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The Barbaric Yawp

10/1/2017

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I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable,
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.
- Walt Whitman** 

If you've ever climbed to a mountain summit you know the jubilation of the accomplishment. We lift up our arms, high- five our companions, and take pictures. Then the elation quickly fades as thoughts of descent and food replace it. But what if we could savor that moment a little longer? Enter the barbaric yawp.

The mountaintop is a special place for release. Not something refined for your friends' ears. Not some cliched sound effect. Not something muted for fear of disturbing the neighbors. Rather give a vocalization to your "I am that I am." The sound of your life-force. The announcement that at this moment in time you are truly alive.

Take off your clothes if you dare. Sense the warmth of the sun and cool of the wind on your skin. Feel the grit of earth under the feet. Recognize that you are a product of this natural world. You are a ripple in the fabric of the cosmos. 

Observe everything around you with the gift of awareness. What a mysterious thing it is to be conscious. Notice the beauty of existence exactly how it is. Then spread your arms high and sound your barbaric yawp so it can see you right back.

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If you'd like to see my barbaric yawp in action be warned that you'll see me naked from behind (i.e. bare-assed): Naked B.Y.  
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** The first time I heard this poetic stanza was as it was referenced by Robin Williams in Dead Poet's Society. 





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Carol
4/3/2021 01:38:06 pm

I left this question on instagram don’t know if you will see it. Then saw this. My question is how do you keep from getting sick eating street food in all these primitive places lacking sanitation. I stayed in 5 star hotels in India, drank only bottled water was careful about what & where I ate and came home with a case of parasites requiring 2 rounds of medication to get rid of them!

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