Reader,
Society often trumps up praise for
originality. But in truth the real inner passion is for no change. Being one
who praises originality in thinking, and has strived to suggest innovations
over many years; I have found great resistance to ANY new ideas from almost ALL
people. The person who considers new ideas is rare. The person, who seeks it
out, is almost non-existent.
This issue is written for those rare few.
It contains a collection of my major ideas over the last few decades. Some of
them may prove to be groundbreaking. Some may prove to be unworkable. Some are
just fun. See what you think. Then
contact me with your thoughts.
Note the top ten or so most important
ideas, in my opinion anyway, have stars by them. These are major ideas that I
have developed over many years in Musea.
ARTS
Through this zine Musea I have suggested
many changes in the world of arts - more so than any other area. So we start
with the biggest group of new ideas - art ideas.
1. The Art Revolution ***** Since
the early nineties I've been promoting an art revolution in all the arts that
supports the best of independent artists, while opposing the abuses of
corporate art. Periodically I've summed
up the major ideas of the art revolution. Early on one summation was the booklet,
"Art Revolutionary's Handbook."Another summary, later on was the
Musea issue #162, "Five Doors of the Art Revolution", followed by the
six Youtube video series, "Five Doors of the Art Revolution."
2. The Review Service ***** No
artist can build a career without reviews. This no-ad service would guarantee
every artist of every kind, a fair tough review for a small processing fee.
Reviews would be open to all, not just a monied few. See assorted articles in
Musea.
3. Art Centers ***** Musea has
spent many issues on the idea of an all arts, art center.
I have two versions. The "B"
plan would be easy to set up. The "A" plan would be the size of a
theme park (See MUSEAD). To test these ideas on a small scale, I and friends
set up the first ART REVOLUTIONARY FESTIVAL, a 1993 daylong festival open to
all arts with a stage for music, actors, dancers, video artists, and poetry
readings; an exhibit of paintings and sculptures, and a display of zines.
Fellow organizer Tim Wood went on to host two more of these in "94. This
was incredibly fun and exciting. Along these lines I have suggested the NEA,
National Endowment for the Arts, shift their budgets away from grants to
individual groups, and use the money to set up NEIGHBORHOOD ART CENTERS open to
all local and national artists of every kind.
Other Ideas: AACA Logo, Artists Against Corporate Art
Logo, designed by Kevin E. White, was a symbol that any indie artist could add
to their work to support the art revolution. I also made AACA t-shirts (very
rare now), and AACA stickers. I've also suggested that Dallas would make a good
world center for the arts, and that we have an ART OLYMPICS, like the sports
Olympics, but for arts (as the Greeks did).
Now on to the new ideas in specific arts:
Music
4. Post-Bands Music ***** I've
proposed a new music that opposes what rock and contemporary music have become.
It advocates a more basic and more innovative music that recreates the fun of
the early days. Some of the new ideas connected with this are: THE BIG LIST
*****, first all world best music list made possible by the internet (and
connected with that, the NPR vs. the Big List Challenge). FIRST BOX OFFICE
CONCERTS at the Inwood Theater, Dallas. And FIRST LIVE PERFORMANCE WEEKLY
REQUEST AND DEDICATION SERVICE. Personally, as Hunkasaurus and His Pet Dog
Guitar, I've recorded a 5 CD 'outside the box" set, part of an ongoing 150
guitar and voice, multi CD, recording project, with engineer Pam Irwin. My NEW
STYLE OF GUITAR PLAYING, recreates on one guitar; base, lead, and rhythm
guitar, parts. Also I created 12 BY 12, perhaps the first co-op record company
(6 CD's with 59 musicians/groups + the final recording, Tom's [11] Favorites
from 12 By 12). Also as a composer of almost 1,500 compositions, I've invented
a new type of BAGATELLE piano piece, and ILLUSTRATED SHORT STORIES (see later).
Also note the essay, "PSYCHOLOGY OF KEYS", that suggests each musical
key suggests certain specific emotions, or moods.
