Mullsay the Zine
Mulling over particular pieces of writing and then saying your ideas is a democratic initiative of Mullsay the Zine.
Friday, March 17, 2023
"the way to the moon"... a poem
Friday, March 3, 2023
"Can Do"... an arrangement of thought
Monday, February 20, 2023
"the way to a new life"... a poem
Sunday, February 19, 2023
"the way to impossible"... a poem
Thursday, February 2, 2023
"i'm so glad the sun came out"... a poem
Saturday, January 28, 2023
"the way to discover"... a poem
"the peace of mind"... a poem
"the elder"... a poem
"observation and remark"... a poem
"a reason for hope"... a poem
Thursday, January 26, 2023
"the leopard's song"... a poem
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
"the quest frame"... a poem
is in her look, she knows she just might reach out,
make the knowledge hers, she knows she could
she's just wondering what he'd think if he found out.
the palm tree near the box of squares
seemed so appetising when she led him there
he left without any cares- knowing he'd go back
to make the knowledge his, but that was tacit between them.
he found out forbidden things, like how to make
the fruit ring, or how to do bigfoot to little kids,
make him so happy, he was so glad,
if only she knew- she would have went right in.
fourtantly, he followed her in, and said,
will you go in? she didn't know if he was serious,
but he reached right in and handed it to her,
she read the whole thing, and didn't regret a thing.
Wednesday, January 4, 2023
"the way to the light"... a poem
in the time of year
that the mountain appears
i will be standing right there
without any cares
Tuesday, December 27, 2022
The Urgent Need to Free Immigrants from Detention Centers
It is a colossal injustice that so many innocent people are being held against their will by the U.S. government. Should you be locked up for where you place your feet? That should belong to a bygone age.
- Ryan Ventriloquist
"magic"... a poem
Sunday, December 25, 2022
Taylor’s Christmas Present
For Taylor Swift’s Christmas present, by her request, I am dedicating every poem I have ever written and every poem I will ever write to her.
- Ryan Ventriloquist
Monday, December 19, 2022
The People of a Democracy
Written by Ryan Ventriloquist
Democracy starts and ends with the people. The people of a representative democracy elect their leaders into place, into positions that serve the people. The people initiate the governing process and the governing process acts to fulfill the needs of the people. In a good representative democracy, the needs of the people are communicated to the government by the people. The media apparatus and an informed citizenry hold the government accountable. The government serves to serve the people.
In order for a representative democracy to function well, it is a prerequisite that the people possess a good level of education. This is because they elect their leaders and inform the government about the issues at hand. It is necessary information related to current events and the governing institutions is related to the public by a vibrant media apparatus. And it is of the greatest benefit for a democracy when the people engage in robust, meaningful democratic exchange, that involves empathy, sympathy, and utter respect.
The people are the most important aspect of a representative democracy. In the hopes, yearnings, dreams, and ambitions of the American people lies their heart.
Mullsay dialogue—
Thank you for reading what I have shared with you here in this publication. I am sincerely grateful for your engagement in this democratic exchange of which I am presiding over. I ask you to take some concerted time to mull over this piece of writing and then to say your thoughts by responding to the following prompts (hence, Mullsay the Zine). And with as much earnestness and yearning, I ask you to read through carefully and consider the thoughts, ideas, affect, desires, concerns, and considerations of the various people who also put forth comments. If you have input you wish to offer that is not related to what I guide you through in prompts, I invite you to share it in the comments section that is located below the prompts. Please keep in mind, in democratic dialogue, it is of essential importance to be respectful and kind, thoughtful and peace-oriented.
What are the hopes, yearnings, dreams, and ambitions of the American people?
How can the government best account for the needs of marginalised individuals?
by Ryan Ventriloquist
And I invite you to mull over additional thoughts related to this essay and offer your input in the comments section below.
Saturday, December 17, 2022
teia
teia is awesome for blu.
teia is good for blu.
teia is the best for blu.
teia is so wonderful too.
Thursday, December 15, 2022
part 3 of Taylor Swift's early Christmas present
The treasure chest shown above is from Ryan Ventriloquist to Taylor Swift for an early Christmas present. It is filled with coins from all over the world.
- Ryan Ventriloquist
part 2 of Taylor Swift's early Christmas present
Here are two brand new songs dedicated to Taylor Swift by Ryan Ventriloquist.
