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New war was about to start. It was a war between the States, between North and South. Here in this case the author describes both parties, he tells about views and beliefs of both sides. It is really hard to make up ones mind which is right and which is wrong. When he tells about opinion of Northerners who fought against slavery, one will take their noble position for sure. It is nonsense to have slaves in a well-developed and educated society. It is so noble to fight for the rights of all people, no matter what colour of skin and origin they are. It sounds so great and civilized to promote anti-discrimination and equal human rights. But then there is another part of the case. It is South who owns those slaves and does not wish anybody to interfere into their inner state affairs. They have owned slaves for centuries and they are not able to run their business without hands of strong black people.
This was the way how their fathers and grandparents lived and there is nobody who should tell them what and how to do. It is understandable that Southerners will protect their land and their views no matter what, even if they will have to fight against their friends and brothers. They have no choice but to defend their native states and their families from those Yankees who should rule on their land. When one reads a book and sees the events taking place in both parts of the country, he realizes that it is impossible to say whos right in the situation. Both parties have positive and negative aspects of the led politics. Nobody really wants that war which brings only death and suffering, no one is ready to take weapons and armors and kill his co- citizens. Who needs this war? As it usually happens in our world there are influential politicians ready to neglect and ignore human lives but get more wealth and power.
The Mains and the Hazards have already become relatives when the war started. Orrys sister married Charles brother and their families became even closer friends and already shared some ideas for common business. It was hard for both friends who had been close mates at the military academy to fight against each other. They have never quarreled about the war and its reasons. Though they both knew why the other one is going to fight. They respected each other as military officers and realized that the other one is a true patriot of his country and that is why he is going to be at battles. They never wanted to kill each other; they were both afraid of the war. They were afraid that their next meeting would take place on the battlefield.
Will they have enough courage to put up their weapons when there is a friend in front of you? Or rather does it matter if it is your friend who is going to shoot or who is going to be shot by you? Isnt it unimportant who the man you are fighting with when it is in any way your brother, your co citizen? No doubts at that time it was a hard decision for everybody in the country. Civil war is always the most outrageous and the most severe for its citizens. Civil war means destroying within the country, means death of your sisters and brothers, means hatred among the citizens, means that the whole country is filled with rage and disaster is everywhere. No one will be able to profit from the outcome of the fighting.
The book is not about the war battles themselves. It is about people, about men and their emotions. Having taking for instance two families from different parts of the United States John Jakes describes their feelings and fears about the coming war. He shows that there is nobody absolutely right, and on the other hand no one can be justified or guilty for those bloody events.
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While we were passing a junction, the driver told, he wanted to visit a deity, because he had made a vow some time back and turned the vehicle towards a more isolated passage.
Though he was Catholic by religion his faith in deity worship is not strange in Sri Lanka. Ancient nature worship and Hindu traditions are deeply rooted in the daily life of many people.
Steffani, a German Praktikum (Internship) student and Romy were watching intently what was happening in that small temple of deity worship. But the deity and nature worship is not strange to Europe. Before Christianity was introduced into Europe, there were deities and also everywhere a variety of Pagan religious practices.
Pagan practices were only abolished when the Pagan temples were demolished by the later emperors of the Roman Empire and others in the Europe. Germanic Pagan religion played its own part in ancient Germany.
Germanic paganism refers to the religious practices of the Germanic nations preceding Christianization. The well documented form of Germanic paganism is 10th and 11th century Norse paganism. There are various references found in the ancient writings of Germanic peoples and in Roman descriptions. The information can be supplemented with archaeological findings and from the remnants of pre-Christian beliefs in later folklore.
Germanic paganism was a polytheistic religion with similarities to other European and West-Asian pagan traditions, such as Finnish paganism, Sami religion, Slavic paganism, Baltic paganism, Roman paganism, Greek paganism and Vedic religion. The principal gods are known as Odin, Thor and Tyr.
The surviving accounts indicate spectacular human sacrifices. A unique eye-witness account of Germanic human sacrifice survives in Ibn Fadlan’s account of a Rus ship burial, where a slave-girl had volunteered to accompany her master with his burial.
