April Fool's Ode

Rules are meant to be followed. Rules are meant to be broken. This was the schizophrenic world in which Ode had found himself.

Ode remembered Dad quoting Plato’s words, "Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."

Mom looked at Ode and said, “The world is full of fools and today we celebrate it.”

For Ode, todays annual event was to create a penultimate ruse for April fool’s day.

Put a sting under the bathroom door then pull a towel down while someone is on the throne. Tape off the light in the fridge so it does not turn on when the door opens. Take advantage of a noise like a gun from a car sputtering or sirens sounding then run out to check it out and stagger back with raspberry jam on the forehead.

ha-ha… Become the improv artist. Turn the tides using the power of forces that are already there. Say yes and then go the distance. If it goes bad, shrug your shoulders, it's a game.

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The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes." Sir Winston Churchill.

Ode had been raised and learned to ‘see the world as its is’ as his parents would say. Looking back at his life, realized that this was before the observer effect was recognized.

His parents were busy living their own make-believe life. Ward and June Cleaver were the nurturing ideal archetype of the 1950’s . Big brother Wally and Beaver, the big-toothed imp of a kid were the role models . He was raised like a gosling that imprints on the first thing he sees.

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Dad repeated the Chinese proverb, "We’re fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance." He taught, if you think it and work hard enough, it can happen. Be the sort of guy who says everything is great even when it isn’t. Odi accepted himself for what he was. He lived creating an elaborate ruse knowing this is what causes change. Give an impossible task to the youth, they are more likely to find an answer.

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"Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference". Mark Twain

TV spread many myths faster than any other form of gossip. His mother said, “watch out, you do not want to be like a lemming following others and going off a cliff”.

Disney had reinforced the concept, faking the suicidal death of thousands of small voles during their migration using different angles of a few clips from a staged murder of lemmings.

Faking has its place in cinematography. Faking has its place in propaganda.

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The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year." Mark Twain

It had taken the better part of a lifetime to see how the Cleaver family carved the use of the TV for spreading propaganda .

Determining the unknown pattern of the night stars and planets had caused astrologers anguish over the ages. Determining the unknown influence of the stars of American Hollywood, Indian Bollywood, Film Farsi, Russian Mos film, the Korean Wave of Hallyuwood, Chinese Henigan World Studios and other countries were creating myths as powerful teaching tools. Many enjoyed turning off from thinking and plugging into harmless entertainment.

Television feeds the promulgated myth, a widely spread false story or belief that is designed to be accepted as truth. It takes a narrative, historical, scientific, or political, makes it public and seemingly official by repeating it often enough that it is commonly accepted in public opinion, and then is inserted into a myth that keeps you trapped.

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I have great faith in fools: self-confidence, my friends call it." Edgar Allan Poe

Odi had learned to master the art of the ruse with a self-absorbed focus. It had carried him through his life. Focus on what you want to be present. Become an artist who offers everyone what they want to see.

It is a God-given gift, a rare talent that can be controlled and can manipulate. Position the mind, control the body, the eyes, the mouth, repeat hand movements, like a magician.

Offer a sense of security to lure the prey. Create the picture they want to see.

Art is beauty, inspiration, and can glorify a god, a demigod, and is a national product , but Art can create turmoil when reality is different than the image.

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Albert Einstein . "Any fool can know, the point is to understand.”

April fool’s day openly celebrates the spring equinox, when the weather often plays its own jokes with the changing condition of the seasons. Les giboulées de mars, are short bursts of adverse and pleasant weather that include hail, snow, winds, hot sun, rain, and whatever else nature can improvise with the changing conditions. The French culture celebrates “ Poisson d’Avril “ by sticking a paper fish on others backs as an act of devilry— the fish, the sign of infinity, the symbol of Christianity.

April fool’s day follows the springtime festival of Joy and Hilaria, a masked carnival where licentious behavior gave those who celebrated a chance to unwind and celebrate with freedom as any character he wants without class barriers. They conceal their identity and play the character as a fool.

Springtime socio-religious festival was associated with the Egyptian Mes, Mes” (𓁋), which represents birth, became linked to Myrrha who provoked an incestuous relationship with her father and became the mother of Adonis, the lord of fertility. She was turned into the bitter precious herb Myrrh that is associated with metamorphoses. Guggul made from the mukal myrrh tree, that hold ancient medicinal properties. Many myths relate to Myrrh, the sacred herb of Astarte and Aphrodite, used to resurrect Adonis in the spring when Venus appear as a morning star in Bethlehem which means the house of bread. Eating bread that represents the body of the dead god is still used in religious ceremonies.

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A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool." Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton, English Writer.

We live a short time on this Earth; we are all fools who learn and unlearn truth as it is revealed and tested, as rules are followed and broken.