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Published: September 9th 2007
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Hello
Please remain calm I must say that my Cloud Cult t-shirt with the words, "Please Remain Calm" on it garnered attention from people young and old; I even had a couple of teenage girls ask me where I got it. For some reason, that saying really interested people. I got a few knowing laughs and few thoughtful looks as well.
I have a busy week ahead, as I start my new job Monday. It is a little bit outside London, so I will be traveling by tube, train, and bus to get there! So I took it easy this weekend, tried to organize a little bit.
I even watched a little television. Many of the programs are devoted to the fact that the anniversary of 9-11 is on Tuesday. There was a program about a photograph taken of a falling man; until this program, it did not click with me that people were jumping out the windows of the World Trade Building. It made me sad.
Today I had fish and chips and went to the British Museum. Actually, I ate the fish and chips in front of the Museum. And then I took a look around inside.
I think
I like the idea of fish and chips, more than I like fish and chips. For one thing, they give you a HUGE portion--and for another, they are kind of greasy. I can say that I did it, though.
I was not able to make it through the whole Museum. I started out too late, and there is just too much to see. But I am definitely going back. The first thing I noticed about the Museum (besides that it is a massive structure), was how airy and light it was in the passageways, and how dark it is in the different rooms (maybe to protect the objects?).
I stayed on the first floor, and wandered through exhibits on the Enlightment Age (18th century)--when people were starting to open their minds to different concepts about life and other civilizations, and Life and Death through the artifacts of Egypt, Easter Islands, Alaska, Bolivia, Peru, Mexico....I was standing there thinking about how all these different cultures made statues and different items to give name and meaning to the cycles of life. Each was similar, but also unique to that culture. For instance, some cultures bury their dead with objects to
attract riches in the afterlife. There were different rituals and objects used to prepare for war in some cases. Many of the civilizations had symbols and artifacts for protection--they varied from the very small to the gigantic.
(Now that I think about it--I was wearing my Cloud Cult shirt--and Cloud Cult's themes in their music have a lot to do with living life as well as death. If you haven't checked them out already, here you go.....
http://www.cloudcult.com/ )
Do you have a symbol or ritual of protection? How were those issues--birth, growth, death talked discussed or dealt with throughout your life? Feel free to share--or not.
I will be back next week with more on life in London. Hope everyone is safe and well out there!
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everett
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my symbol of protection...
I can't think of a specific security blanket I've ever had. But I've always been fond of hugs as a form of comfort and reassurance. To me that's a symbol of protection for not just life in general, but my friendships as well. Yum, fish and chips in London! Did they offer to put mayonnaise on your chips? I hear they like that. As always, absolutely amazing photos. Te echamos de menos todos nosotros aqui. Hasta pronto! Everett