The Heimskringla tells of Swedish King Aun who sacrificed nine of his sons in an effort to prolong his life until his subjects stopped him from killing his last son Egil. According to Adam of Bremen, the Swedish kings sacrificed male slaves every ninth year during the Yule sacrifices at the Temple at Uppsala.
The Swedes had the right not only to elect kings but also to depose them, and both King Domalde and King Olof Tratalja are said to have been sacrificed after years of famine. Odin was associated with death by hanging, and a possible practice of Odinic sacrifice by strangling has some archeological support in the existence of bodies perfectly preserved by the acid of the Jutland peat bogs in Denmark, into which they were cast after having been strangled. An example is Tollund Man. However, there were no written accounts that explicitly interpret the cause of these strangling, which could obviously have other explanations.
Rajkumar Kanagasingam is author of a fascinating book on German memories in Asia and you can explore more about the book and the author at AGSEP.
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There has been a dwelling around Oxford since Roman times. However nothing permanent was established until about 700 AD when the hamlet of Oxnaforda became a strategic place between the kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex. After the Norman conquest the town was fortifies from about 1070. Some of these city walls remain and one of the mounds is still in existence (by the Old Prison)
Origins of the University.
The first evidence of learning in Oxford could be traced back to 720 AD when the local ruler King Didan founded a nunnery for his devout daughter Frideswide. This was built in the grounds of Christ Chuch Cathedral. This nunnery later dissolved but it was taken over by a community of Anglican monks in about 1120. They rebuilt the chapel and dedicated the church to St Frideswide. This was the foundation for Christ Church Cathedral.
By 1167 there were 3 small monastic schools of learning in Oxford, of which the community in Christ Church was one. Around this time of 1167 many English scholars were forced to flee the University of Paris. The current King, Henry II encouraged many of these to come to Oxford and continue their studies their. The patronage of Henry II was important for the development of Oxford as a seat of learning.
The scholars brought the traditional curriculam from Paris. All learning was under the Chuch of Rome and all scholars and Masters were in holy orders and used to wear a long black gown. These scholars were not of the nobility but often from humble origins but they played an important role in the administration of the state being the small % of the literate population.
In 1214 Oxford was recognised as a university by the Church and the first Chancellor was appointed. This attracted many scholars to come. These young boisterous scholars often created friction and conflict with the local towns people and during this century there were frequently town versus gown riots which left a couple of people dead. Because of this many scholars moved to other towns such as Cambridge leading to the formation of other universities.
In the 13th Century many masters created halls of residence to protect scholars from local hostility. Also in the 13th century there appeared the first of the University colleges. Colleges were different to the halls of residence because they were not tied to the monastic tradition. In fact many colleges prevented their members from taking monastic vows. This enabled more adventurous teaching than in the monastic halls. The colleges were like a secular response to the monastic halls of residence.
Oxford Colleges were usually founded by rich churchmen who had no offspring to leave their wealth. Thus it was seen as a commendable act to create a college and endow it with wealth. Because of their greater wealth and permanence the colleges flourished and gradually began to overtake and absorb the smaller, more impermanent halls.
The first 3 colleges to be set up were University college, Merton and Balliol. It is much disputed which is the oldest and depends on how you define the foundation of a college. St Edmunds Hall can claim to be the oldest place of teaching have been a medieval hall and later making the transition to a full college. With the establishment of colleges university life became more regulated. It became more common for scholars to live in the same college and be taught by the resident masters.
In the 14th and 15th Century another 7 colleges came into existence including Exeter, Oriel, Queens, new college, Lincoln, All Souls, and Magdalen.
In the 16th century the most important development was the founding of Christ Church by king Henry VIII. It was founded in 1546 despite the turbulence created by the reformation. But with royal approval the University was protected and given a higher profile. Following the reformation the composition of university scholars started to change. Instead of monastic scholars it was increasingly the middle classes who wanted to send their sons to be taught. These gentleman commoners were willing to pay for their tuition. This enabled an increased expansion of the university.
Richard is an economics teacher in Oxford and is a member of the Sri Chinmoy Centre. Richard is also a keen photographer and adds many photos of Oxford to his blog.
