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being free is only a partial state of being
freedom is only the beginning
all creative action forms out of some kind of freedom
nothing bearable happens without some kind of freedom
after we get it theres beautiful work to do
nobody ever all free yet
i contest the suicide theory
all we want now is freedom
paradise one is the man woman freedom bird
paradise one walks freely
paradise two feels free
paradise two is free to worry about about things
to be free is to be free of hunger
to be free is to be free of privilege and the will of law
the external law of the state for instance
paradise three worries about things we cant worry about yet
paradise now is how to get there
paradise four is how to be and how not to be
there is only partial being with and without freedom
in paradise you are free
paradise is not everything
then comes paradise five and then six and then maybe paradise sixty
it is because we know these things that we revolutionists
hear the name of realists
Julian Beck
See more about Julian Beck and The Living Theatre at
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