Paradise on Earth, 72, I am your native son

Here we get more detail on how "subliminals" might have an effect through phone and light poles, as well as a description of the anti-bird roosting pointy objects on many roofs as broadcast devices.  And I was especially smitten with the description of Norway's lack of phones and a correlative increase in socialism.

Paradise on Earth, 67, Physicians were self inflicted by Chinese

I'm still missing a few in the series, so here we'll jump to number 67.

The story toward the beginning of this one is of particular interest to me.  Here's what actually happened: the building hosting a doctors' office at 18th and O Streets is in the way of part of the Antelope Valley Project, and a new road is cutting into a significant portion of their parking area.  The physicians office there re-opened elsewhere in town.  The doctors, I am happy to report, are safe and sound, contrary to the flyers' tales of self-infliction.

This is close to my neighborhood, and I really liked being able to see a doctor without driving out to the 'burbs.  Fortunately, one of the doctors decided to open a solo practice and stay in the building.  And she, ironically, must be who the author is accusing of causing the rest of the doctors to "self-inflict."  But here's where it gets especially funny: she's not Chinese.  She's Vietnamese.  And there is another nearby neighborhood with a large Vietnamese population that she continues to serve.  And she continues to be my doctor, too.  I'll take my chances with subliminals if it means I can see a doctor without having to drive to the edges of town!

By the way, before I knew about this series of flyers, apparently their author had been positively blanketing the front of this building at 18th and O with a special non-numbered flyer made just for the occasion.  This apparently was happening throughout much of 2010.  The flyers would be torn down and she would re-paper the building with them a day or two later, and this went back and forth dozens of times.  There are copious amounts of tape residue left all over the front windows of the building.  For our next post, I'll see if I can dig one of those out...

Paradise on Earth, 64, Is this the fuss over immigrants?

The first section of this flyer includes one of my favorite concepts in the whole series: with the battery out of a cell phone, hold it to your ear and you might hear a "wrow wrow" in 2-second phases?

When I hold mine up to my ear, I just hear the ocean.  I wonder what that means?

Anyway, I got so amused by the combination of Chinese paranoia and the "wrow wrow" of a battery-less phone that I ended up making some flyers of my own.  I intended to post them around the downtown area myself, but I never did.  The observer becoming the observed, etc.  But instead maybe I'll post them as our next installment for your entertainment.

Paradise on Earth, 61, self recovery

Lots of great stuff here, but the last line is easily my favorite.

Paradise on Earth, 59, Freedom of thought

Tiny crawling cubes!

Paradise on Earth, 51, Free speech cafe

I've heard that the author of these flyers might have fallen on hard times, and is trying to find a place to crash.  I do hope that s/he's okay.  Just to clarify the nature of this blog project, I'm interested in the actual content of the flyer series as a body of work--for me, it's a fascinating paranoia/Art Brut piece.  I find the juxtaposition of the increasingly weird content with the fairly moderate and coherent writing style irresistible.  And I wonder if this is the work of one person, or if the "Happiness Schools" organization in Iowa has something to do with them.  At any rate, I hope the author(s) are doing well, however they might define wellness.

Back to edition 51: "subliminals" continue to be discussed in greater detail.  Now they're coming through digital TV and the internet.  And their potential danger is briefly mentioned: "self-infliction."

I hope the folks who start building the wall on the West Coast stay away from open flames, considering all of the hairspray and insect repellent wafting around!

I do find myself in whole-hearted agreement with one paragraph of this flyer, though presumably for slightly different reasons: "Persons with advancements in technology need to consider advancements in society."  When society cannot advance then let's return to what is better for humans."  I'm exploring a variation of that notion toward its application to creative pursuits on my main blog, and hope to have a new post in that series in the next day or two.

Paradise on Earth, 31, Healings for infestation

I think you'll agree that this one is particularly interesting.  Arguably it's a turning point in the quasi-narrative, after which "do no harm" and "kindness schools" thoughts start turning toward xenophobic paranoia more explicitly...

In the later unnumbered editions, there is another flyer with a more complex holy water recipe...

Paradise on Earth, 13, Chalice of Christ

The major themes of "Chinese Subliminals" and "Self Infliction" begin to take shape here, though they're not mentioned by name yet.  And the original fixation with alternative medicine/healing stuff disappears for now to make room.  I wonder who we could get to build this huge "dirt concrete wall along our borders?"