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This Article Has Violent Descriptions, Not Intended For Young Readers
Contrary to popular belief, there was a real Dracula, who was known for his evil acts while he reigned over his kingdom. His full name was Vlad III Draculea (which is transliterated into Dracula), son of Vlad II Draculea, born in Transylvania in 1431, and dying in 1476. He had three main reigns, his first in 1448, his second (the longest) from 1456-1462, and finally in 1476. He spent most of his time in Tirgoviste and Bucharest. Dracula built many fortresses, monasteries, and walls, the most famous of which was Castle Dracula, which was placed in a remote, isolated area. Many consider Dracula to be the ideal Machiavelli prince, in that he did anything to maintain his power. One thing he is famous for is holding off the Ottoman Empire from taking over Western Europe, but he is even more so famous for his atrocious acts of cruelty.
In the beginning of his reign, Dracula insisted upon reducing the power of boyars (noble lords), and did so by killing many of them. He gathered all the boyars and killed the weak by impalement, and used the others to build a fortress for him. Since somebody needed to replace them, he ingeniously gave peasants their position, thus making them grateful and loyal to him. While Dracula didn’t have anything against peasants or merchants, he hated thieves, beggars (who he considered worse than thieves), sick, lazy, and old people. On one occasion he gathered all of them into one building, and then set it on fire and burned them alive, ignoring their screams of agony.
Dracula was interested in the Church, at least initially. He built many monasteries and Churches, and donated money and land to them. He also followed their customs and rituals, and was Romanian Orthodox. Perhaps a reason why he was so involved with the Church was that he used it to atone for, and most of the time justify, his evil acts. However, he eventually became suspicious of the Church, as he saw them as people who could elude his jurisdiction. The Church appeared to him as an obstacle, something more powerful than him. He burned down many monasteries, including some he built, and impaled clergy and monks.
All of this was done to preserve his power. One of the main reasons Dracula was so supportive of peasants was because they were 90% of the population, and Dracula needed their brawn and support for his empire to thrive. He founded new villages and reduced feudal dues (taxes) so that they would be more supportive of him. To defend them, he built fortresses around these villages so the people would have somewhere to go in case of an attack or other crisis. However, as was stated, he had no tolerance for the incompetent and lazy, and had no problem eliminating them. He saw this as a way to protect his kingdom and keep it pure. He would take some people, like thieving gypsies, and instead of killing them, enlist them in his gypsy army, so they could be of some use. Dracula didn’t trust merchants much, and he tested them multiple times for trickery, and if they failed, they were killed. But for the honest ones, he made sure they were secure and safe, by protecting their trade routes.
Dracula maintained order in his kingdom through very harsh laws. The things he did would stop any person from even thinking of committing a crime.
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Dracula’s methods were cruel but effective, and while some of the laws were fair, others weren’t. For example, if a wife had an affair and was married, her sexual organs were cut off, which was then followed by her being skinned and put into the public square, while her skin hung from a pole. The same punishment was applied if a woman lost her virginity and was not married, or if a widow was unchaste. Another punishment, usually for lesser offenses, was the removal of a woman’s nipples. According to a folk tale, on one occasion he had a red hot iron stake shoved up a woman’s vagina until it exited through her mouth. She was tied to a pole in the public square and left there as her skin fell from her body. Another tale is that he boiled a gypsy in a pot of boiling water (although that was not an isolated incident), skinned her, and forced fellow gypsies to eat her.
His most famous punishment was impalement. In his courtyard and the forest surrounding it were hundreds of stakes, rounded in such a way to induce maximum pain. The stake was inserted through the anus and it exited out the mouth, although sometimes it was inserted through the stomach or upper chest. He was fond of medieval torture, attaching horses to people’s arms and legs, crushing people under wheels, and covering people in food and unleashing vicious animals upon them. He also exposed people to the elements, releasing them into harsh weather with no way of escape. Nobody could escape his violence; in fact, babies were impaled sometimes on the same stakes their mothers were. Another form of torture was the removal of limbs, noses, and ears by cutting. Besides how he killed people was how many people he killed, one man said a minimum of 40,000, maximum of 100,000, although a more realistic number is 20,000. While that is low by today’s standards, it was extremely high back then, especially since Dracula killed that many in such a short period of time.
