Tardy (and less than hearty..)

Tracing the seams to where the basics of my composition begin

My beginning will originate at the seams; at the very basic stitch that maintains a quilt. If ever my beginning should conceal the patterns of its creation then that beginning and that creation do not coincide. In the event that a kinship should escape the pact of beginning and creation like light eludes the sun, then the relationship may persist with parts only common to the history of the organism of study; not, rather, as a point of origin commensurable to the organism itself. For instance, one could not excavate the Iraq War by brushing the rubble of the World Trade Center. The motivations for declaring “Conflict!” precede the rubble and its heyday. Beginning in this way will allow a familiar introduction like producing a birth certificate before the Department of Motor Vehicles. The primer of my print registers under the number and year 1914.

For me, Sloterdijk makes an obvious correlation between industrialized farming and the use of chemical gas as weapons during WWI, noting how the production of chemical gases such as Zyklon B continued under the justification of parasite extermination. During WWII, The German army experienced typhus en epidemique, but resulted with only 10% mortality among the infected. Condemning cloth lice as the carrier of this disease, parasite extermination was still clearly sited as a cause for concern.

Insomuch as they were common to the Germany army, parasites were also a consistent fixture on the farm.

“The principle base idea, after peace has been restored, is to make, in addition to the hydrocyanic acid, other combat substance that the war produced useful for the advancement of farming through the struggle against parasites.” Fritz Haber (50)

More, the term ‘parasite’ spread to embody the stronghold that the Jew, the gypsy, the homosexual etc. had on German society. The enemy of the farm and that of the human race were one and the same in all matters—extermination included.

It’s principle lies in surrounding the enemy long enough—which in practice meant at least some minutes—with a cloud of polluting materials, with a sufficient ‘tactical concentration’, until he would fall victim to his own need to breathe. (45)

How does this idea of using the environment as an ‘expansion of the battle ground’ an area where biodynamic viticulture can comment upon?

A reoccurring theme: Measuring awareness

I wonder about the application of psychology, receptivity, perceptions, tendencies, etc. engaged during other times of war. Consider the following statement from a report assembled by the RAND corporation under the name, “The Iraq Effect: The Middle East After The Iraq War”.

“The ousting of the Iraqi leader created the perception of increased vulnerability on the Arab side, resulting in a tendency to exaggerate the specter of Iran and its associated nonstate allies.” (xii)

Biodynamic viticulture may be very well equipped on measuring those involuntary or indirect draws of nature upon that of the situation.

My largest problem: I don’t know how to cast my characters.

Considering how radical both parties appear, my net of “characters” is large, but where do I get them? —From interviews, reports, articles, videos and books? How do I allow my characters to talk in scenes they have not visited in reality all the while maintain my non-fiction footing? Without encroachment, is there a way to observe the behavioral patterns of a person for a proper projection into my association?

(Or, am I thinking too much?)