The Remarkable Fools Letter

The Remarkable Fools Letter

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on dozers, contortionists and remarkable fools
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on dozers, contortionists and remarkable fools

leave the hydraulic grease and yoga pants behind

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Jim Dalling
Aug 08, 2023
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bulldozers

The bulldozer changes the world to suit them. They move slowly. Dozers lack grace and finesse. They tend to kill and crush as they alter the world. According to a dozer, they don’t have problems. The world has problems. It’s fucked. Bulldozers bend and break the world to suit their will.

contortionists

They don’t move much at all. Internally though, they are folding themselves over time after time again. Contortionists alter themselves to fit in. Contortionists alter themselves to please others. Contortionists tend not to move much. They do however get fucked. Bulldozers crush and chew up contortionists. Maybe that’s fun for them. It may be their special kind of pleasure. Contortionists see the world as ok. It doesn’t have problems. They do. Contortionists must change themselves constantly to suit the world.

remarkable fools.

We can change the world as a dozer when needed. We can act as contortionists in a pinch. Most of all though? We find paths that are open and odd roads to t…

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