Considering the things that Vlad III (remember, that is his first name) did, it is not surprising that Bram Stoker named the vampire in his book, as well as the book itself, Dracula.
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While reading Julia Woods Relational Communication, I identified with many of the topics discussed, perhaps none more so than the section devoted to attachment theory. The theory provided me with many new insights regarding my self-perception and my relationships with others. Throughout the reading, I find the theory accurately describing my childhood and my emotions.
According to Wood (2000), attachment theory claims that our earliest experiences decisively influence how we view ourselves, others, and relationships. Wood continues by citing studies by Ainsworth, Blehar, Waters, and Wall (1978) that found that the initial bonding between a child and its primary caregiver, usually the mother, is the first and an especially formative influence on individuals views of relationships. As a child, my stay at home mom primarily raised me. In parenting, my mother definitely displayed characteristics of the secure attachment model as she consistently responded to me in a loving, reassuring, and supportive way.
My early childhood is consistent with Woods analysis of influences on the likelihood that the primary caregiver will exhibit loving, nurturing, and attentive behavior. My family is upper middle class as my father as an attorney was able to financially provide for us without my mother working. However, this situation also provided a down side, as my father was constantly busy with work and other social commitments. With my father, I was not able to form the same bond present with my mother. Early memories with my father are reflections of polar opposites as I remember receiving either high praise for a job well done (usually involving school work) or criticism for failing somehow (usually involving undesirable behavior). The lack of interaction and the sharp contrast present in the limited time we spent together led to the formation of an anxious-resistant attachment model.
Using the attachment theory and its models of secure attachment and anxious-resistant attachment as guides I can look back on my previous experiences and see an inner battle between the models. While growing up, I would have periods that typified behavior predicted by the secure attachment model as I exhibited a confident, positive, secure view of myself and those around me and was open to new experiences and people. However, I also entered periods involving high self-criticism and an over-dependence on how others view me.
When looking back, I found that my periods of secure and anxious resistant attachments would alternate depending on the amount of support I would feel from my mother. For example, when we moved to another town, I went through a period in which I was extremely self-critical and modeled myself according to what my new friends perceived me to be. During this time, my mother was busy with our home construction and dealing with my new baby brother, which left less time for me. Conversely, when my mom took the position as my high school librarian I went through a period of extreme positive ness and confidence in others and myself as my mother and I now saw each other often throughout the school day. With the death of my mother a year and half ago, I found myself struggling with my self-perception and my relationships with others. I no longer have a primary positive relationship in my life to seek support from, as my father and I still are emotionally distant. Like Glenns reflection in Wood (2000), I have again been developing a more confident, positive view of others and myself thanks to a few very special people that refuse to let me be negative.
I found attachment theory and its models to be very enlightening. This theory is one of the first interpersonal theories in which I see myself illustrating. Understanding attachment theory has helped me to better understand myself and my actions towards others. With my new knowledge, I now can continue to work to find friends who work to combat my anxious-resistant side.
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Built by the Giant King Og of Bashan/ 3200 BC; 37,000 Tons of Stones/159 Meters diameter;
Outer Ring, seven feet high
Location: Israel (Golan Heights) Gilgal= circle:
The Circle of Refaim is one of the last great scarcely known wonders of the ancient world atop Israel’s Golan Heights (see: Josh, Chapter 4: JKV).
In the middle of the rings is a mound of stones set up as a landmark, monument gravestone. Perhaps used as an astronomical observatory and stellar calendar; it resembles some of the ruins found on Malta (I have been to Malta, and its makeup is very close to the Refaim Circle). Built on a flat plateau, in an remote area, it can only be seen clearly from the air; perhaps for the returning giants; hundreds of tombs are on this site, thus it could have been used also as a burial site.
…sons of God (b’nai Elohim), taking wives from among the daughters of Adam. In those days giants [Nephilm were in the earth… The word, which is translated, giants, in the King James Version Bible is in Hebrew, Nephilm, which means, Those who fell (or … the fallen ones). Jude, the brother of Jesus describes them as angels, having left their first estate in heaven who came to earth on a mission, to guard the people of earth (otherwise known as the Watchers).
