v.2.2 MANifesto for the Creative Block

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MAN ([[1->Comment1]]) festo for the [[creative block->Stanza 1]] after [[Fellini's->Footnote 2]] 8½ <i>with commentary by [[Valerie Solanas->Footnote 1]]</i> [[Next->Stanza 1]]

(1) maleness is a deficiency disease and males are emotional cripples Valerie Solanas, The SCUM Manifesto [[Next->Comment 2]] / <<back"Back">> / [[Start->Title 1]]

Valerie Jean Solanas (1936 – 1988) was an American radical feminist and author best known for writing the SCUM (Society for Cutting Up Men) Manifesto, which she self-published in 1967, and attempting to murder Andy Warhol in 1968. [[Wikipedia->https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Solanas]] [[The SCUM Manifesto->https://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/shivers/rants/scum.html]] [[Next->Comment1]] / <<back"Back">> / [[Start->Title 1]]

If you cannot launch your rocket ([[2->Comment 2]]) take the following steps: <<linkreplace "1." t8n>>\ 1. Collect up your greatest and best loves and lusts <<linkreplace "2." t8n>>\ 2. Bring presents for everyone <<linkreplace "3." t8n>>\ 3. Put on your favourite hat <<linkreplace "4." t8n>>\ 4. Pack your whip <<linkreplace "5." t8n>>\ 5. Enter the casting [[room->Clip 2]] <</linkreplace>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ [[Next->Stanza 2]] / <<back"Back">> / [[Start->Title 1]]

(2) he is a half-dead, unresponsive lump, incapable of giving or [[receiving->Stanza 2]] pleasure or happiness Valerie Solanas, The SCUM Manifesto [[Next->Comment 3]] / <<back"Back">> / [[Start->Title 1]]

[Do not be afraid, they are [[ecstatic->Action 6]] to see you. You are all they ever wanted.] Remember their names ([[3->Comment 3]]) [[Next->Names]] / <<back"Back">> / [[Start->Title 1]]

Caterina Gloria [[Jacqueline->Clip 3]] Carlotta Madeleine Hedy Claudia Nadine [[Saraghina->Clip 4]] Claudia Luisa Rosella Claudia Luisa Carla Claudia [[They..........will->Action 6]] [[Next->Action 6]] / <<back"Back">> / [[Start->Title 1]]

(3) in the mystical belief that by touching gold he’ll turn to gold, the male craves the continuous companionship of [[women->Names]] Valerie Solanas, The SCUM Manifesto [[Next->Comment 4]] / <<back"Back">> / [[Start->Title 1]]

dance for you leave their husbands for you play their harp for you whisper to you shake their tail feathers for you shed their pearls for you bathe you swaddle you ([[4->Comment 4]]) soothe you apply balm to you go upstairs when they are [[old->Clip 3]] [[Next->Stanza 3]] / <<back"Back">> / [[Start->Title 1]]

(4) his greatest need is to be guided, sheltered, protected and admired by Mama Valerie Solanas, The SCUM Manifesto [[Next->Comment 5]] / <<back"Back">> / [[Start->Title 1]]

they will moan with pleasure <<linkreplace "wait for" t8n>>\ wait for the angel of purity ([[5->Comment 5]]) she will turn down the duvet of your dreams smooth the sheet of your sighs take off her wings step out of her robe ([[6->Comment 6]]) <</linkreplace>>\ [[Next->Stanza 5]] / <<back"Back">> / [[Start->Title 1]]

let them have their moment in the spotlight if they turn on you call you bluebeard accuse you of squeezing them like lemons until they are dry [[crack your whip->Stanza 5]] [[Next->Action 7]] / <<back"Back">> / [[Start->Title 1]]

(5) the male ‘artistic’ aim being, not to communicate but to disguise his animalism, he resorts to symbolism and obscurity (‘deep’ stuff) Valerie Solanas, The SCUM Manifesto [[Next->Comment 6]] / <<back"Back">> / [[Start->Title 1]]

(6) males [….] will eventually drown in the passive flesh Valerie Solanas, The SCUM Manifesto [[Next->Comment 7]] / <<back"Back">> / [[Start->Title 1]]

the rocket will launch ([[7->Comment 7]]) the block will be [[gone->Names 2]] [[Next->Names 2]] / <<back"Back">> / [[Start->Title 1]]

(7) proving his manhood is worth an endless amount of […] suffering […] including his own Valerie Solanas, The SCUM Manifesto <<back"Back">> / [[Start->Title 1]]

Claudia....Claudia....Claudia....[[Claudia->Clip 5]] <<back"Back">> / [[Start->Title 1]]

Federico Fellini (1920 - 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. In an October 1960 letter to his colleague Brunello Rondi, Fellini first outlined his film ideas about a man suffering creative block: "Well then - a guy (a writer? any kind of professional man? a theatrical producer?) has to interrupt the usual rhythm of his life for two weeks because of a not-too-serious disease. It's a warning bell: something is [[blocking->Stanza 1]] up his system." [[(Wikipedia)->https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico_Fellini]] 8½ ([[Otto e Mezzo->Clip 1]],1963) stars Marcello Mastroianni and Claudia Cardinale [[Next->Clip 1]] / <<back"Back">> / [[Start->Title 1]]