Friday 22 March 2013

"I Love You God"

I was just thinking how "I love you God" is a perfect rendition of the (capitalistic) culture promoted by Hollywood (i.e. "love" = mimetic desire/imitated desire = ongoing consumerism) mapped onto the more traditional, transcendental idea of "God", of a spirit or power that is necessarily more powerful and knowledgeable than we can ever hope to be.

The phrase is perfect, no? If one is caught in the tension between secular culture and traditional belief systems, "I love you God" pretty much negates the problem.

Thursday 7 March 2013

Why Not? (since form's never my forte)


I saw Him,
Fearless, bloody, eyes glowing from the pain,
I saw Him.

I had heard Him speak before,
Yet now Time has to split Itself apart -
As I heard Him cry a timeless, wrenching cry -

In pain, or to The Lord?
The Lord.
Oh, but if He is Your Son.

Hear Him. He cries. He cries to You!
'Father' (his gold, gold eyes garish with passion)
'Why have you forsaken me?'