Muhammad Ali was something. As a boxer, for sure. Even more so as an entertainer.
I read, collected, every LL “western” novel when I was a boy. I bought the paperbacks a few at a time until there were no more to buy.
Ultimately my mother gave them away, boxes of them, as I’d left home - well, the place the LL’s were living - & didn’t have spare pack animal space to carry them up & down the trails.
Whoever she gave them to questioned my commitment to gifting them, as the large collection was complete &, but for one I’d loaned out, mistakenly (Flint was the title), in pristine, as new, condition. That guy won the LL Lottery.
Later, I read LL’s biography, too.
You’ve asked about books to read. Here’s one, particularly illuminating if you have some boxing knowledge, & especially knowledge of Ali (if not, then maybe your grand/father can fill you in).
Entertainers. And those they entertain. Some are legit, character-wise. Rule proving exceptions those, I’d say, tho, since entertaining may well be character defect #1.
Entertainers/entertained intertwined entrainment … well, that’s just the old “bread & circuses” story serial murderers of people, of truth, of progress, etc. routine, isn’t it?
“We who are about to die salute you,” & “Are you not entertained?!” (Sword thrown into the adoring audience is the exclamation point.)
At some point in your LL reads you began to notice how formulaic the stories were, didn’t you? Faces, names, locales “changed” as the trotline plot that seemed plural hooked young boys & their overgrown counterparts too in a robust commercial fishing operation.
Speaking of overfishing, here’s another suggestion to read:
Entertainers entertaining the entertained is what Ali & LL had in common.
Think on that as you compare in a weight-bearing exercise effort to contrast the entertainment industrial complex’s machinations in the recent presidential election … because, again, entertainers have far more in common than rare distinctions among them.
Be wary, I’d say, is the gist.
One last, while we’re at it. Just saw it recently. There’s a Martha Stewart documentary on Netflix. She’s called “the original influencer.” Which is more trotline “distinction." She was & is an entertainer. And entertainers, like pawns, are disposable. See how she was disposed of … on the way up, & then (pre-FBI Comey) down.
Oops, final last entertainment. Shakespeare. “All the world’s a stage” (entertainers everywhere). And the null void of the lawyers (“First thing we do is …”) voir dire’ing “the blank slate” that ain’t:
EXCELLENT. IN FACT, THERE'S MORE THAN A HINT OF PROFOUNDITY.
PERMIT ME TO MAKE THREE OBSERVATIONS WHICH WILL, HOPEFULLY EXPAND UPON YOUR IDEAS.
1. PERHAPS FOUNDATIONAL IN CHARTING ONE'S LIFE COURSE, IS TO KEEP ALWAYS IN MIND: "WHAT PROFITS A MAN IF HE GAINETH THE WHOLE WORLD, BUT LOSETH HIS ETERNAL SOUL".
2. A GOOD WAY OF HELPING EVEN YOUNG CHILDREN TO BEGIN BUILDING GOOD CHARACTER IS TO SUGGEST TO THEM THAT "GOOD CHARACTER IS SIMPLY A COLLECTION OF GOOD HABITS". NUMBER 1, IS HONESTY.
3. YOUNG CHILDREN ARE SOMETIMES CAPABLE OF RATHER DEEP PHILOSOPHICAL CONVERSATION. I LEARNED THIS ONE DAY WHEN MY 8 YEAR OLD GRANDSON, BEGAN A CONVERSATION WITH ME BY ASKING "IS THERE REALLY A GOD?", "IS THERE REALLY A HEAVEN?", "IS THERE REALLY A HELL?", "DO I HAVE TO GO TO HELL IF I DID SOMETHING BAD BEFORE, BUT THEN I STARTED BEING GOOD?".
WHAT STRUCK ME WAS THAT AN 8 YEAR OLD COULD HAVE GUIDED SUCH A PROFOUND CONVERSATION, REALLY ADDRESSING SOME OF MAN'S DEEPEST ETERNAL QUESTIONS.
One's "why ??" or one's "raison d'être" is not carved in stone, changes during a life time. Just marry and you'll see ... 🤣🤣🤣
If somebody can lead his life doing the things he likes, whatever topic it is, with full engagement, conviction and curiosity, freedom of choice and time, preferably being of value to a small community, that would be a nice "result" to look back onto when it's time to being recycled.
Deepest understanding of these basics has been lost in the entirely compartamentalized, commodified, commercialized West. Asian cultures have still preserved it and the title of this track is "nothing" is somethig worth doing !!
“Rumble, young man, rumble.”
Muhammad Ali was something. As a boxer, for sure. Even more so as an entertainer.
I read, collected, every LL “western” novel when I was a boy. I bought the paperbacks a few at a time until there were no more to buy.