Taylor Swift's early Christmas present, part 1
Here are some more of them:
The Best Summer Of My Life (original version)
Marching Band Parade (Amnesty International Version)
Oh Darling Clementine (All Better)
- Ryan Ventriloquist
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Taylor's Birthday Present
Here is Taylor Swift's entire birthday present this year, made public by her request.
(All poems are dedicated to her.)
Part 1 of the early birthday present: click here
Part 2 of the early birthday present: click here
Part 3 of the early birthday present: click here
Next is part 4 of the early birthday present, which was delivered between December 2-12.
on a cliffside-hanging mountaintop introducing
cupid’s bow seaside, moon crescent idiomatic
with nothing for guessing, as the hound dog sprinted
to the teakettle distance, brewed for a longstanding,
spirited, uninterruptible acquiescence to skin and bone
and all the movements that make blu feel at home.
tiger rubbed his hand across the ruby ball and
it felt something strange, yet inspiring and promising
- breathe in quick glances and new chances
- that is just inkling on top of a sap tree
he knew she was coming home.
at the same time, tiea was out on a time crunch
delivering up karl rue’s primetime package
for just after lunch the day before
he said he wanted something more
so she put together in her handbag
a chess set and hour glass, for spilling
a meditation grasp of occasional somethings
just enough to meltdown to
she said she had enough of doing his laundry
and making him show up on time
that the foyer was left open with a large backwards
folding t.v. set on repeat, just so he could eat.
she enjoyed taking care of the elderly,
but she just wanted to spend time with blu.
Saturday, November 19, 2022
Thursday, November 3, 2022
A Path for Peace
A Path for Peace
Written by Ryan Ventriloquist
Russia, China, and the United States are presently undergoing a vying for power to be distinguished as the primary super-power, a position the United States has historically maintained since the end of the Second World War. There are struggles between nation-states over power dynamics regularly played out in the realm of capital, access to resources, prestige, territorial disputes, and military strength, which fundamentally affect the mental and emotional disposition of the global politic. By a rule, the human family has more peace of mind when there is more peace in the atmosphere. Rather than clenching our fists at one another, all too eager to fight in pursuit of nationalistic gain, why don't we come together, sit at the same table, and be grateful for what we have as we embrace our given existential circumstances where we can share Mother Earth?
There is growing tension between European nations and the United States with Russia, especially since that fateful day on February 24, 2022. It is too bad, because peace is, as always, at hand if we just lay down our arms and collectively ask ourselves: "What happened?" and proceed to form and foster friendships between nations, participate in ongoing dialogue regarding our respective cultures and values, work through historical traumas in peace and reconciliation committees, and forge a path toward a prosperous future.
With Russia positioned on the nexus of both Europe and Asia, it brings one to inquire: "Ought the East and West alike recognise Russia as a indisputable international partner, and as this recognition carries forth, ought both the United States and Chinese citizens look to points of political, cultural, and societal intersection, to fashion common ground, and with this common ground, find common values and perspectives, and, moreover, subsequently, use this exchange as a bridge for unfurling a similar exchange between the United States and Russia, and China and Russia, eventually carrying on this democratic dialogue to other nation-states such as Brazil, Vietnam, Pakistan, Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, and ultimately, ideally, all throughout the world?
Mullsay dialogue—
Thank you for reading what I have shared with you here in this publication. I am sincerely grateful for your engagement in this democratic exchange of which I am presiding over. I ask you to take some concerted time to mull over this piece of writing and then to say your thoughts by responding to the following prompts (hence, Mullsay the Zine). And with as much earnestness and yearning, I ask you to read through carefully and consider the thoughts, ideas, affect, desires, concerns, and considerations of the various people who also put forth comments. If you have input you wish to offer that is not related to what I guide you through in prompts, I invite you to share it in the comments section that is located below the prompts. Please keep in mind, in democratic dialogue, it is of essential importance to be respectful and kind, thoughtful and peace-oriented.
by Ryan Ventriloquist
And I invite you to mull over additional thoughts related to this essay and offer your input in the comments section below.
What is a philosopher?
What is a philosopher?
Written by
Ryan Ventriloquist
It
has become commonplace in the field of philosophy to focus on an area of
specialization, honing in on one specific element of the vast philosophical
terrain, and accounting for that as the philosophical enterprise. In what way
do we understand philosophy upon reaching learned knowledge of epistemology and
ontology when we lack a high level of understanding in ethics? How could we
assert to be philosophically acute when we know ethics and science of mind, but
lack in depth of understanding of ontology and epistemology? To know
philosophy, one needs to have a profound grasp on how the whole hangs together.
