In this age of ubiquitous digital communication, rare personal messages are read with special attention. They are usually motivated by a sense of urgency or, to convey an intimate feeling, best expressed in real time in selective lexicon. Such an intimate mode of communication portends the desire to notify or inform the recipient of the extant immediacy, personal sincerity, or the notable occurrence of an event of mutual interest.
The functional dynamic of words is to serve as recognizable symbols of ideas, objects, feelings, and actions, allowing the communication of the meaning of things; not the things themselves, but abstract ideas that stand for relevant concepts or social understandings that give them meaning. It is empirically notable, however, that the empirical objects, alone, may adequately convey identical unarticulated feelings. The latter species of communication provides the thematic dynamics of this writing,
However, in the interest of conveying the contextual setting of our thematic message, we will briefly allude to its relevant background and empirical significance.
The putrid atmosphere engendered by the Trump Administration’s trashing of the Nation’s Constitution, traditional American way of life, the Nation’s economy, and its historically revered standing among nations, is only too well known. His autocratic mode of governance has given rise, among other nightmares, to a private, masked Gestapo to arrest and intimidate persons who subjectively resemble immigrants, the unauthorized imposition of tariffs on the Nation’s trading partners, the illegal waging of multiple wars against foreign sovereignties, including Iran (the latter resulting in the predictable closing of the existentially vital Straits of Hormuz), the trashing of our consumer economy and ubiquitous disregard for the Nation’s constitution, rule of law and of plain decency.
The resultant, dystopian nature of Trump’s unprecedented, autocratic rule has engendered fear, confusion, and doubt about the existential endurance of our historically venerated Democratic Republic. The traditional American citizen has been disheartened and confused concerning the autocratic nature of the Trump-MAGA rule, and has been depressingly fearful of an atavistic march to the nightmarish specter of tyrannical rule.
It is heartening and uplifting to note the vast “No Kings” demonstrations taking place throughout the Nation in public opposition to Donald Trump’s perversion of our uniquely revered polity, which the traditional American citizen maintains hope of restoration in the next Presidential election, unfortunately, a full three dystopian years in the future. What is vitally and emotionally needed is the encouragement and assurance of credibly reliable hope regarding the near future.
This writing is intended to notify the reader of an irrefutably authoritative message of renewed joy as to the imminent restoration of our traditionally venerated and humanistic Democratic Republic. The reliable but significant, inarticulate message (see above) was meaningfully conveyed to us last weekend at our Kingston, New York, residence.
The accumulated plethora of obscene gold leaf, tastelessly festooned throughout the White House, by Donald Trump, his ill-gotten bitcoin millions, gifted airplane, extorted millions, and his full hubristic inventory of black sharpies, do not in any credible, meaningful way compare to the intrinsic value of an approximately three-inch light green shoot seen emerging from one of our planted early spring tulip bulbs, joyfully noticed last Sunday.
Nature has once more assured us of the essential wonder of life and the comparative insignificance of transient human failings.
Wishing all readers a joyous (and hopeful) Spring!
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