Ultimately my mother gave them away, boxes of them, as I’d left home - well, the place the LL’s were living - & didn’t have spare pack animal space to carry them up & down the trails.
Whoever she gave them to questioned my commitment to gifting them, as the large collection was complete &, but for one I’d loaned out, mistakenly (Flint was the title), in pristine, as new, condition. That guy won the LL Lottery.
Later, I read LL’s biography, too.
You’ve asked about books to read. Here’s one, particularly illuminating if you have some boxing knowledge, & especially knowledge of Ali (if not, then maybe your grand/father can fill you in).
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/723774.Sucker_Punch
Entertainers. And those they entertain. Some are legit, character-wise. Rule proving exceptions those, I’d say, tho, since entertaining may well be character defect #1.
Entertainers/entertained intertwined entrainment … well, that’s just the old “bread & circuses” story serial murderers of people, of truth, of progress, etc. routine, isn’t it?
“We who are about to die salute you,” & “Are you not entertained?!” (Sword thrown into the adoring audience is the exclamation point.)
At some point in your LL reads you began to notice how formulaic the stories were, didn’t you? Faces, names, locales “changed” as the trotline plot that seemed plural hooked young boys & their overgrown counterparts too in a robust commercial fishing operation.
Speaking of overfishing, here’s another suggestion to read:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64895.Cod
Entertainers entertaining the entertained is what Ali & LL had in common.
Think on that as you compare in a weight-bearing exercise effort to contrast the entertainment industrial complex’s machinations in the recent presidential election … because, again, entertainers have far more in common than rare distinctions among them.
Be wary, I’d say, is the gist.
One last, while we’re at it. Just saw it recently. There’s a Martha Stewart documentary on Netflix. She’s called “the original influencer.” Which is more trotline “distinction." She was & is an entertainer. And entertainers, like pawns, are disposable. See how she was disposed of … on the way up, & then (pre-FBI Comey) down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6blC6bsgZmc
Oops, final last entertainment. Shakespeare. “All the world’s a stage” (entertainers everywhere). And the null void of the lawyers (“First thing we do is …”) voir dire’ing “the blank slate” that ain’t:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDVD3YTRAV8
“I’m ready for my close up, Mr. DeMille,” but “What’s my motivation?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wgn0KlSHl4
good one. thanks....
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HI MAXIM,
EXCELLENT. IN FACT, THERE'S MORE THAN A HINT OF PROFOUNDITY.
PERMIT ME TO MAKE THREE OBSERVATIONS WHICH WILL, HOPEFULLY EXPAND UPON YOUR IDEAS.
1. PERHAPS FOUNDATIONAL IN CHARTING ONE'S LIFE COURSE, IS TO KEEP ALWAYS IN MIND: "WHAT PROFITS A MAN IF HE GAINETH THE WHOLE WORLD, BUT LOSETH HIS ETERNAL SOUL".
2. A GOOD WAY OF HELPING EVEN YOUNG CHILDREN TO BEGIN BUILDING GOOD CHARACTER IS TO SUGGEST TO THEM THAT "GOOD CHARACTER IS SIMPLY A COLLECTION OF GOOD HABITS". NUMBER 1, IS HONESTY.
3. YOUNG CHILDREN ARE SOMETIMES CAPABLE OF RATHER DEEP PHILOSOPHICAL CONVERSATION. I LEARNED THIS ONE DAY WHEN MY 8 YEAR OLD GRANDSON, BEGAN A CONVERSATION WITH ME BY ASKING "IS THERE REALLY A GOD?", "IS THERE REALLY A HEAVEN?", "IS THERE REALLY A HELL?", "DO I HAVE TO GO TO HELL IF I DID SOMETHING BAD BEFORE, BUT THEN I STARTED BEING GOOD?".
WHAT STRUCK ME WAS THAT AN 8 YEAR OLD COULD HAVE GUIDED SUCH A PROFOUND CONVERSATION, REALLY ADDRESSING SOME OF MAN'S DEEPEST ETERNAL QUESTIONS.
SINCERELY,
LIAM OF LIAM'S LADDER
I absolutely agree with your observations, Liam. Good to hear from you again!
One's "why ??" or one's "raison d'être" is not carved in stone, changes during a life time. Just marry and you'll see ... 🤣🤣🤣
If somebody can lead his life doing the things he likes, whatever topic it is, with full engagement, conviction and curiosity, freedom of choice and time, preferably being of value to a small community, that would be a nice "result" to look back onto when it's time to being recycled.
Deepest understanding of these basics has been lost in the entirely compartamentalized, commodified, commercialized West. Asian cultures have still preserved it and the title of this track is "nothing" is somethig worth doing !!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tVs_R8-WT0