The fallen ones (or the Watchers) sought to merge with the bloodline of Adam, because of the promise that was given to send a redeemer through Adam’s kinsman. The Hebrew says that the Sons of God (the angelic Watchers) saw that the women on earth were able-bodied (or good fit) extension, for they sought to extend themselves into this realm from the spirit realm (or from spirit to flesh), as well as to extend themselves into the children of the promise (thus, they would thereafter be part of the birthright) of Adam. Satan of course, tried to screw this up, by trying to prevent the eventual birth, in the future of the Messiah (perhaps envy, for he could not get in on the show). This mating process of human beings with angelic beings resulted in hybrid creatures, evil spirits with human bodies; Giants such as Og, and thereafter, Gilgamish. And is perhaps the main reason God had the Great Flood come.
The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon: old tribe of giants (also: implying spirits)=rapha: shades or spirits.
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The keltoi or pre-Hellenic people including the Bards had a well-developed educational system that started with logical learning of things children love to do. In addition we now know that the development of the human brain in childhood makes it easiest to learn languages rather than math and other things this system intuited or knew. So the minstrels and jesters arts, with their performances and study of rhetoric made a lot of common sense.
Common Sense is not common in much of the education system which has existed during the times of religious and Empire-oriented structures since the end of the Druidic Universities with the Roman Empire which has grown in influence every time it has supposedly collapsed or fallen. Gibbon wrote eloquently for his Masonic brethren like Hume. He tells us the Roman Empire did not fall when the Goths or Vandals invaded and that it was in 1493 with the fall of the Byzantine Court that the Roman Empire ended. When Julius took control of power from the Senate and made it an Empire that answered to one main Caesar (Kaiser and Czar) this clearly made it possible for fewer people to share in the booty.
But it was the work of Constantine that really accelerated the grab of power by the few. The Equestrian class were no mere farmers as the likes of the De Medici or Bauers (Rothschild Benjaminites) would have us believe. They were the elite power-brokers and they had secret spying ventures and a monopoly on usury. In Rome they rented out state-owned land to farmers who were only allowed to earn a limited amount of money. Constantine never became a Christian but he made Christianity the new overlord. This Holy Roman Empire never had to pass assets to the people and it even took over the institutions of charity. Needless to say the institutions of education became increasingly controlled and manipulated as the Dark Ages and Sins and Demons initiatives were developed. Eventually people were told the only thing they should or even could study was the Bible. In other Abrahamic religious lands that developed Islam it was the Koran or other dogma that Caliph Omar, who was involved in the destruction of the Library of Alexandria, said must be studied. So the world has grown and people have become ever more institutionalized.
Semantics and the parsing of words and meaning has achieved heights of ignorance in all the minions who are archetypically inculcated with the power of the words and rituals that they do not grasp the intent of. Spin-doctors and apologists on either side of the Hegelian (Play both ends against the middle) Dialectic owe a lot to Machiavellian techniques and appeals to base human urges. Plato never imagined how far it would go in his top-down hierarchy. Semiotics and the Delphi Technique of the present are aided greatly by other hypnotic tools and mind control but drugs have always been part of the social engineering effort since the elite developed the Cult of Death in Egypt where Peruvian cocaine is forensically found in Egyptian mummies.
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Thai Royal Family - Thai King
We will take you from the present Thai King to the former great Thai Kings that can be found in the history books of Thailand.
The Thai King is the ceremonial head of state in a constitutional monarchy. Thailand has been a constitutional monarchy since 1932 just following a government overthrow.
The present Thai King, His Majesty King Bhumibol, ascended the throne fourteen years later, after King Ananda Mahidol, his older brother, passed away. King Bhumibol is the longest reigning king in Thai history and the longest ruling monarch in the world.
Respect for the Thai King
Thais show great deal of love and respect to the Thai king. No one insults or talks negative about the Thai King and the Thai Royal Family as any criticism the Thai monarchy will result deep offense to Thai people and can cause legal actions.
