Mea Culpa
A poll about my last post, a few other notes and Happy Halloween!
Mea Culpa is defined by Merriam-Webster as a formal acknowledgment of personal fault or error. My last post, Anthonee Phauche’ and the Anti-Christ landed a bit like a ton of rocks on a garden bed, if the number of likes and comments compared to views is a measure, compared to my posts the last few weeks. I sat with the post much longer than any I have written on this substack, wondering if I was going too far. I do not have an editor. You are my editors. There are about 30% more of you in the past two weeks, I didn’t lose any of you (subscribers) with the post, so I’m asking if you will take this poll so I can better know what you think about it.
I misconstrued the poll set up, this being my first substack poll, so I ended up with this. You can vote 1-4 times, or not at all. It is like four polls in one.
For the record I do not believe in the idea of an anti-christ. It is fiction, to describe how I feel about mutilating and sterilizing children in the name of gender therapy, and Phauce’s legacy. I think I did go too far though, because that isn’t the kind of imagery I want to be about, there’s an old adage about not calling out evil directly, and there is a thing too flagrant, even for mockery and satire. I won’t be going there again.
Otherwise I’m back in Minneapolis, at my Sister’s, finishing up some of the remodeling. As to my working class bona fides:
The surface was quite uneven as my sister had removed the older tiles. I put the tile on “wet”, a layer of mortar on the wall and the tile. I like tiling because there is art to setting the tiles and the grout. I was working with rudimentary tools, it is not perfect but my sister is pleased. I set half of the cabinets as well, all the swing and closet bifold doors and most of the trim on the main floor of the house, among many other little details.
The polls are set to be revealed on Halloween. Have a great Halloween weekend. Thanks for reading.
I've been laying tiles in our bedroom. For what it's worth I enjoyed the work even though writing about the very dark side can take a lot out of you. Is there a literal connotation? Ask me when I'm dead. I tend to dwell on dark sides and found it cathartic to imagine such a fate for this wicked character, so it was uplifting for me! And funny but I obviously like dark humor. The picture reminded me of something funny many years ago I had a boyfriend who was really into home improvements. One day I came back from somewhere and noticed the house looked so much cleaner. I couldn't figure out why and he asked me to guess. I went through a long list had he cleaned the floors or repainted something or wiped down the trim? No no and no. I gave up and finally he told me. "I noticed the covers over all the electrical sockets and lights were really old and worn so I replaced all of them." Subconscious plays a part. Also remember that likes are less likely to be given when one writes about darker subject matter, as that is not the true reaction to reading about death and destruction say. In those cases a like is given in support of the author, but in general I get more likes for positive themed, funny or explanatory content than I do for dystopias or describing the latest train wreck of policy...
Your lovely Mea Culpa had me turn the clock back and read your story to enable me understand the mea culpa and to vote.
And as has been made very clear in the last couple of years, although it has had more than enough evidence of its truth throughout time, the phrase 'fact is stranger than fiction' comes to mind.
Fiction that is 'true to the energy of life' is often more important than non-fiction. It allows for creativity to come up from outside or beyond mere thinking, which is mostly limited to logic and the constraints of our limited mind.
Now, has your story provided me with a solution to our current situation? If only it had. Although it may spark from the unconscious something. Imagination is so much more powerful than regurgitation because when free it has the ability to tap into the energy of Spirit or God, or whatever other descriptor we have for that which is beyond our minds' and bodies' ability to understand.
Thank you for expressing and sharing your heart and humility. That energy does change the world and is an act of doing something to fix the mess. One heart at a time.