Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Holding On and Letting Go
Community, culture, and clan that give rise to modern tribal institutions and networks both gain and lose something in the transition, but islands of cooperative values can also provide safe harbor from the brutality of markets and the neglect of states. What they shelter is perhaps best expressed in their poetry.
"The very dust under your feet responds more lovingly to our footsteps than to yours, because it is the ashes of our ancestors, and our bare feet are conscious of its sympathetic touch, for the soil is rich with the life of our kindred."
http://archipelagonetwork.blogspot.com/2005/10/walk-paddle-dream.html
"The very dust under your feet responds more lovingly to our footsteps than to yours, because it is the ashes of our ancestors, and our bare feet are conscious of its sympathetic touch, for the soil is rich with the life of our kindred."
http://archipelagonetwork.blogspot.com/2005/10/walk-paddle-dream.html
