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Sue Ann Harkey: Bowed 12 string guitar, mallet bass, bowed bass, vocals

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Cause And Effect

We are a civilization focused on
The effects and not the cause
This is itself is a duality
It is a temporary society - so busy
With a short attention span

We can only deal with singular issues
It's not meant for us to comprehend
The connection between Animal Liberation
And Ethiopia's starvation

The Emphasis is on expertise
To do one thing - To be one thing
And so to the artist we are considered political people
And to the political people we are considered artists
And this implies that we are not either role - to either (i-ther) - but aether

A disposable society - wasting in an abundance
With mass turn-over - but no recycling
Production for production sake - profit
Disregarding the consequences of its Buy-Products
Since they think that they will not be personally
Affected or responsible - But they know someone will be

There are definitions - to each is owned
In many cases they are defined by others - then reified
Ones own experiences do describe
Our perceptive tools are those of another
For discoveries by our own means
Is the conjunction forever recognizable

And the troops in South Africa and Chile
Are rounding up all the men - just like them
The line drawn from both sides
Is the gift of authority to be exercised
The duality which separates:
Right from wrong
Give and take
Rich from poor
White form black
Victim and victimizer
Carries on in its tradition

These are the attributes of a cause
Not in retrospect of its effects

Sue Ann Harkey
November 1984

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Sue Ann Harkey: Bowed 12 string guitar, mallet bass, bowed bass, vocals

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from I tell you everything, just not out loud., released May 5, 1985
Sue Ann Harkey: Bowed 12 string guitar, mallet bass, bowed bass, vocals

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Seattle - New York - London | free improvisation | prepared guitar | folktronica | weird american | indie | alternative | singer | songs | instrumentals | underground | DIY

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