the holy week and the holy day
"The child who dwells inside us trusts that there are wise men somewhere who know the truth. That is the source of the beauty and passion of intellectual pursuits- in philosophical adn theological books, in lecture halls. Various "initiations into mystery" were also said to satisfy that need, be it through the alchemist's workshop or acceptance into a lodge (let us recall Mozart's Magic Flute). As we move from youthful enthusiasms to the bitterness of maturity, it become ever more difficult to anticipate that we will discover the center of true wisdom, and then one day, suddenly, we realize that others expect to hear dazzling truths from us (literal or figurative) graybeards."
-"If Only This Could Be Said" by Czeslaw Milosz (Polish, Nobel Prize of Literature whom both I and my housekeeper are major fans of)
-"If Only This Could Be Said" by Czeslaw Milosz (Polish, Nobel Prize of Literature whom both I and my housekeeper are major fans of)
Words would be superfulous following such a statement. Truth is You. Believe It. Live. It. end story.
musical accompaniment: http://www.myspace.com/sm8thday [thanx na hama]
a peaceful, beautiful, and we-got-such-good-food-and-wonderful-guests-sort-of-shabbos....
posted by HindiK at 11:34 PM
2 Comments:
hind-
just saw your call. we'll be in touch.
peace, girly.
Ironic how greybearding can mean describing the irony of greybearding.
Some lines I wrote down from a great panel today on 'indigenizing the novel' - (basically a q&a w/seminal Maori writer Patricia Grace) about interweaving language, politics, and simple storytelling while crafting people art:
Grace: "The world is where we are; it's not out there. It's where we are."
Jodi Byrd, Indigenous Politics professor (w/PhD in english!), on outsiders reading an 'inside' story: "People expect a decoder ring...a way into the culture."
Albert Wendt, author and citizen's chair of the event: "we do not write as anthropologists...we want to tell entertaining stories...[so] sometimes the most hurtful [critics] are our own people."
For your general education :o]
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