Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Mr. Burke's Activities 2011

Thanks for your comments. I will respond here to the latest comment inquiring about Mr.Burke's activities. He's doing well, has recently turned 88 and is, of course, still busy writing! Your comments are most appreciated.

Monday, February 8, 2010

hello world!

Hi!
Stanley is on the west coast for the Olympics...
Still working on his concepts and looking great!
Happy Birthday Stanley Burke!

Friday, November 2, 2007

They're Changing Our Fishwater!

Marshall McLuhan used to say,"We don't know who discovered water but we can be sure it wasn't a fish."

What he meant was that fish are only vaguely aware of the environment in which they are immersed. And so it is for humans.

Despite millions of words about communication which have been written and spoken since McLuhan's time, we still haven't got the message.

When we get that message - we'll have a better, more peaceful world.

Bring in the outsiders!

Conventional thinking has to be opened up...
The talent we need to solve our problems and move forward comes from the fringes where fresh perception thrives.
Everything is changing. It needs to.

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

The Thunder Burke Meets Himself


Here I was 'cartooned' during my CBC phase. 'Burke in a gilded cage,' hells bells - it was worse than that. But I escaped the cage to bring you other news...

Now, I'd like to talk to you about a powerful communication symbol - the Thunderbird- one of our greatest communication symbols. Originally he may have been an owl. But he evolved into an eagle with a human body, migrating with the Asian tribes who came to North America. Here he assumed the familiar form made famous by the west coast totem poles.

The Thunderbird also migrated westward to become the eagle of Rome, Germany, Mexico and the United States, among others. Look at an American coin and you'll see the lightning in his claws. He's a Thunderbird.

So - the Caucasians finally reached the west coast of North America - ending the great westward migration. Were they surprised to find their beloved Thunderbird symbol already established by the Native People? Something of profound importance had happened--the era of human expansion over the surface of the earth was over. The Thunderbird met himself. Exploration of one dimension was ended and now - the human race goes into new dimensions---outer and inner space.

Outer space is essentially physical but inner space is an exploration of the spirit and the essence of life itself.

Where do we go? Into space and into ourselves!

These are the last frontiers.

Thanks for visiting - I look forward to your comments.