AURORA, COLORADO is such a serene place...

Being American citizens we will continue our tradition of marveling at our collective violence as if we are our children playing in the yard. We will not go to the root of the problems. We will wince at the worst murders, let time 'heal all wounds', and slid back into watching police shows, play video games, and reality games on television like Survivor, for example, built upon the paradigms, and structures of violent competition and violence identical to the make up of killers like James Holmes, and Jared Loughner, and the many of the others in our neighborhoods. 


Am I sad at the loss of life in Aurora, Colorado? Yes, but my grief isn't focused there. It resurfaces in my day to day contact with violent people who drive cars in the Washington DC area whose eyes tell the story of their raging desire to hurt, maim or kill someone with their cars. It, my heart, aches watching young single or older single mothers creating and shaping their young children's spirit from one of play and exploration to shame and retaliation, and fears that quietly turn them into potential killers, or killers at some point before or after 15 years of age. My concern and facilitation skills turn to the young and older men, violent themselves, who mentor young boys into their way of life by example, and direct penetration into the vitality of young energies within tens of thousands of young boys bodies, and perceptions of the world.


Violence is shocking but it is the way of life in America. WE honor, and revere it, and reward the best of killers who run corporations that kill the female principles of land, water and air with the fires of dominance, indifference, and superiority. 16 countries we've invaded since 1980! We bend logic out of shape stretching ourselves far from the truth of our contradictions. Telling convincing lies to each other Americans have mastered the art of traveling thousands of miles away to other countries to 'protect American freedoms' by conquest and killing as we partially educate criminals and killers by the thousands and graduate them each and every year from public high schools!


We are in a world of shit, and relish it. Our fear of change and Life is stronger than Death. These are my words. I am Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories