Jeseppi Trade Wildfeather
- Location
- Schoharie County, New York, USA
- Birthday
- April 03
- Title
- Owner
- Company
- Three Barn Farm
- Bio
- I come from a long line of soothsayers dating back to Roman times known as "Segreto", which means "secret adviser". Salah El-Din Al-Ayubi, "Saladino", (1169-1250), a Trebuchet armed Arab General (cf.: "The Kingdom of Heaven" -the movie) contributed the genes through Grandma Nelli. Life has been interesting. I lived and studied in a Franciscan cult at the estate of Hamilton Fish in Garrison on the Hudson. The Cappuchins practiced an unnatural view of God and sex. They threw me out as soon as they realized I liked girls more than Herman Hesse, or certain men in dresses. Before "bells" came in, I attended the subway institute of dance in New York City until I traded the greaser life for a rubber finger at the US Trust Company, 45 Wall where bankers trade heavily in the tight colorful sweaters which encircle the massive breasts of seductively submissive receptionists. I volunteered for Vietnam and returned from my fog of war shrugging my shoulders like Robert Strange Mac Namarra with ..."Alright, we made some mistakes". Compelled to discover why all the killing, I hyper-focused on Dante and Jesus. In Italy a blinding revelation came to me while in ecstasy in Gubbio during an annual event, "Son you're in depression just go ahead and kill yourself." I'm still here thanks to San Steffano. Another voice came through –"Do that and you will be immersed in papal dung up to your balls listening to your uncle's Kingston Trio albums over and over again for the rest of eternity. I quickly repented and decided to limit myself to a strict regimen of lust and cute goddess face worship hoping to move up a chasm circle. I learned to discern the meaning of academic reliability in all fields except personal finance and human psychology. After graduation, I began my artistic pursuits in welded sculpture in a dismal basement warehouse studio next to a chemicals lab and got burned selling absolutely nothing while amassing thousands of pounds of rusting truck parts. I soon became a tradesman, and eventually became regarded as a skilled artisan in ceramic tile and marble with over two thousand hand crafted projects and the van your father warned you about. Syracuse, Walnut Creek and Berkeley were my playgrounds. Along my path I learned that God is Love, Life, and Truth; One. Could be your one. Could be my one. Could be any body's one. So long as God remains One. Double or triple Gods have difficulty parenting me. They argue. I believe that the Anointed One of Israel, Yeshua, Jesus, is the incarnation of love, life and truth. I believe his death saved me and the revelation of this truth came when I wholeheartedly repented, like Scrooge, of my lost and sinful life. I soon began to experience God's miraculous presence and grace toward me. Been there ever since.
While a tradesman in 1989, I was formally ordained by invitation of the United Evangelistic Fellowship, Concord California, while ministering in the prison community in Northern California. Due to the repressed, emotional trauma of severe combat experiences in Viet Nam, the recession of the mid 90's, and being a nice guy, I was incapable of adjusting to the complexities and instabilities of consumer oriented society. I suffered a divorce in 1997. Dissed by family and friends I lived aboard "Mama Mia", my 28' Pearson Triton, and "Emily" , my 35' wooden sloop built in Gossport England in 1946, for the next seven years in San Francisco Bay Area Marinas. There I wrote, rehearsed, prayed and degenerated painfully slowly. I found healing through a combat veteran's recovery group processing deeply buried feelings caused by repressing unspeakable atrocities. I remain open and willing to reconcile with family and friends wherever, and whenever possible.
Today, I work at what I love and do best developing my household, music, mosaics and oil painting. I study more and live peacefully with my wife, Denise, a fused glass artist living in our twenty acre mountain farm in Upstate New York. Our friends and tenants are kind, generous, gracious and love one another deeply. They are a gift, and a beacon of peace and the first fruits of a good life.
