[NetBehaviour] Gaza

[Edward Picot]

Paul,

Thanks for posting that link. I found it really helpful.

Edward


On 05/12/2023 00:08, Paul Hertz via NetBehaviour wrote:
> In a war where generational trauma haunts all parties, it is extremely 
> difficult to see a way forward for peace. Nevertheless, I would offer 
> this link to a recent text by Mushon Zer-Aviv, which addresses that 
> question.
>
> https://medium.com/@mushon/your-empathy-is-killing-us-1a50a4fc0488
>
> I can't remember if Mushon is on NetBehaviour. I know him from the 
> Upgrade! list and meeting him in Skopje (I think Ana Valdés was there 
> too?), and have followed his words for some years. Never before have 
> they seemed so cogent or necessary. And I am moved more by the picture 
> at the end of his text than by the words, speaking to the generational 
> project that may be the only way forward from the deep set memory of 
> trauma, the flight or fight or freeze response, the parochial empathy, 
> the taking of sides, willy-nilly.
>
> There is more that I have been mulling over, but let me leave you 
> first with Mushon's words.
>
> paz,
>
> Paul
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 3, 2023 at 10:26 PM Alan Sondheim via NetBehaviour 
> <netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote:
>
>
>
>     Gaza
>
>     https://youtu.be/Yda-c_4agZA (saz)
>
>     it's impossible to comprehend what is occurring in Gaza,
>     impossible to think through the violence and destruction,
>     through the continuous cruelty. we don't think clearly,
>     perhaps not at all, impossible but occurring, absent here
>     but there, but continuous, but incessant, what is to come
>     everywhere our abject fear, our fear is safe _here,_ it
>     is our fear to own from _this_ distance, this safety.
>     we did years ago have ongoing discussions on email lists
>     set up for that purpose, war, violence, testimony. now we
>     have our _safe nightmares_ as cruelty spreads everywhere.
>     perhaps everything falls short of weeping, of our safety
>     here, perhaps not. inside we were napalm not real here
>     we are irreal bombardment, accounts, disasters, bodies,
>     limbs, massacres, children, infants, so many civilians,
>     we have the duty here now of _thinking inconceivability_
>     to respond with art, music, writings, analyses, otherwise
>     than _there,_ in different words _here_ and not _there,_
>     the safety of the aporia, the moment of the trench
>     adjacent to the cusp. i contribute this long-necked saz
>     piece, i am useless, we watch the war inside of us, we
>     survive in the safety, for now, of our bodies, our minds
>     elsewhere, no where at all, the world inconceivable, lost
>
>     it'simpossibletocomprehendwhatisoccurringinGaza,
>     impossibletothinkthroughtheviolenceanddestruction,
>     throughthecontinuouscruelty.wedon'tthinkclearly,
>     perhapsnotatall,impossiblebutoccurring,absenthere
>     butthere,butcontinuous,butincessant,whatistocome
>     everywhereourabjectfear,ourfearissafe_here,_it
>     isourfeartoownfrom_this_distance,thissafety.
>     wedidyearsagohaveongoingdiscussionsonemaillists
>     setupforthatpurpose,war,violence,testimony.nowwe
>     haveour_safenightmares_ascrueltyspreadseverywhere.
>     perhapseverythingfallsshortofweeping,ofoursafety
>     here,perhapsnot.insidewewerenapalmnotrealhere
>     weareirrealbombardment,accounts,disasters,bodies,
>     limbs,massacres,children,infants,somanycivilians,
>     wehavethedutyherenowof_thinkinginconceivability_
>     torespondwithart,music,writings,analyses,otherwise
>     than_there,_indifferentwords_here_andnot_there,_
>     thesafetyoftheaporia,themomentofthetrench
>     adjacenttothecusp.icontributethislong-neckedsaz
>     piece,iamuseless,wewatchthewarinsideofus,we
>     surviveinthesafety,fornow,ofourbodies,ourminds
>     elsewhere,nowhereatall,theworldinconceivable,lost
>     */the hurry/*
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