GRGR(24) - Tripping
David Morris
fqmorris at hotmail.com
Fri Apr 14 10:27:39 CDT 2000
Osbie Feel is a tripping fool. Every time we see him he's zonked on either
'shrooms, peyote, reefer, coke, "spices," or all of the above. His film
message to Katje has at its core the Trippers Dilemma: "Is what I'm seeing
real or an hallucination?" When all the "rules" of perception are thrown
out the window, when what your senses "take in" might be a complete
illusion, what does one "believe?" It seems almost that Osbies multiple
excursions into that land of uncertainty have made him a pro at this game.
He's now able to see the "unreal" in our own "stable" non-tripping realm.
He's way ahead of Katje on this learning curve.
Osbie is the Prophet of the emerging Counterforce, emitting wildly
gesticulating auras. Osbie is Katje's hero:
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(536.20)Is this what she thinks it is? Wakened from how many times and
pushed away because it won't do to hope, not this much?
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And then Osbie fills Katje in on "one or two things."
Next stop, Hell.
David Morris
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