Crooked Beauty this Saturday

C r o o k e d B e a u t y




Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness



A B e n e f i t F i l m S c r e e n i n g
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T h e I c a r u s P r o j e c t

A radical mental health support network and grassroots media project
created by and for people struggling with dangerous gifts commonly labeled as ‘disorders’.

Filmmaker Ken Paul Rosenthal will present Crooked Beauty, a poetic documentary that chronicles artist-activist Jacks McNamara’s transformative journey from psych ward patient to pioneering mental health advocacy.

The screening will be followed by a panel-style q and a with members of the Bay Area Icarus Project, including Ken Paul Rosenthal. Food and drinks provided.

California Institute for Integral Studies
Namaste Hall

1453 Mission Street (bet. 10th & 11th Streets), San Francisco
Saturday, October 16, 2010
6 – 9 pm
$5 – $10 donation
* No one turned away for lack of funds *


Contact
kenpaulrosenthal@hotmail.com
www.crookedbeauty.com
www.theicarusproject.net

Generations

As I sit on the stoop across from the Library, I notice the small children playing in the little playground they have there. This one mom is chasing some little ones around, acting silly and fun. The adults seem to have passed a point in their lives where they've begun to settle down in their bodies, committing to the daily work of supporting a family, being a foundation. Of course this tethers them to the ground, and they won't run and play with the exuberance of the wind that blows with the children.

My thoughts turn to adults that can keep up with kids... adolescent peoples and other young adults, who haven't settled in like this yet. Their wild wind blows them through the streets, playing ball, dancing, fucking, burning their energy out with drugs, channeling their passion into fulfilling their dreams. Children would be great playing with young adults too. Somehow in this world I'm witnessing, children have been fenced off from the world of young adults, into their own suburban playground supervised by adults acting the role of parents.

I see this as a cause for frustration in both the parents and children. The children don't have any bridge into the higher, more focused world of adults, because their parents can't keep up with their energy. The parental adults are slowed down in this artifical world, with only small children and a few other parents to relate to.

A more fluid world can be better for us all.