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   L'aura del campo 'é a lua, é a lua, na quintana dos mortos' ♣ Federico García Lorca ♣  L'aura del campo. A breeze in the meadow. So it began the last day of Spring, 2005; on the 16th day of the month of Light of the year 162. This is a supplement to my daily journal written to a friend, my muse; notes I do not share. Here I will share what the breeze has whispered to me. PLEASE LEAVE COMMENTS! I L  V COMMENTS!On a practical note, in answer to your questions: IN MEMORIUM VerySara  passed away November 12, 2005 Please visit her port to read her poems and her writings. More suggested links:  These pictures rotate.   Kåre  Enga~ until everything was rainbow, rainbow, rainbow! And I let the fish go. ~ Elizabeth Bishop, The Fish |
On this last Talk Tuesday of May, let’s talk about bias. How do your own biases influence your life? Is it possible to ever be truly objective? A much better topic! 1. I was raised in a certain place. 2. I was raised by a certain family. 3. I grew up in a certain time. Believe me, I didn't pick any of them! Add experiences: 1. I went to university out-of-town. 2. I transferred to a university in another state. 3. I spent a year abroad. I chose these. They didn't all turn out well. 1. I worked, had a house, had a car, had pets. 2. I was homeless for two years. 3. I moved and decided to travel abroad. Mistakes? Plenty, but I hope I have learned something along the way. All of these provide me with biases. 1. I'm fairly skeptical of people with money, although many have helped me. But, I've found the poor more generous in general. 2. I have had people of every marginalized group in my life. Every color, size and shape. I wouldn't trade them. 3. I've lived in the inner-city, the suburbs, small towns, in a trailer home in the middle of nowhere. Nowhere isn't perfect either. It's hard to convince me that I should just hate someone because of the label someone else has hung around their neck. I have too many images that come to mind of friends, family and even kind strangers. Every face I have known, every place I have ever been. So am I biased? You betcha. I fight it whenever I recognize it but I was raised deaf, dumb and blind by my family and culture, the time and place I grew up. But being objective doesn't hold much sway with me. My strength is my emotions and the connections I've spent a lifetime nurturing. Those I don't easily give up. K. What I wrote beating the flash-fiction deadline. I'm not giving up on these either... at least not yet.
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I just went with the flow. Could use a minor edit but I'm happy that you like it.
