I don't have a quip or any manner of witty catchphrase to slap up as a title for today's post. I've been struggling with enormous anxiety and a good deal of physical pain today. Peter Gabriel's rendition of David Bowie's song Heroes keeps ringing in my ears. It's a good version. It's inspired a good amount of writing in some fiction I've been working on.
The part of the song that keeps running through my head is:
I, I can remember
Standing, standing by the wall
And the guns, shot above our heads
And we kissed, as though nothing could fall
And the shame, the shame was on the other side
Oh we can beat them, for ever and ever
Loki is with the protesters. He moves among them as does Thor and Odin. As does the other old gods. We live in dangerous times. These gods that we had abandoned collectively a long time ago have not abandoned us. They're here inspiring us to outrageous acts of courage (Naked Athena for example) and compassion.
Loki wants all of us to remember that we can be heroes, even if it is for just one day. Stand against tyranny. Just your act of existence is an act of protest and is heroic. Support the ones on the lines. Demand justice for the ones who are being assaulted under the color of law and dragged away in vans. And remember that we must love each other with all the ferocity that we have within us.
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