It is not permitted under Thai law to speak in a negative way of the Thai Royal family and especially the Thai King. This offence can carry a maximum sentence of seven years in jail which is a horrible sentence considering the poor state in which Thai jails are.
The majority of Thai households have pictures or paintings of the Thai King and even his predecessors in their homes. Many Thai people meet up in the famed Sanam Luang Bangkok Park each December when the Thai King has his birthday at which time they celebrate this national holiday so as to honor their beloved King.
The Thai King holds a much anticipated birthday speech each year and the King is known for speaking his mind and having his speech not being affected by political influence of any current government.
The former government of Prime Minister Takshin has been the focus of a recent speech and soon after his government was overthrown during a coup d’etat..
King Rama IV - King Rama V
The royal Chakri dynasty has held the power ruled Thailand since 1782. King Rama IV and that King’s son, King Rama V, has been very popular and beloved Thai King’s alongside with the present Thai King, King Bhumibol.
King Rama IV and his son have been credited with the modernization of the Thai Kingdom in the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries.
Royal Thai King Rama V’s changes included for example the 1st hospitals that were available to all people and for building an extensive Thai rail network. More importantly, King Rama IV was also the Thai monarch that finally got rid of slavery which has been a blemish on Thai history.
You can read more about this history of the Thai Royal Family at the authors website. Please visit Thai Kings section of the Bangkok Guide for the remaining half of this article.
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Keywords: Thai Royal Family, Thai King, Thailand, Thailand King, King, Royal. Thai monarchy , monarchy
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Whether or not we consider ourselves artists, we are all in the business of creating our lives. Each of us is here to bring to life that something thats unique to us. None of us is aiming for triteness, in pursuit of the shallow. Its greatness were afterand not some hollow applause coming from somewhere beyond us, but the deep down thrill of knowing we went all out, put our soul into something, created a life that sparked something new, had an impact, could be of use.
We want our fire to blaze, to rage up and light some piece of night that someones shivering into. We want our lives, our work to sizzle with passion, to ignite ideas and laughter and wonder and kindness, to spread hope like wildfire through these times of darkness. Were a culture in big trouble, making big mistakes, and everyone knows it. We need help, and its the arts that can help us, because our soul is whats wounded, and thats where art goesstraight to the soul.
When a truth-telling poem, a heart-rending film or piece of music enters into us, it changes us. We feel connected again. That life force that surges through the tulips, the redwoods, the elk and the eagle stirs inside us and we remember. Yes, thats how it is. Yes, I feel that way. Yes, yes, I have that longing, I know that wonder, Ive fallen into that same abyss.
The arts reflect us to ourselves. They are a mirror to our magnitude, evidence of our power as alchemists to transform the lead of our daily lives into stories and images that brighten the moment, lighten the load. The images we expose ourselves to govern our lives, alter our thoughts. The stories we tell reveal truths, mysteries, ways out of the dark that could help another in ways we never know.
Art returns us to a sense of relatedness, because true art, while it may be channeled through one artist, comes from the common soul. Its reference is universal. It points to the whole and is sourced from the whole. In A Room of Ones Own, Virginia Woolf writes, Masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcome of many years of thinking in common, of thinking by the body of the people, so that the experience of the mass is behind the single voice. This experience of the mass is what gives art its healing power, its prophetic strength and durability.
Artists are the ones who make the invisible visible, who give words and colors and sounds and shape to the human adventure. They portray it in such a way that we understand more clearly who we are, how we are connected. Italian poet and Nobel Prize winner Salvatore Quasimodo said that poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal but which the reader recognizes as his own. Nancy Mairs, in Voice Lessons, writes, Our stories utter one anotherIf I do my job, the books I write vanish before your eyes. I invite you into the house of my past, and the threshold you cross leads you into your own.
While artists consciously choose, make it their business, to bring the interior outward, to create these thresholds for others to pass through, we each do this on a daily basis in one way or another. Aware or not, we are co-creating the world we live inshedding light or shadow, bringing comfort or pain, adding energy to others, either positive or negative. Our days are the canvas for our creations and we are all artists of a kind, mirroring each other in the offerings we conjure.
