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Superfluous culture what are we doing? You get paid so well to tell us what to do — you act like you know what you are doing. We do all the work on the same thing again and again. My back hurts, and you want us to keep digging? The plants seem different this year. I haven’t seen many bees out either. Maybe we should stop? Something is wrong. Maybe it is just me. I cannot stop with so many expenses. If I work a little more, maybe I can get ahead.
Who will help me burst this bubble? The real matrix here is that we are generations deep into something most cannot or don’t want to comprehend. Waking up into awareness from the distractions, comfortable conformity and addictions of our culture is not the hard part — the challenge is discerning fact from fiction or good from bad and where we want to place ourselves on that colorful gradient.
I believe deep-down most of us know the bread and circuses cannot go on the way they are currently. Perhaps you noticed. Who will help me grow this wheat and bake this bread? We can tell stories by the fire. We don’t have to dig so damn hard, and my back will get better.
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CONTENTS
November 2016
I left journalism 2008 with a college debt that did not justify the outcome. Oops. So I went to work in organic farms, land- scapes and vineyards here in Arizona for some years, much happier to be in the company big skies and nature. I only considered returning to the medium for this one particular circumstance of being able to direct The Noise because in my opinion, it is the only readily accessible platform for alternative culture around. I want to continue the tradition and expand it.
There are some things to adjust to and develop for a full transition here, but we aim to take things into a bit of a new di- rection. I aim to be a servant leader and give those around our region the charge to begin working in more collective ways for all the arts in life. We are looking for partners to help educate our communities in ways to increase our community quality of life — through art, food, culture, civics, health, philosophy, etc. Bring your best ideas. We look forward to it!
Hear a new Noise, John Bianchini
local
Going into winter, we want stories. We want to hear from the Hopi and Navajo communities. Got anything for us?
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Practice
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non-profits
We are looking for regional non- profit organizations wanting to promote their deeds through our medium. Let’s meet and figure something out.
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