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Semaphore & Cairn

—–message systems and citizenship—–

  • Semaphore Modern
  • Cairn Everlasting

Author: Ken Smith

These pieces were not written by the late British poet, Ken Smith (1938-2003), nor the other Ken Smiths who make bass guitars, study marine biology, sell cars, teach card counting, paint war scenes in oils, guide bear hunters in Idaho, teach forest management, study immunology, do war reporting, sell real estate, photograph nature, teach cryptology, provide legal counsel to the gay and lesbian community, realign the spines of athletes, listen for seismic faults in the Sierra Nevadas, operate a 4-axis milling machine, work for sustainable development in Alberta, play blackjack, or criticize Junk English. Nor were the pieces written by the Ken Smith who is “the Elvis Costello of Landscape Architecture” nor the one who serves in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives nor the one who hit a home run for the Atlanta Braves in 1983. I only wish.

“Redirect the passions” of marchers “and to amplify raised voices with votes cast,” writes @CharlesMBlow.

Ken Smith Uncategorized December 8, 2014December 8, 2014

Protest 101. “The people want their pain and anger registered.” Not the same as a coherent social movement.)

Ken Smith Uncategorized December 8, 2014December 8, 2014

There should be a book of jury duty stories. I wish I knew someone who ran a press. Oh, wait, I do.

Ken Smith Uncategorized December 4, 2014

Jury duty: “As I drive home, I’m sorry it’s over,” writes Dave Winer.

http://scripting.com/davenet/1996/03/01/juryduty.html#2

Ken Smith Uncategorized December 4, 2014December 4, 2014

The time I experienced jury duty as a gift to me.

http://10x14s.smallpict.com/2014/12/04/#a1417695221

Ken Smith Uncategorized December 4, 2014December 4, 2014

“The nation can’t structurally and emotionally assault black kids and think they’re going to turn out OK.”

http://gawker.com/my-vassar-college-faculty-id-makes-everything-ok-1664133077?utm_campaign=socialflow_gawker_twitter&utm_source=gawker_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

Ken Smith Uncategorized December 1, 2014December 1, 2014

Martin Luther King, Jr. interprets messages that are in the air during a time of social unrest and rioting.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/28/1348118/-Riots-Non-Violence-MLK

Ken Smith Uncategorized November 29, 2014November 29, 2014

“The power to direct thousands of people on social media and drive a narrative without permission from any editor.”

http://op-talk.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/what-ferguson-says-about-the-fear-of-social-media/?smid=tw-share

Ken Smith Uncategorized November 26, 2014November 26, 2014

“I finally threatened him with words. I told him I’d write about him, and that was when he . . . finally saw me.”

http://op-talk.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/what-ferguson-says-about-the-fear-of-social-media/?smid=tw-share

Ken Smith Uncategorized November 26, 2014November 26, 2014

Experts, reflexively pulling rank with their “need to interpret,” stifle meaningful, vital exchange.

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com//2014/11/22/the-rules-of-psychotherapy/

Ken Smith Uncategorized November 23, 2014November 23, 2014

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