Enga mellom fjella

¡Viva El Tri! India & marriage, Qualben's Spring

Spurts: Mexico 5 - USA 0.

It was ugly. No score at the half and then El Tri just sliced and diced. By the time it was 2-0 it was o.v.e.r. Revenge for the last time? Perhaps, but the Americans embarrassed themselves. 5 goals by 5 players (minute of match; halftime is 45'): Torreado 55', Giovanni 61', Vela 66', Castro 78', Franco '89.

O Pinions in the Gnus: The debate over marriage continues. Recent "battlegrounds" are Tasmania (plus), Washington and Wisconsin (over domestic partnerships) and the Episcopal Church. Culture Wars can go on for generations, so don't expect any quick resolution on this.

One well written, very reasonable and very kind article from a Christian perspective comes out of India. The Nagaland Baptist Church Council doesn't support same-sex marriage and I could quibble with certain stances, but this is an intelligent article that avoids the hysteria so frequent in the U.S. Anyone supportive/opposed should read this and be humbled:

http://www.morungexpress.com/columnists/29496.html

Skype: Called Costa Rica. Talked to Ronald and left message for Vilma. I have some free minutes, but cost is minimal compared to Verizon. Connections and quality? Iffy.

Blah. My life? Other than making phone calls, making watermelon-cherry kool-aid and saying hello to Narcissus, a blond male of the feline persuasion... and editing the poem below... I've done nothing.

Qualben's Spring

         after Jonathan Qualben

I looked
you in the face,
stared straight through your face.
When time came to shed this sheath, you
kept it.

Hollow,
it cannot tell
you what I saw in you,
gives no clue to what I once was,
am now.

Released.
Aware of all.
I think of you,
part of this universal thrall,
You're loved.

You cry?
A teared remorse?
Token of remembrance?
Shed your guilt as I shed this life.
Stay well.

I left
all hurt behind.
When I gazed at your eyes,
it was my last and final sigh
good-bye.

© Kåre Enga [166.150] 2009-07-21

"Spring" is a reinforced-concrete statue for sale at the Dana Gallery. For $9,000 it could be yours. It has "holes" and a mask for a face. I thought of it as a shed skin, much like a snake. What moved out from it has moved on.

My notes before writing this linked cinquain:

Jonathan Qualben "Spring"

reinforced concrete, tactile, notice navel, no arms, mask for a face, a chrysalis abandoned, interior space, three dimensional, four?, movement?, draping flow, rough and smooth.

This is the link. "Spring" is the piece in the upper right hand corner; click on it: http://www.jonathanqualben.com/Selected%20Work/SelectedFrameset.htm

Montana: 80° and cloudy at 3 p.m. in Missoula.

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