5. Post-Modern Art *****I've
proposed a new art that opposes the abuses of modern art, the gallery system,
and Ivory Tower art museums. Connected to that are, MASS MARKETING OF EXACT
REPRODUCTIONS OF PAINTINGS. Sell copies of paintings, like recordings, videos,
or books. OR send the copies on tour. Copies can go anywhere safely. I've suggested two conceptual art events to
END the abuses of conceptual art and what modern art has become. END OF MODERN
ART CONCEPTUAL ART EVENT OF 1.8.02 and SNAKE OIL CONCEPTUAL ART PROTEST, AND
VIDEO OF 5.28.08. Personally I have made over 4,500 art works with some new
types of art: STAND UPS, paintings that stand up like statues; ART ENVELOPES;
4-SIDED CARD COLLAGES; and ONE OF A KIND BOOKMARKS.
6. Zines and the Revolution in
Writing/Publishing ***** Zines, from the mid 80's on, were a revolution in
publishing, made possible by desktop computers. My zine MUSEA began in
1992. It was far from the first zine made, but I was there for the flowering of
zines, introduced many fine zine writers as columnists, and added some
innovations. I was also part of these
early zine groups ZINE WORLD (main zine review zine), and the ULA, Underground
Literary Alliance, a writers advocacy group. I also began the ZINE HALL OF FAME
in 1996, to celebrate many of the best zines (see zinewiki). In Personal
writing, I've started these new ideas:
MUSEA PUBLISHING with assorted chapbooks, and recordings including the
"SAYINGS OF EDITOR ART", (also note all the new words coined by
Musea), and The MUSEA READING FUND, free
credit for all readers at Paperbacks Plus Book Store, to help buy any classic
book, recording, etc. (as of this writing the fund is over $1,350). Also I've
invented new poem forms including QUATRO (4 word or phrase poem), VISION POEMS,
and POEM VIDEOS (like music videos but featuring poems).
Other Ideas. Here are some of the main new ideas from other
art forms.
Movies: Musea articles suggested these
two ideas: "MAKE A MOVIE FOR
$5", and "GUERILLA THEATER NETWORK", idea of setting up a series
of underground theaters across the country to play the best of indie
films. Personally, I've worked at the
magnificent INWOOD THEATER, in Dallas, where I play the world's only Box Office
Concerts (see music). I've also written Musea’s (year by year) GUIDE TO THE
MOVIES, the best films from the start, up to 2000. I've also written 70 PLUS FILM SCRIPTS in
various forms of completion; including a new type of movie I call a 'sampler'
movie. It has 3 working titles, "TH", 'MONDO TOM', and 'HOME
MOVIES'. ***** The other scripts include script ideas for numerous shorts
for the comic movie character, "TOMMY" *****. Also there are over 60
YOUTUBE VIDEOS on all phases of the arts.
TV: Through 3 issues of Musea I have
programmed 3 FULL FALL SEASONS ***** of TV shows for an imaginary network. See
outlines of 50 plus new TV shows, many in refreshingly new forms and styles. TV
need not be in a rut! Architecture. Time for a new more integrated and fun
architectural movement. Some of the main new building designs include MUSEAD
*****, the Dallas Art Complex shaped like an Ocean Liner! (See also Tugboat the
little ship for kids). DREAM HOUSE. ***** My dream house is part home, office,
museum, concert hall, art gallery, hotel, library, chapel, workshop, cafe,
meeting hall, and more. "BOOK ROCKET", a Bell Tower, and other buildings
including "THE GARDEN", a planned multi acre garden of specialty
buildings, plants and rock formations, sculptures, and parks. Fashion. "HOUSEDALLAS" is
my idea for a clothing design house. I've also designed many new fashions,
including the "TOMMY KNOT" (see video), "FASHION ART
EXHIBITS" to show new designers clothes through their drawings, the idea
of "NO REPEAT PRINTS", and the concept of "THE AMERICAN
UNIFORM", blue jeans, white t-shirt, and sneakers; etc. Internet: The internet will hopefully allow many of my
ideas to come to fruition. In the meantime note these new ideas. Musea' FIRST
GUIDE TO THE INTERNET and the INTERNET BILL OF RIGHTS. Personally I love the
net, and with help from webmaster Matthew Creed, have the following sites: a
zine site, MUSEA.US, the music site HUNKASUAURUS.COM, the blog site,
MUSEA.WORDPRESS.COM that features the WEEKLY E-MAIL CLUB MESSAGES, on all
things connected to the arts; WEEKLY ART CONTESTS, art quizzes for the
advanced; and finally there is a WIKIPEDIA ENTRY on all my main projects.