Sheila Bender in Writing the Personal Essay writes that there are feelings and longings we understand and accept in ourselves only when we recognize them in someone elses words, words that have never been ours to speak until we saw them written out of someone elses life. If you share your fears with me, or your joys or passions, you give me a way to better understand my own. Your speaking is a mirror in which I find myself. That is the gift of our self-expression. When we give shape to our interior world, put words to it, offer it to others, we are offering more than the eye can see.
This is why our creative work is so essential. It is not pointless or foolhardy. It is an act of faith, an act of kindness, crucial to our own healing and the healing of the planet. To create is to make something whole from the pieces of our lives, and in the process, to become more whole ourselves. It is a healing act, a leave-taking from the chaos as we move from the choppy surface toward the stillness of the center.
The creative journey inward is a heroic thing. It is a brave pilgrimage to the center of our lives where we mine our depths for what seeks to be released, transmuting one thing into another, turning tragedies and triumphs into new forms conjured in our private hours and offered to others like food for the soul, a wrap against the chill. It demands our stillness and rapt attention, calls for courage as we pass through the dark on the way to the light. And this is the journey that defines the artist, the new mythmaker.
To be an artist, it is not necessary to make ones living from ones creations. Nor is it necessary to have work hanging in fine museums or the praise of critics. It is not necessary that we are published or that famous people own our work. To be an artist it is necessary to live with our eyes wide open. To breathe in the colors of mountain and sky, to know the sound of leaves rustling, the smell of snow, the texture of bark. It is necessary to rub our hands all over life, to sing when and where we want, and to jump when we get to the edge of the cliff.
To be an artist is to notice every beautiful and tragic thing. To cry freely. To collect experiences and shape them into forms that can be of use. It is not to whine about not having time, but to be creative with every moment. To be an artist is not to wait for others to define us, but to define ourselves, to claim our lives.
Our cities and towns are full of poets, playwrights, composers, painters who drive buses, work in offices, wait on tables to pay the rent, but the work they do in their creative hours is the work that truly keeps them alive. Few among us call ourselves artists. Few of us are paid much for our creative work, so we squeeze it into the hours we have left after working other jobs to pay the bills. We write our novels in the wee hours of the morning, work in our darkrooms through the night, write poetry on subway cars, finish essays in waiting rooms and parking lots.
We rarely think of ourselves as artists, though it is our creative work that brings us to life, feeds our spirits, and sees us through the dark. We may feel alone, but we are not alone, as there are hundreds, thousands in the night doing as we do, trading this time for the bliss of creating.
The answers to the crises were facing as a family will not come from beyond, but will surface from below as we quiet our lives, call upon our wisdom, give voice to our soul in all the ways we can. We hunger for creations that feed and sustain us for images, music, films and novels that wrestle with the issues and questions of the day, unfold their complexities, enliven our passions, and reawaken our drowsy imaginations.
As shapers of this culture, let us come to the task with the verve and vigor of true creators. Let us embrace each day as an empty canvas, our thoughts and words the brush and palette. Let us mine our lives for the jewels they offer, weaving tales worth telling to the ones to come. And let us remember, in the darkest of times, that you and I are the light of the worldour voices like candles, our love like the sun.
The End
Jan Phillips is an award-winning writer, speaker, and multi-media artist. She is the author of The Art of Original Thinking-The Making of a Thought Leader, Divining the Body, God Is at Eye Level - Photography as a Healing Art, Marry Your Muse, Making Peace and A Waist is a Terrible Thing to Mind. She has taught in over 23 countries and conducts workshops nationally in creativity, consciousness, and spirituality. You may subscribe to her free monthly Museletter at www.janphillips.com
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I walked up to the customs agent’s counter in Beijing International airport, and mindlessly handed the customs agent my passport. He then mindlessly did his thing with my passport. It was supposed to be a quiet transaction, but he broke the silence when he looked up and asked if I still use my Chinese name in America. With a blank look on my face, I began to consider supplying him with an answer he might like to hear, but he didn’t give me enough time to think and he answered for me that that I must not use my Chinese name anymore. My passport was handed back to me with a smile. He then wished me a pleasant journey and pointed me to the three long security checkpoints reserved for US bound passengers. While standing in line, I thought about my long-lost Chinese name and how unattached I am to my Chinese name….