Alfred North Whitehead maintains, “Philosophy is the endeavor to frame a
coherent, logical, necessary system of general ideas in terms of which every
element of our experience can be interpreted.” This is essential to do, because
all of our moments in experience fundamentally hinge on our self-constructed
philosophical viewpoints on life. Philosophy is a pressing matter indeed. As
Lewis Vaughn writes at the beginning of his book, Philosophy Here and Now:
Powerful Ideas in Everyday Life, “philosophy is, well, here and now—that
is, relevant and current.” Just imagine all the ways our
interpretive meanings of moments, events, relationships, religion, morality—the
broad spectrum of experience—affect every moment we are transacting with the
lifeworld—that is, always. In order to harness experience, to understand the
nuanced, integral, and in depth realm of human nature, one needs to see her way
around the broad spectrum of existence in a philosophical manner.
Consider: I could be reflecting on
the way a child laughs while I see him flying a kite along the beach and he
sees seagulls flying above the kite. In order to grasp this experience, I have
an understanding of what a human being is, comprehend human development to make
sense of the phase of development the child is in, am aware of the emotion of
humor to see what constitutes the laughter, reflect insightfully on how the
East impacts the West in order to base my understanding of the kite, go through
a profound background in Biblical knowledge to order my experience of the
beach, grasp fine biological categories and distinction to make sense of the
seagull—and with all this integrate it into an entire philosophical framework
for understanding existence which generally functions pre-cognitively in
ordering and refining experience. The background of my culture affects this
experience, the way I was raised, the religion I subscribe to, my social
network, etc., and—first and foremost—how I make sense of these things—all of this
goes into that integration toward ordering and refining experience. In order to
truly be called a philosopher, I must know my way around all these considerations.
This goes with all experience. The philosopher carries in her handbag a holistic approach to understanding and making sense of experience. Literally, each moment we are living, we have an entire history of ideas, thoughts, experiences, relationships, and each of these contributes to what it is with what we are confronted. The philosopher pins these all down and brackets them to a well-constructed, nuanced whole in order to properly make sense of what comes their way. To understand epistemology without understanding ethics is not to be a philosopher. It is to be an epistemologists. To understand metaphysics without understanding logic is not to be a philosopher, it is to be a metaphysician. So on. A philosopher understands all these things, puts them together, arranges experience, and dwells in enlightenment.
Mullsay dialogue—
Thank you for reading what I have shared with you here in this publication. I am sincerely grateful for your engagement in this democratic exchange of which I am presiding over. I ask you to take some concerted time to mull over this piece of writing and then to say your thoughts by responding to the following prompts (hence, Mullsay the Zine). And with as much earnestness and yearning, I ask you to read through carefully and consider the thoughts, ideas, affect, desires, concerns, and considerations of the various people who also put forth comments. If you have input you wish to offer that is not related to what I guide you through in prompts, I invite you to share it in the comments section that is located below the prompts. Please keep in mind, in democratic dialogue, it is of essential importance to be respectful and kind, thoughtful and peace-oriented.
What does it mean to be a philosopher?
What are some ways one can open up the world of philosophy?
How has philosophy impacted your day-to-day affairs?
by Ryan Ventriloquist
And I invite you to mull over additional thoughts related to this essay and offer your input in the comments section below.
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
2 songs, rock on.
Friday, October 28, 2022
a poem- part 3 of the early birthday present
a song and a sesh- part 2 of the early birthday present
Here are two more recordings for Taylor Alison Swift's early birthday present.
2 songs- part 1 of the early birthday present
Here is an early birthday gift for Miss Taylor Alison Swift. Two songs to describe the thrill of the moment:
Thursday, October 27, 2022
here is some rock and roll
- Ryan Ventriloquist
Introduction by Ryan Ventriloquist
Love Story (Alternate Version) by Ryan Ventriloquist
Satellite by Ryan Ventriloquist
O, California by Ryan Ventriloquist\
Blue Eyes by Ryan Ventriloquist
Be My Bride by Ryan Ventriloquist
Taylor Love by Ryan Ventriloquist
Televised Statement by Ryan Ventriloquist
Sunshine by Ryan Ventriloquist
Rain Clouds Rain by Ryan Ventriloquist
Thursday, October 20, 2022
2 poems
Sunday, October 9, 2022
Yellow, Red, and White Roses for Taylor... a demo album
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
2 poems
4 poems about Greece
the open air
is in millions of light years
of the timeless serenade
for the passerbys in rethymno
on the form of pattern
in the window light of yesterday,
forgotten today,
home for tomorrow.