freelansing in Seattle

political praxis & catalytic communications

  • Open Letter to ‘Gaza Voters’ in Swing States

    Open Letter to ‘Gaza Voters’ in Swing States

    I’ve had some “spirited” conversations with friends who are outraged by Israel’s murderous and criminal behavior in Gaza and the US support for it. I share that outrage and found myself agreeing with these friends about the morality of the situation. But we’ve strongly disagreed about the politics of it, especially about the politics of… Read more

  • New page of maxims

    New page of maxims

    Just added a new page to this blog. Already had a page of “quotable quotes” (check it out), of quotes from other people that inspire me. New page is basically quoting myself (narcissistic, I know), trying to be wise or clever or some such in a pithy kind of way. Called Lansing’s Maxims, it’s a… Read more

  • Declaring our independence

    Declaring our independence

    JULY 4, 2024 A declaration of Americans against a return to imperial rule When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for people to dissolve the political bands that have connected them with a corrupt national government, and to assume among the powers of the Earth the autonomy to which the laws of… Read more

  • Firing line

    Firing line

    I hesitate to call myself a writer. I know writers—of poetry, songs, essays—& they’re always writing, working on their craft. Not me. Sometimes I write a poem, or spoken word, or song, or essay, or whatever, but not as a regular practice. Only when the inspiration hits. Sometimes words just show up in my head,… Read more

  • Cyclops Psyops

    Cyclops Psyops

    One of the projects I’ve been working on is a collaboration with Seattle multi-media artist Jonathan Clarren. Here is the first draft of our first collaboration. Jonathan does the paintings & video end, I do the spoken word & backing track. My first attempt using Garageband. cyclops psyops panopticon big eye in the sky get… Read more

  • New old song, For What It’s Worth

    New old song, For What It’s Worth

    For What It’s Worth was a classic song from Buffalo Springfield in 1965, but 50 years later I felt it could use a little updating. So in 2015 I wrote a new version that kept a lot of the original words but made a few changes in message. I posted an acapella version at the… Read more