Cut and Paste

from Observer Participant by Rick Wilson

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CUT AND PASTE
Directions from pastures of privilege just won’t cut the mustard these days
We’ve grown used to suspect past behaviour and the patterns that this power
plays
But we’ve doubted the wisdom of knowledge from the mouths of the deeply
surveyed
And prefer our own homegrown conjectures to arm our own crusade
And to gather bits and pieces from a wide remit of sources
And build a case, try out and replace as we regiment our forces
And grow a silky variant in spite of paradoxes
Design a tie-dyed spreadsheet and fill in the tick boxes
And cut and paste according to taste
to measure the spec with both high and low tech
To make it fit for purpose to suit the addressee
To make it fit for purpose whatever that might be

A fledgling fabrication, a DIY pathway
But I wonder what someone like John Ruskin would say
Or Morris or Tolstoy or Frank Lloyd Wright
Or any free thinkers who had some insight
Would they dismiss such gestures as shallow conceit
As un-joined up thinking that’s just incomplete?
Or green light these motions as singular choices
Of thinking individuals with independent voices.

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from Observer Participant, released October 20, 2023

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Rick Wilson UK

Born and educated in London, Rick started messing around with drums in his mid teens.
He embarked on a career with rock bands including The Work before diversifying his experiences with musicians from other traditions, linking music with story and other art forms. Rick not only performs and teaches but composes, designs soundscapes and installations and
runs music sessions as psychiatric therapy. ... more

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