I have a horrid thing on my to-do list. I put it there myself. I could just burn the to-do list, and then poof it would be gone. Off my mind like everything that happened last week. But I don't and I can't. So to procrastinate I'm going to write about it on the comment section of "Still looking for the Joke" by the brilliant writer Merril Markoe.
I have to write about my dead sister. I have to write about my dead sister to help raise money for the thing she used to do when she was my alive sister. Why did I decide to do this?! Every year since she died in November of 2019 I have made myself write about Heidi and then ask people to donate food or money because Heidi Schloegel Hynes was a saintly woman who inspires people to give money and time to poor people. They did obituary in THE New York Times.
It's so fucking depressing. That she died. And that people don't care about poor people. And countries bomb the shit out of each other. And last week my neighbor stabbed his wife. WTF?
Why do I even want to write down what's going on? We have Merrill to bring joy in her suffering. Isn't that enough? I'll probably do it anyway. Write about my sister and remember how she advocated for peace and worked with teenagers to deliver healthy food to The Bronx.
Heidi had a friend Pat who had a very dark sense of humor. When I saw him in the hospital during that last week. I laid a joke on him that was right up his alley. I said, "Why couldn't it have been you?" But instead of laughing, he said, "I know, right"
It's on the to-do list. I got this. Thanks Merrill Markoe for the great stuff. It always brings me joy.
So sorry for your loss, Frank ( if that is indeed your name). Your sister sounds like an amazing person. Unreplacable. Whoever invented this whoie eat-or-be-eaten death thing was clearly a psychopath. That's the detail they accidentally leave out of all the modern religious texts. There was no good excuse for adding the whole death thing into the very impressively developed life thing. None. And when I figure out who we can sue, I will contact you and we should start a big class action suit. Until then, I assume you are be sure to carry out some of your sister's work in her absence.
I am so sorry for your loss, the dutiful follow up to support the cause your sister championed is honorable, truly agree that the talent of Merrill Markoe brings needed joy to this time in our lives.
Right before I read this, Prince Charming (reeking of burnt garlic) poked his head in to see if I’d tried to call his mother again, so when I refer to you, Merrill, as “my hero and my Queen,” it’s because I feel so seen.
I have lists, or rather, one list that sprouts sublists, like "Calls to Make" and "THE THINGS I MUST DO ASAP!!!" Having lists is essential because when I don't do it I forget to make doctors' appointments and get my car inspected and change air filters. And it is satisfying to cross items off them!
Hi, Merrill ... Morgaan Sinclair, Ph.D., mythologist and folklorist here. [s] ... You are right. Fairy tales were not written to be read by children and were read almost exclusively by adults until the late 19th century, the dawn of the Modern Age. Suddenly, fairy tales books were dropped off the desk to the toddlers' sphere (the carpet) as they were now felt to be so unsophisticated for consumption by people contemplating whether space was curved and whether there was such a thing as time-warping relativity. Gravity waves came later, thanks be to the Fairy Godmother! ... Then comes the question what these tales, full of magic and terrors, transcendence and fears, really mean. Well, there's a Freudian interpretation and a Jungian interpretation. The Freudian, which came by way of Bruno Bettelheim, says that fairy tales are a way for children to process out the deep unconscious fears carried by them as a member of the species--and the fears they have as tiny folk, the fears of falling and loud noises, the only two fears natural in newborns (other fears develop later). The Jungian one, which I personally think is the more valid of the two, says that source and function of fairy tales has nothing to do with personal psychology or the personal unconscious at all. Instead, the Jungian perspective, offered by Marie-Louise von Franz (multiple books on this) and Walter Odajnyk, says that fairy tales are about our COLLECTIVE fears and species-wide issues. Odajnyk, who was my professor of folklore and fairy tales in grad school, wrote a two-part exploration of a fairy tale in "An Archetypal Interpretation of a Fairy Tale: Bluebeard" that appeared in Psychological Perspectives beginning 17 Jan 2008. In this article he refutes the feminist views of this fairy tale to dig deeper into what terrifying fairy tale are trying to tell us--and to what dangers they are trying to awaken us. This is the most comprehensive discussion of the archetypal level of fairy tales ever written. I think I have a copy of this. And I will also clip the section on fairy tales from my dissertation on Guillermo del Toro's use of myth, archetype, fairy tale and symbol in his films. Ping me at MorgaanSinclairPhD@gmail.com and I will send you both. Hint: fairy tales are residing in a deeper psychic stratum than myths, which is why they -- and Guillermo del Toro's work -- are more psychologically powerful than other forms of narrative. They are tapping such deep psychic material that they are right at the boundary between the conscious and unconscious and are literally MAKING the unconscious conscious so that we can respond to the species-wide issues that may affect our survival as a human race.
