The first thing to contemplate is that: in Australia its the beginning of Autumn whereas in the northern hemisphere its spring. So its a time of renewal but that's not what's up here. Yet here I am thinking about renewal. huh?
It’s very pope like or Royal to make pronouncements on Easter but the ritual is about renewal and since my anniversary date falls very close to this full moon perhaps it is a good to be making pronouncements.
Its not so much pronouncements anyway, just some random thoughts that were off shoots of conversations held over the past few days. By the by, if I drift off topic a little, that’s because the Mac Store is across the street and I can hear the Airbook calling.
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So Bluey, Newbie and Bevenator were at Mass Sunday morning and came back and were waxing philosophic about the meanings of the day and Newbie had a really neat concept that I have to relate. That the Supreme being exists out of time or at least exists in all times such that you gain (have prayers answered) wisdom/strengths in advance of when you may need them. With this concept I guess you have to allow for gaining the necessary wisdom after the fact too. That works for me as how many times have we talked about learning from our mistakes. I should mention that we saw Sinead O’Connor Saturdayt night and she’s touring in support of her Theology album so we have had many references to faith over the past few days. It was very interesting listening to Newbie and Bevenator chat the other day.
Bevenator thinks I need to use this “pulpit” to present various cases; the most recent in her mind is “testifiying” that my treatment was all the better because we had the option, my consultant and me, to choose to go ahead now with my BMT while I was strong. In other health systems, that choice may not have existed. So I should make sure that this option exists for any of you gentle readers. The “sermon” today is: buy private insurance, and see your doctor regularly. I guess the rest of it is that we need to work in our various circles to insure that we have a health system that allows people to have these options.
More sermons later on such topics as getting the Leukaemia Associations in Canada and the US to adopt "World's Greatest Shave" as a fundraiser in March so that we have heads shaved around the world. Also coming is getting face book to ban the 20 friends thing!
We also talked about matriarchs in families that are diaryists and recording the events of their lives and that, in examples put forward, were consulted by younger family members as to when things happened. They acted like the older societie's story teller might have. They are the holder of the oral history..... except they are written.
We also talked about matriarchs in families that are diaryists and recording the events of their lives and that, in examples put forward, were consulted by younger family members as to when things happened. They acted like the older societie's story teller might have. They are the holder of the oral history..... except they are written.
I was reminded of a painting on a buffalo skin that I saw in the Head-Smashed-In-Buffalo-Jump interpretative centre outside Fort Mcleod.
-----Warning art content coming.
This paining was a history of the tribe over many years. It was a swirl of pictograms starting in the centre and spiralling out. Each pictogram was painted as a representation of the most unusual event in the previous year. So this painting with hundreds of these little symbols represented several generations of the tribes' life. There may have been a heavy snowfall that year or a big flood or little meat to hunt or a sickness but each year the painter would pick only one thing from the year. Imagine limiting your life to one image? This is my image for last year.
So why don't you send me images from your last year and I'll start up a multistrand collage thingy.
Just use photo bucket or email them direct to
chrisolin22@hotmail.com
If you want, give me multiple parts to an image idea you have, and tell me about it, and I'll cobble them together in photo studio; like I did this one.
A collective art project.
------Oh this will look good.
Shut up, it will turn out just fine.
-------You know they say the camel was designed by committee. It was intended to be a horse!
No, this is going to be good 'cause it includes just enough purpose to get it started but leaves everything open for serendipity!
-------- Does it bother anybody else that he is now talking with two voices?
more later
Chris
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