August
9th, 2008
Getting
Older? Ha!
The
difference between ages 8 and 80 is nothing compared with the difference between
being alive and being dead.
Remember,
there is no need to accelerate toward the inevitable, and now,
It’s
time for another episode of
Life
Spans of The Quick and The Slow,
Brought
to you by
Cinema
VII,
Episode
One: The Desert Gnat,
Episode
Two: The Turtledove
Tonight’s
Episode: The Cat
Cats are intelligent ever-learning individuals who can work well in a group, although they can be wounded at birth and suffer long periods of conditioned response, such as in biting the hand that pets them. In time, gentleness triumphs, because it is their nature to prefer love and affection and hugs and attention, although their drives include catching and tearing the life out of smaller creatures. They can achieve movement faster than the human eye can register from a very young age until about four. They live to be 20 and can survive major trauma and surgery. They speak few words, although not for lack of trying. They continue to learn throughout their lives. They have a high metabolism, which we can observe from their heartbeat. In fact the heartbeat may be a unit of measurement for a lifespan, perhaps we all have the same number of heartbeats. Some beat quick and some beat slow. And now for another being with a pulse, let’s welcome to the stage: Peter Dizozza
Introduced by Amos, Performed by Jon Berger, Sidewalk Bar Restaurant, August 9th, 2008 (Summer 2008 Fortified Antifolk Festival).