Scientologists believe the souls of the deceased to-do lists were captured in a giant net and forced to watch a fake history of the creation of Earth at the command of a giant Alien To-Do list General.
Sitting here … and a LIST here in front of me! (So I won’t forget!!) Seems like every time I cross one thing off, two more magically appear! Unfortunately, I have no fireplace! :-(
I have a horrid thing on my to-do list. I put it there myself. I could just burn the to-do list, and then poof it would be gone. Off my mind like everything that happened last week. But I don't and I can't. So to procrastinate I'm going to write about it on the comment section of "Still looking for the Joke" by the brilliant writer Merril Markoe.
I have to write about my dead sister. I have to write about my dead sister to help raise money for the thing she used to do when she was my alive sister. Why did I decide to do this?! Every year since she died in November of 2019 I have made myself write about Heidi and then ask people to donate food or money because Heidi Schloegel Hynes was a saintly woman who inspires people to give money and time to poor people. They did obituary in THE New York Times.
It's so fucking depressing. That she died. And that people don't care about poor people. And countries bomb the shit out of each other. And last week my neighbor stabbed his wife. WTF?
Why do I even want to write down what's going on? We have Merrill to bring joy in her suffering. Isn't that enough? I'll probably do it anyway. Write about my sister and remember how she advocated for peace and worked with teenagers to deliver healthy food to The Bronx.
Heidi had a friend Pat who had a very dark sense of humor. When I saw him in the hospital during that last week. I laid a joke on him that was right up his alley. I said, "Why couldn't it have been you?" But instead of laughing, he said, "I know, right"
It's on the to-do list. I got this. Thanks Merrill Markoe for the great stuff. It always brings me joy.
https://citylimits.org/2019/11/29/remembering-heidi-hynes-who-harnessed-outrage-and-joy-in-a-life-of-advocacy/
So sorry for your loss, Frank ( if that is indeed your name). Your sister sounds like an amazing person. Unreplacable. Whoever invented this whoie eat-or-be-eaten death thing was clearly a psychopath. That's the detail they accidentally leave out of all the modern religious texts. There was no good excuse for adding the whole death thing into the very impressively developed life thing. None. And when I figure out who we can sue, I will contact you and we should start a big class action suit. Until then, I assume you are be sure to carry out some of your sister's work in her absence.
I did it. You can read it on my substack. https://frank4.substack.com/p/what-we-are-looking-at-heidi-schloegel
Not that I expect anyone to read it, I just like a closure in a comment section.
I am so sorry for your loss, the dutiful follow up to support the cause your sister championed is honorable, truly agree that the talent of Merrill Markoe brings needed joy to this time in our lives.
This is it, Merrill. You've done it.
Haaa. Now if I could finally figure out what IT means, I would be
able to have a viable career. But thank you EJC. I pray every day that
you get paid before Individual1 decides to declare bankruptcy.
Right before I read this, Prince Charming (reeking of burnt garlic) poked his head in to see if I’d tried to call his mother again, so when I refer to you, Merrill, as “my hero and my Queen,” it’s because I feel so seen.
Thank you for the unearned but delightful title. I will carry it with pride.
I’m sorry, Frank. I liked reading about your sister in the obituary. What an amazing human she must have been. I’m just so sorry!
I love your anthropomorphic drawings!
I have lists, or rather, one list that sprouts sublists, like "Calls to Make" and "THE THINGS I MUST DO ASAP!!!" Having lists is essential because when I don't do it I forget to make doctors' appointments and get my car inspected and change air filters. And it is satisfying to cross items off them!
Agree! Sort of.
I have calendars with notes on them, several calendars.
I make lists. Post it notes to remind me of stuff on cabinet doors and the calendars.
I still have no idea of what's going on. I still show up to appointments on the wrong day but the right time. Or the wrong time on the right day.
It's a system!
Sortof.......
Hi, Merrill ... Morgaan Sinclair, Ph.D., mythologist and folklorist here. [s] ... You are right. Fairy tales were not written to be read by children and were read almost exclusively by adults until the late 19th century, the dawn of the Modern Age. Suddenly, fairy tales books were dropped off the desk to the toddlers' sphere (the carpet) as they were now felt to be so unsophisticated for consumption by people contemplating whether space was curved and whether there was such a thing as time-warping relativity. Gravity waves came later, thanks be to the Fairy Godmother! ... Then comes the question what these tales, full of magic and terrors, transcendence and fears, really mean. Well, there's a Freudian interpretation and a Jungian interpretation. The Freudian, which came by way of Bruno Bettelheim, says that fairy tales are a way for children to process out the deep unconscious fears carried by them as a member of the species--and the fears they have as tiny folk, the fears of falling and loud noises, the only two fears natural in newborns (other fears develop later). The Jungian one, which I personally think is the more valid of the two, says that source and function of fairy tales has nothing to do with personal psychology or the personal unconscious at all. Instead, the Jungian perspective, offered by Marie-Louise von Franz (multiple books on this) and Walter Odajnyk, says that fairy tales are about our COLLECTIVE fears and species-wide issues. Odajnyk, who was my professor of folklore and fairy tales in grad school, wrote a two-part exploration of a fairy tale in "An Archetypal Interpretation of a Fairy Tale: Bluebeard" that appeared in Psychological Perspectives beginning 17 Jan 2008. In this article he refutes the feminist views of this fairy tale to dig deeper into what terrifying fairy tale are trying to tell us--and to what dangers they are trying to awaken us. This is the most comprehensive discussion of the archetypal level of fairy tales ever written. I think I have a copy of this. And I will also clip the section on fairy tales from my dissertation on Guillermo del Toro's use of myth, archetype, fairy tale and symbol in his films. Ping me at MorgaanSinclairPhD@gmail.com and I will send you both. Hint: fairy tales are residing in a deeper psychic stratum than myths, which is why they -- and Guillermo del Toro's work -- are more psychologically powerful than other forms of narrative. They are tapping such deep psychic material that they are right at the boundary between the conscious and unconscious and are literally MAKING the unconscious conscious so that we can respond to the species-wide issues that may affect our survival as a human race.
Scientologists believe the souls of the deceased to-do lists were captured in a giant net and forced to watch a fake history of the creation of Earth at the command of a giant Alien To-Do list General.
Until now, I never realized scientologists were so sensible!
i really admire your outstanding artwork
gosh let’s hope the unidentified soup isn’t the eighth dwarf
Haaa. And fingers crossed that "Unidentified Soupy" would be his name.
Merrill have you smogged your car?
No. But I smogged YOUR car, goddamit. Someone had to do it.
Thank you.
So great!
I am relieved you think so. I had this one on a list of things to worry about.
Ha!
Sitting here … and a LIST here in front of me! (So I won’t forget!!) Seems like every time I cross one thing off, two more magically appear! Unfortunately, I have no fireplace! :-(