The unbearable pleasure of contemporary politics

Zenko-ji Temple in Nagano City, Japan. Dalai Lama’s visit this weekend. The strategy of peace and human affection. Still I can’t stop the „Tsunami” piece by Master Tanaka from drumming in my mind... Saffron-robed monks are staring right into my "décolleté". „I do not judge the universe”. „Practice compassion, take universal responsibility”. „Human affection is the necessity"... Efficient slogans to keep the level of violence low...

Sylvie Guillem, French ballerina

A year ago in Japan, Sylvie Guillem mastered Boléro forever on the bloody-red platform of the Tokyo Theater. The violence of Ravel’s rhythm re-created by Maurice Béjart testosterone movements. Wild red-haired dancer in the dark was teasing the public for hours and hours, playing with different levels of human excitement, violence and unbearable pleasure...

An unapproachable dictator assuming absolute power over the red platform of the Tokyo stage. Dancing violence! Dancing excitement! Unbearable pleasure of never-ending tease... Only solitude and the lack of human affection can create unique art masterpieces like this one.

Human affection is not a necessity but an efficient tool in contemporary politics or business. If reinforced with electronic media it creates "Obama’s success story". If applied in business, it stops suicide waves within corporations. For smaller organization - since I decided to replace business meetings and heavy SOP's with masala ginger chai with Indian managers or a Norooz celebration with Persian supervisors and cancel major operations during Ramadan for Muslim employees or send handwritten "Happy Hanukkah" messages to our Jewish directors, the annual company revenue increased by 17%. Human affection helps to succeed in today's politics or business. But it kills fine arts. „Sleep is the best meditation” as His Holiness Dalai Lama says.