OWS Already Has A Face.

[JFN1]

Things evolve.

This does include us humans too, you know.

Behavior adapts, perceptions alter, experience shapes; all of it melds together, persistently driving fundamental change.

And consequently, one more fascinating and wonderful change has taken place within the singular (even if somewhat schizophrenic) consciousness that is the Human Race.

Did you ever try to understand - I mean truly get it -- why OWS went worldwide? And so quickly, at that?

I believe it is because OWS is a reflection of what has changed within the body Human.

The Human skin wrinkles, shedding old needs and priorities, and in doing so has produced something strangely magnificent: OWS.

The Tea Party never went global, for it is nothing new; just a somewhat clever (yet ever so clumsy) re-branding of the status quo. It is incapable of growing beyond the bounds of its own atavistic conception, and thus, will ultimately turn out to have positively influenced...well, nothing.

Consequently, the Tea Party is consumed with image, rather than substance, and is constantly redefining itself in response to the various appetites which it feeds. The Tea Party actually needs a face...but it will never find one, for one does not, and cannot, exist. And this, in many ways, makes it the antithesis of OWS.

For you see, OWS does indeed have a face.

It is the person standing next next to you, and beside you, and behind you.

It is the protestor standing bravely in the path of abusive backlash against what is daring and new and absolutely necessary to the human race.

It is the men and women who show up to help others, with no concern for the personal price they might pay, for doing so.

It is me, as I type these words.

It is you, as you read them.

Things evolve.

A leader may yet emerge within OWS...but truly, I doubt it. The need for such a leader does not exist outside of the minds of those who seek to somehow define OWS as a thing familiar, and therefore, quantifiably safe.

Each of us, from London to Oakland, from Sydney to Nome, from Zucotti Park to Cairo, we are the face of OWS; and you, are the face of OWS...

No other face, is required...

[deutsey]

1. Don't follow leaders...watch the parking meters.

That Dylan line is open to interpretation, of course, but I always took it to mean don't get all hung up on projecting your hopes and dreams onto a leader, but focus instead on the limited time we mortals have on earth and figure out what's most important and meaningful for yourself. Then do it before your time is up.

[JFN1]

3. Good reference -

And good song, too.

[lunatica]

2. Absolutely excellent post!

Yes!

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. OWS is not a leaderless group...OWS is a group of leaders.

[cilla4progress]

5. Spine-tingling post.

Literally. Thank you so much for your poem.

I too have really noticed how much the right relies on symbolism, as opposed to substance. I wonder what this says about them?

Just part of the brain-washing, I suppose.