I support any person willing to stand up and speak in an uninhibited sincere voice. I work at being positive, and facilitate workshops in communication education and oil painting promoting creative interdependent interaction among people of all races, creeds, and cultures. Performance art in down-tempo, urban, blues/rock guitar improvisation, and other disciplines are my vehicles for self expression, social interaction, and community enrichment. At the Hotel Utah in San Francisco between 1997 and 2004 I gave over seven hundred consecutive solo performances and scores of ensembles with young upstarts and old timers. Watched new trends, friendships and leaders develop playing a part somewhere in the mix. Lee Mallory, a close friend and noted influence of the late sixties sound, once said, "I guess I'm just a love child". I think that is the best way to describe my associates then and now. My life with all it's trials, struggles and hardships has been a wonder and a blessing. I am happy to be here. I expect I will be even happier to return when my Blessed Lord calls.
My web estate, "The Naked Underground", is located at http://jeseppi.blogspot.com/.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Rembrandt: Commentary on Peter
Greenaway's "Nightwatching"
August 09, 2009 12:07PM - The Folly of Socialized
Medicine in a Capitalistic
Society
August 04, 2009 09:17PM - No. Korea No Joke
July 26, 2009 08:33AM - Communism and/or Consumerism
June 01, 2009 10:00AM - Thomas Jefferson Speaking on
Today's Issues
May 19, 2009 10:39AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “I was unable to occupy a
vote in the last
presidential
election. I
laughed at Oba…”
November 28, 2011 10:03AM - “Lonnie, you are now
poised and ready for your next
right of
passage –
perso…”
August 10, 2009 11:17PM - “On getting closer to the
core issues I mentioned
earlier
let's consider being
pro…”
May 14, 2009 09:04AM - “No wonder. Our sexuality
is at the core of who we
are.
Partner assisted sex is
in…”
May 14, 2009 12:20AM - “those who worship the
earth
eventually come to
thorns and thistles
but
the wise who…”
May 03, 2009 11:10AM
Jeseppi Trade Wildfeather's Links
Rembrandt: Commentary on Peter Greenaway's "Nightwatching"
Peter Greenaway's 2007 movie "Nightwatching" on Rembrandt depicts him as a godless, vulgar and existential artist more like the socialist intellectuals of early twentieth century Paris. It is clear that his intent and purpose was to capitalize on the four hundred year anniversary of hi… Read full post »
The Folly of Socialized Medicine in a Capitalistic Society
Survival issues are basic human instincts. According to
Maslow’s famous hierarchy, the needs of the body and safety
are at the core of daily concern before love, esteem and
self-actualization may be achieved. It is a common belief that most
people seek job security for the health benef… Read full post »
No. Korea No Joke
The diplomacy between the United States and Korea is resulting
in threats of such a nature that one must take a moment to study
and assess the present situation.
The most recent news which states that North Korea will deliver a
calamity of the most unimaginable nature to the US if… Read full post »
Communism and/or Consumerism
Com – .com; com, ca-com,com,com, com .com,ca-com-m-m-m-mmmmy!
What has happened to us?
Today's news:
“You never want to have the government involved in your business,” said Orlando, whose firm owns 7.3 million JPMorgan Chase & Co. shares and 1,483 shares of Citigro… Read full post »
Thomas Jefferson Speaking on Today's Issues
TJ
Certain things down through history never change, no matter how complicated, cryptic or evolved the system may seem to have become. Certain changes created a support for the good of the elite few, like King George and his cronies. But, a higher level of noble dignify existed… Read full post »
First Rule of Social Interaction
Gentleness is lifting up a person's feelings which the ignorant plow beneath them as dirt.
The Yeoman Farmer of Schoharie
Windrush Farm, Georgia –an example of a yeoman farmhouse.
“At the center of Jefferson's vision of the United States stood the educated, yeoman farmer. An enlightened citizen, trained in many fields, was the only force that Jefferson felt could maintain our democracy a… Read full post »
Wildfeather Speech at Muslim Conference: "The Stream"
As a Christian minister I was asked to give a speech at Ahmadiyya Muslim Community's interfaith conference whose topic was "How a Religion Can Bring Peace and Harmony." Rather than address the topic directly, I chose to use an allegory and let the audience find the metaphoric relevance… Read full post »
The Rogue, the Hedge, the Simpleton, and the Twilight Zone
"Once there was a wealthy investor who owned plenty of stock in the stuff people use up every day. He seemed generous because he loaned his stocks to his friends so they could make a little money off of his big money. As expected, the bull stopped charging… Read full post »
Farm? I Beg Your Pardon!