Born in 1969 in communist China, my parents promptly decided to name me after something that had something to do with Chairman Mao. Not that they thought of him as a great leader, but rather out of fear. They picked a little known poem by Mao, which allowed them to show enough dedication to Mao without being reminded too much of him. My name was the first character of the three character title of this poem. (They actually needed to have three children to qualify for Mao’s poem, but they stopped at two. My sister’s name was the second character of the title, but her character is better known.) They clearly went too far with their quest, not only did most people fail to associate my name properly with Chairman Mao, but most people simply don’t know the character that is my name.
As a young child in China, it always surprised me if someone could pronounce my name correctly without being told first. I regarded anyone who knew my name as certainly the most learned and intelligent. They would often ask anyway how I got such a little known character as a name and I would politely repeat the origin of my name, including that I only have one sibling and that I don’t actually know the poem itself, just the title. I also endured numerous longer and more colorful dialogs about my name between my mother and other curious people. Once in a while, my parents would apologetically explain that my name was selected to protect me, but I am certain that my name had not once protected me when I got myself in trouble.
I came to America just in time to st 8th grade, and by then my Chinese name had been loosely translated phonetically into English. Now it really sounds nothing like my name, even when I say it. On quite a few occasions, I was completely oblivious when someone was calling for me. One day, my grandmother suggested to me that since I live in America now, it would be easier to have an English name. I thought this was an excellent idea. The very first name she suggested was Jenny, and I said okay. Finally, I had a name that is simple, modest, and best of all, does not call attention to itself.
When I got married, since my husband isn’t Chinese, I realized that I would lose p of my ethnic identity if I changed my last name but I decided to change my last name anyway. The logic was simple: I wanted to have the same last name as my future children so that no one would mistake me for their nanny. I kept my maiden name as my middle name. I like my last name by birth. Most of the time a middle name is not required, so, on paper, my name does not suggest that I am Chinese American.
In real life, I am a Chinese Americana proud one, I might add. I am fluent in spoken and written Chinese. My favorite carb is rice, in fact, it is pretty much the only carb I like. I am also an avid green tea drinker, and rarely miss an opportunity to order stinky bean curd if my dining pner can tolerate if not share it. After I had children of my own, it became even more important to embrace being Chinese. I wanted to pass down the great Chinese heritage and values to my children. They are taught to be respectful and obedient to their teachers in school, and that being sm and getting good grades is a great source of pride, and yes! math and science is more important than liberal s.
I also made great efforts to teach my children to be fluent in Mandarin Chinese in our predominately English speaking household. We were fortunate to afford the neat trick of hiring a full time Chinese speaking nanny for our children for 6 years. I read Chinese children books to my children almost religiously every night. Both of my kids were given Chinese names (ones that I like) in addition to English ones and we use their Chinese names at home. We celebrate each major Chinese holiday, and for Chinese New Year, I even stage a celebration that can sort of rival Christmas. They get all dressed up in their beautiful silk Chinese outfits on New Year’s day, I arrange nice display of treats on our table for the kids to enjoy, and instead of the more traditional treats, I disguise mine with gold-wrapped Chocolate coins, and snacks that they like. After all, one has to enjoy the treats to appreciate the holiday. And of course, the red envelops, which they grow to appreciate more and more each year. One day, I think they might like it better than the presents during Christmas. I just have to be very generous with their red envelops. But the most festive p of our Chinese New Year celebration is our annul pilgrimage to my parent’s house. Where they learn that Chinese New Year is a great family celebration mixed with a lot of eating, and more red envelops for the children. I tell them that they are lucky to have more holiday celebrations than most of their friends, because they are Chinese.
And I am lucky to be an Chinese American too. Because I fully embrace the benefits from two great cultures. Even without a Chinese name.
This icle is printed with permission from AsianParent.com — Offering a large selection of Chinese children’s Books and DVDs for 0-12 year olds.
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