Suspended in the New Fade, Part 17

the greatest frustration of suspension
is knowing that it is necessary

it's impossible for anyone with
a lot of things to do
to get all of it done all at once

the act of suspension
is the art of trying to
work on that and because
it's completely impossible
to ever know exactly how
to accomplish that
you end up with a lot of things
in suspension

that's the real problem of the New Fade
the fact that so many things
are in development
that they've all basically stopped up
like the Three Stooges
somehow getting themselves stuck
in the same door because none of them
wants to budge

well anyway let's hope that
eventually one of them does

Suspended in the New Fade, Part 16

it will always baffle me to know
that there are people who believe
that they must suspend themselves
artificially in order to feel as if
they can appreciate the possibilities
and that they will argue to make
that legal even though it will
always provide the same
disappointing results that you
will always have to chase
when you can do that without
such chemical meddling
and actually remember how you did it

Suspended in the New Fade, Part 15

destiny is an act of faith

living in the New Fade

complicates destiny

perhaps more than

any other period

in history

in times past

it was possible to know

exactly what you

were going to be

almost from the moment

you were born

of course it was with

dawning awareness

that you realized 

that your life had

limitations and that

altering your fate

would take a

monumental act of will

in the New Fade we

disguise that notion

as the American Dream

where anyone can do

anything they truly desire

the real trick is that

although this is certainly true

many, many people have

taken great pains to ensure

that it is still difficult

part of the reason is that

there are in fact

many, many people

in the world and many

of them are interested

in achieving the same thing

you are and so it's like

farming the same land

for too long and discovering

that you must rotate and

cooperate in order to yield

optimum results

the compensating method

for balancing ambition

in the New Fade

means that while everyone

can pursue their destiny

sometimes it takes longer

than you might have thought

a miserable suspension

few people are willing to

acknowledge talent

without an equal amount

of savvy and so you wait

and you wait until perhaps

everything works out

it's true that great talent

is seldom encouraged

in any age and is in fact

silently oppressed

too many voices have been

kept silent throughout history

only to be heard by later ears

what makes this such

an attractive impulse?

why do contemporaries

reject their native genius?

in the New Fade perhaps

it's easier to appreciate

this common phenomenon

but it's no easier to fix

we know everything

or so we think

and so we question 

everything too

it's the process of working

it all out where suspension

finally gives rise to progress

and we all cross another bridge

Suspended in the New Fade, Part 14

the best part of being suspended in the New Fade
is that it is not a permanent condition

Suspended in the New Fade, Part 13

in the globalization movement of the New Fade
it's a wonder that most people are still
suspended in tiny worlds

Suspended in the New Fade, Part 12

suspension is a quagmire
and that's exactly what the New Fade is

it's a quagmire
with everyone trapped
in suspension
questioning everything
accepting anything
using dark magic to stay afloat

suspension can be a bridge
that you can travel beneath

Suspended in the New Fade, Part 11

a dream is a suspension of reality

there is always truth in dreams
but it's a matter of discovering
where the truth lies
and where the distortion
and what it all means

dreams are like philosophy
the only time all of humanity
is united in the same ambiguity

tell me yours and I'll tell you mine