Christina Romer, the head of President Obama's Council of Economic advisers, says the current recession pales in comparison to what our parents and grandparents went through.
Further she states, " And when you're unemployed in the Great Depression, you went in the bread line, the soup line.… Read full post »
The Ten Commandments, God and Human Emotions
Have you ever wondered about the Ten
Commandments and why they are considered the moral law of God?
It is a simple concept, really.
I have an idea and will explain it to you briefly:
The Ten Commandments can be viewed as representing ten different emotions in human… Read full post »
Horses in Snow –Photos
In the hills of Schoharie near the sleepy hamlet of
Gallupville, New York, is a place called Hessian Hill. One day
while driving there in November of 2008, it began to snow heavily.
I popped off a series of photos of the animals of a certain farm up
there.
What's… Read full post »
Madoff's Naked Shorts
First let me say that if the reader is presently deriving most of their information from mainstream media, or spends a good deal of time engaged in it what I am about to reveal will make little sense because thought reform has colonized the mind and the ability… Read full post »
Faith Based Wall Street Addicted
Over the past two years I have been addicted to studying
Wall Street every day through my watch list. This is what I
learned:
–A Secular Sermon by Rev. Joseph Leonard Segreto
(aka JTW)
Faith is what great dreams are made of –and that is the faith… Read full post »
Ethical Egoism
From, "Don't fill Up On the Antipasta", a pending title for my autobiography.
The Day I Met Bill Beans
A few years back I moved to Piedmont, California where people like
Robert Strange McNamarra and his ilk were born,
educated and sequestered from the lower classes. Quiet old… Read full post »
America –SOLD!
"They truly believe that a "New World Order" with multinational corporations in charge instead of sovereign governments will be the answer to the problem of world instability. And therefore they must do away with quaint things like unions, a healthy middle class, and, ultimately, democracy."… Read full post »
The Snowed in Summit Blues
Just moved to a small rural town in Upstate New
York. This is Jeffersonian America. Many of my new acquaintances
own over a hundred acres of land. They humor me at twenty. Their
view of freedom is much different that that which I held for many
years as a rat… Read full post »
Ahmadinejad's Blog Site
I recently discovered Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Blog. After witnessing this man's integrity at Colombia University in '07, and Lee Bollingers weak, low life and self inflating ignoble dishonor of an important dignitary, my whole view of Iran, Ahmadinejad, internatioal politics and the Middle Ea… Read full post »
Letter to a Painting Student
Christ with Children after Bloch by Wildfeather
The following is a letter to a student candidate for private instruction in oil painting after reviewing one of her paintings.
"Hello Nikol,
Denise and I enjoyed meeting you yesterday and agree you are quite
a unique and special person. Yo… Read full post »
Opposites Succeed!
To succeed one must do the opposite. When the soldiers all retreat running for their lives from the enemy; you charge and after you are dead you will be considered a hero. When others are charging headlong, run away like Clinton to become president one day.
When everyone… Read full post »
What is "Not" ?
What Is Not? Or, How I Changed My Personality… Read full post »
Trust
Trust is a measure of who you are. Those who have great trust have great power. I used to work for the United States Trust Company at 45 Wall. We used words like confidence and fiduciary quite a bit. One could see that there was as sense of… Read full post »
Noblesse Oblige: My American Heritage
I was impressed by Lonnie Lazar’s comment to my recent post
on, President, or King
Obama. He said,“ ... My feeling is that if
more of the noblesse in our culture had a great
impulse to oblige (as you appear to have), the downtrodden and the
put upon would… Read full post »
President, or King Obama?
I recently received a message asking me to read a post by Lisa Solod Warren which urged Obama to go to the people on the issue of the stimulus package. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-solod-warren/dear-president-obama-with_b_162588.html
Here is my… Read full post »
The House of Wildfeather
The Baronial system in Sicily is supposedly finished, some would like to think. But the vestiges of power and government still retain a significant… Read full post »
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