From the mind of critic: “If this is the season of our discontent, couldn’t it also be the season of our contentment? Do all the signs point to the destruction of how we think, feel and act, completely changing the fabric of who we are, and changing the trajectory of our evolution? Or have there always been signs and symbols that point in different directions, and we could choose to see them as driving us downhill, or see them as unknown and simply driving us in a different direction than we expected, but one in which we see the opportunity to make the positive changes we have always dreamed of? The blatantly overt changes we face haven’t been this apparent since the 60s. The possibilities for wholesale change with our system of government and how we conduct ourselves as a country is extremely high. Seeing presidential rules being thrown out the window on a whim or a tweet, conflicts of interest dissapearing as a concept, multiple departments of government eliminated, vast swaths of basic life functions privatized, press freedoms squashed and definitive facism ushered in, is now completely within the realm of possibilities. However, all the dreams of the extreme far right coming true gives us an opportunity to make the positive change we have only imagined. The uglyness, hate and divisivness that has always simmered under the surface, is now above the surface and can be smacked down and put away. We have the chance to stand up and fight for what we believe in, because the vault of power that has held sway for eons knows it’s losing it’s grip, and will fight tooth and nail to hang on. Life is all about perception, how we view people and events, whether wepicture ourselves living within a facist state, or a truly democratic one. Our future is up to us, do we wanna create or destroy, it is as simple as that” 🙂