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5. EDUCATION Changes ***** There are many new and innovative ideas in
this field. Most are in a long Musea issue "ESSAY ON EDUCATION" After
hundreds of years of the age old teacher-lecturing-students system, I suggest
new ways to learn more and learn faster. Plus: ENGLISH REFORMS. Musea suggested
a first steps in revising English spelling confusion. PENTALIUM. A world
history of the last 5,000 years of civilization that tells history in layers.
First an overall view, next a more specific summary, etc., down to histories of
neighborhoods and families. HISTORY WIKI.
This would be an all world history on the web open to all to add entries
like the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia. COGITOLOGY. This Musea chapbook by
G.K.H. Bryant and myself, suggests many new ways of thinking. FREE ACCESS,
INTERNET COLLEGE. Free and/or low cost college on the net. Gather videos and
video series, from those professors who want to share their courses with others
and offer them to all. LIBRARY REFORM.
Extend what libraries can be to not only books on bookshelves, but
museums, art galleries, culture centers, etc. all mixed into one. DRAWING
EDUCATION. Though not my idea, it's a good one that deserves my support. We
learn to read and write, that stresses one hemisphere of our brains. But we
don't learn drawing, a major aspect of the other hemisphere of our brain. Teach
to both sides of the brain. Give full educations, not half. Everyone should
know how to draw.
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6. MEDIA - NO AD NEWSPAPER ***** Time to get back to hard news newspapers, and
get rid of ad driven pressure to tone down the news to fluff, gore reports, and
press release journalism. See the two Musea issues on this for specifics. Other
ideas include. HUMAN DECENCY PLEDGE. Musea is the only media source to sign
this. It says "As a member of the media, we pledge that we will strive for
reporting that takes into account basic human decency. We will, whenever
possible, not show pictures and/or footage of wounded and bleeding people,
pictures and/or footage of people being murdered, or killed in accidents,
pictures and/or footage of the corpses of people at the scene of violence or
accident, pictures and/or footage of men, women or children crying due to the
injury or death of others. ENOUGH ROPE INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUE, a way to get
more than rote answers in interviews.
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GOVERNMENT REFORM Ideas Here's a two parter. First some new ideas for
the city of Dallas, then some suggestions for the federal government.
City Government and City Planning. MAIN STREET AS
PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY *****. My biggest idea is one that would turn Main Street,
which starts in downtown and runs through Deep Ellum to Fair Park, into a
pedestrian walkway. No cars. This would help rejuvenate 5 neighborhoods: Downtown, Deep Ellum, and Fair Park right
away. Then carry the road across the Trinity and extend it into South Dallas,
and later along the Trinity to the vast intercity, Trinity Forest. Overnight we
would have a unique city center. Other ideas include, NO CAR ZONES, city areas
that don't allow car traffic, for those who prefer non car city living; which
is cleaner, safer, and more livable.
NEIGHBORHOOD BUSES. Buses that circle neighborhoods instead of all going
downtown. GARAGE SALE, MARKET, a farmer's market type building complex for all
weekend sellers. FREE PARKING DOWNTOWN AND FREE BUSES. Reduce traffic,
congestion, and pollution. CITY HALL HELPERS. City employees meet you at the
door, and walk you through whatever problem you have till you are finished. ONE
PAGE BIZ START UP SHEET. Simple way for new businesses to start. LIBRARY
DONATION BOX. Set up box outside each branch for anyone to donate their old
books, magazines, recordings. One for fun, THE DALLAS LONGHORN HERD. During
most of the year, the Trinity River bottom, which runs past downtown, is
grassland with a creek in the middle of it.
Why not use that to house a city herd of Longhorn cattle? IF they could be safe there, it would make a
unique tourist attraction that no other city has.
Federal Government Ideas. Ways to rein in Bureaucracy may be the
greatest inventions of this century! Here are ideas that might help. DEVISE A
WAY TO FIRE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. WITH UNIVERSAL INTERNET ACCESS, ALLOW
CITIZENS TO VOTE ON BILLS IN CONGRESS. DEVISE A COST CUTTING PROGRAM FOR
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. Set up a process for government employees to suggest ways
to reduce costs, for a percentage of the savings. Getting one tenth of one percent of a couple
billion dollars adds up! SET UP A NATIONAL SAVINGS ACCOUNT. Make a law that
10-100 billion goes into the savings account each year. The money can't be
spent, and the interest can't be spent for 10 years. NEA ART CENTERS. Shift funds
from specific art groups to regional art centers. JUST FOUR POSTAGE RATES. Post
office reduce almost all postage rates to 4. One
price for each of these groups: post cards and letters, envelopes and
circulars, small packages, and large packages. Then we would need Post Offices
only for those packages outside those categories. TAX AND SPEND SOLUTION. Pass
a bill reducing BOTH all taxes across the board, and all spending across the
board, one tenth of one percent. Perhaps
all could agree to this modest change.
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PROTESTS. My art and media revolution has
its share of protests. Here are some of the major ones. NO-AD NET OF WEBSITES *****. For one yearly
fee, visitors can visit and download music, see films, watch TV, listen to
radio, read newspapers, take lessons, and surf, ad free websites. Clicks
determine how much of the profit each site gets. AACA LOGO (see above). NPR 200
SONG MUSIC CHALLENGE. So far no response. JOHN HENRY RADIO CHALLENGE (ask radio
personality, Russ Martin on this one). FREEDOM OF SPEECH HALL. Places open to
all to congregate, and speak out. May put it in the city art centers. FOURTH AD
IN A ROW, PROTEST. Never buy the fourth ad in a row on TV, radio, etc. This
will force the media to limit ad runs to three commercials in a row.
SURVEILLANCE CAMERA SAFEGUARDS. Make all public placed surveillance cameras
open to all citizens to see. Everyone should have the right to see what the
police are watching on public security cameras. THE SHIFTING PARADIGM. More and
more it's not liberal versus conservative. It's Big Business versus Democracy.
NOT ALL THREE - MONOPOLY. Corporate art conglomerates can control making art,
reviewing art, or distributing art; but not all three! CORPORATE PATRIOTISM.
This is a call for corporate responsibility beyond greed for stockholders. Hard
times require Patriotism over profits from Big Business.
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BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD. Sometimes I
think up great ideas, and then find them thought up by others before me, or
already done before the ink dried on my paper. Here are some in that
category.THE BOX. In the Musea issue on the net, I predicted a briefcase size
box that would combine all our electro gizmos into one: A TV, computer, phone,
radio, music player, newspaper, etc. Then later it could be miniaturized into
something the size of a pair of glasses with the lenses showing the visuals and
earphones in the stems. That must have been on many drawing boards because we
can see most of that in the more advanced cell phones. FIVE ACT ILLUSTRATED
SHORT STORIES, or as most know them, rock operas. In the late 60's I was
inspired by the Beatle's concept album, Sgt. Peppers, to run songs together to
tell a story. I was well on the way to finishing my first Illustrated Short
Story, a 5 act play set to music, when the Who came out with "Tommy".
And even they weren't the first! I remember reading about it in Billboard
magazine and being so disappointed that they got there before me! But I have
been able to develop the form in over 8 finished musical works. Writing sci-fi is fun if you add a lot of
futuristic ideas. One I thought was pretty advanced was to have TELESCOPES THAT
TOLD YOU WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT, whether it was constellations, planets,
galaxies, etc. Pick up any astronomy magazine, and you can see such systems for
sale! Oh well, the future can be unpredictable too!
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BIOLOGY.
These are some ideas for those who love science.
7. Hendricks Health Theory ***** This
hypothesis suggests that catabolic and anabolic biochemical processes have,
through variations also evolved into many separate 'deconstructive' and
'constructive' processes. And that these have often remained relatively
separate. Here are some more ideas; WHY WE SLEEP. Sleep is half of a daily
digestion cycle. We eat and break down food during the day. Then use that
energy to replenish and build the body at night. VIOLENCE AS YOUNG MALE
PROBLEM. Humans are not violent, MALE humans, mostly when young, are violent.
OVERWEIGHT AND UNDERWEIGHT PROBLEMS. Overweight = unresolved anger problems,
underweight = unresolved fear problems.TWO NEW TERMS, DECONSTRUCTIVE AND
CONSTRUCTIVE: Deconstructive is all evolved forms of catabolic chemistry, and
Constructive is all evolved forms of anabolic chemistry. MOTOR OF EVOLUTION. Mutations on
deconstructive processes may put pressure on constructive processes to match
and vice versa. Thus there is a sort of motor of evolution that gives us two
improvements for every good mutation. ORIGIN OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONS. Suggestion
that smiles evolved from eating good food, frowns from spitting out bad or
blocking out bad food. HOLDING THE BABY.
When humans could walk upright it allowed women to hold, cradle, and soothe the
baby. This improved mother-child bonding may not only have helped developed
language but may have been key in increasing human intelligence. DANGER OF
EVOLVING TO FIT HUMANS. There is real danger for humans and all living things,
if we remove all species that endanger or inconvenience human safety, and only
preserve species that seem to live symbiotically with humans. UV AND IT'S ROLE
IN THE ORIGIN OF LIFE. See this paper of mine with many new ideas, at this
science website:
http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/U/UV_origin_of_life.html
MODEL FOR SELECTION PRESSURE. The greater
the selection pressure (directional or diversifying selection) the greater the
speed of evolution in the area of the selection pressure. AND the lower the
selection pressure (stabilizing selection), the lower the speed of evolution in
the area of the selection pressure. SETI SEARCH AT 260 NM. I suggest looking
for alien radio signals at the same frequency that RNA and DNA best absorb UV,
260 nm. FOUR PHRASE LANGUAGE TO TALK TO ALIENS. These four phrases cover most
basic ideas: like and have, like and
don't have, don't like and have, don't like and don't have. DEFINITION OF LIFE: Chemical system that can
adjust to the environment through both constructive (build up) and
deconstructive (break down) processes.
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TOYS, GAMES, RIDES, AND PLAYHOUSES. Time for fun.
Here are some new ideas in the play department. DOT'S PLAYHOUSE. Move a
Victorian Mansion to Fair Park, fill it full of toys, and open it up to all the
kids in town. The first city toy house. "TUGBOAT" the TV show. A live
TV program in real time, with all kinds of daily kid’s activities and
adventures. Lots of interactive fun with a little learning too. TUGBOAT, an
amusement park/boat for kids (see Musead above for the adult version). BLOCKS.
Not regular wood, but every type of walls, windows, doors, and roofs, in
miniature. It allows any child or adult to build their own models of homes,
churches, skyscrapers. Does for building what Barbie did for fashion. PLAYERS,
A GAME OF TWELVES. A board game where players try to build character and
experiences through incidents in 12 categories of life.THE 'Z' PUZZLE. This
puzzle, a page of "Z"s that has some hidden message, has yet to be
solved and it’s been years! Prize still awaits.THE "COSMOS". Idea for
the world's largest carousel, with a space theme.
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FOR THE GOOD OF ALL. Four ideas for
everyone.
7. CBA's, COMMUNITY BANK ACCOUNTS *****
Government, Groups, or Individuals set up a neighborhood bank account. Capital
is never spent. Interest goes to community to do what they decide is best. Bank
holding capital can only loan out to that community. Other ideas include; THE AFFORDABLE HOME.
Smaller homes for couples, seniors, or singles that have all the basics for
$20-40 thousand. DRUGS, BUY THE CROP. US and/or other countries, buy all the
cocaine and heroin crops directly from the farmers at their lowest price. Then
they control the entire crop. PEOPLE POWER. Cheap, green, even healthy power.
Hook generators to gates at stadiums, and revolving doors in skyscrapers.
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OUT AND OUTER. Finally here are those
ideas that have little boundaries. WIS, "WRITINGS IN SCIENCE". Most
of my science-in-the-future ideas are in this sprawling novel in progress.
Millions of years in the future, Earth is coming to an end, and these 'papers'
are the writings in science that are gathered up for safe keeping and transport
to the next world!
Plus: THREE HISTORY IDEAS: WHAT, TIMES WHEN NOTHING IS HAPPENING, CAN
TELL US; HISTORY INFORMATION THROUGH DISEASES OF THE PAST; and HISTORY THROUGH
PRESENT DAY ASTROLOGICAL REACTION STUDIES. FOREST FOOTBALL, (self explanatory).
And one more for fun: DALLAS AIR, bottle and sell the city air as a novelty
joke!
Well reader, are you exhausted? Have your
mental circuits been taxed? Maybe you want to know more about this one or that
idea? Contact me. Best Wishes - TH.
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