I am full, up to my ears
with time wasted
to fan extinguish
the escaping fire's flames -
but in their excitement
instead ignited their wings,
creating arches
of rain bowed feathered
reflections of coloured heat.
The Birds survived
the atomic discharge,
the heat exchange
within their breasts ...
eventually cooled
from regaining
their presence and insight ...
Colour gifted from Source,
at the time of their birth,
from Creation's cold comfort.
The Birds knew
at that moment
if they did not fly high,
separate away,
the humans would try
to recapture
the Bird's coat of beauty
created by Creation.
The Birds knew
that Humans would try
to trap and cage the fire
that thrived
within the Birds feathered breasts.
The Birds also knew
that one day
to restore balance on the planet,
and within the universe ...
a reconciliation need occur
between Birds and Humans.
Humans without Birds
would be lost
to the stars of the Heavens,
and Birds without Humans
would have less a sense of Self -
Bird-sense is knowing
and comprehending
the gifts of their unique beauty.
Perhaps Birds are attractive to
inhumanity suffering from the human condition -
Birds being a liberated presence in the skies,
represent something that Humans once were ...
and might not ever be again.
Attracting human admiration
and human desire for capturing fire -
the energy that lays at the core within us all -
Birds are atomically elevated
as the descendants on Earth
who posses non-possessively
a vast personal wealth
constantly on display.
Daily birds
release
their coloured riches
to the sky -
gifting
their feathered crowns
to other Earth descendant,
their Human sisters and brothers.
Birds learned
that even the best intentions
and desires have incalculable results -
All actions have some truth -
but no true beginning, middle and end.
Actions are simply reoccurring cycles
of manifestations re.manifesting
in varying forms.
Even the emissaries of peace and
their peaceful acts
can create warring
states of transformation.
~~ Other People's Fingerprints ~~
Around 1960 Paulin Joachim wrote to his friend David Diop;
"... and it is true we are wounded at the lowest point of hope
but hope in us has never beaten its wing
it rises on our human horizons like a fresh unfolding bud
there lives in us unconquerable hope snapping at the heels of freedom
in due course it hunts down the dawn with huge supplies of stones
against the wall that will crack in the end
for we will not leave the smallest scrap to the demons of despair.”
with time wasted
by people fighting
under the guise of love.
under the guise of love.
In these moments
I have learned
to expect the unexpected ...
I have learned
to expect the unexpected ...
arm myself
by protecting my balance
of action married with compassion ...
Neutralizing my conflagrant reaction
by opening wider to change.
by protecting my balance
of action married with compassion ...
Neutralizing my conflagrant reaction
by opening wider to change.
And so it happens
that while opening further,
I meet two exceptional people ...
that while opening further,
I meet two exceptional people ...
She, a native Brazilian.
He, a Navaho Native American of Arizona.
He, a Navaho Native American of Arizona.
They worked their way
from Alaska to Brazil
from Alaska to Brazil
and now help the creators of
native Amazon Indigenous rain forest crafts -
native Amazon Indigenous rain forest crafts -
Channeling the profits back
to the artists and their villages.
to the artists and their villages.
We share impressions
of world music, culture,
people who help people
see and become more -
more expanded, more of possibility.
We share what we see of the shaping
of our emerging fifth and sixth world creation.
of world music, culture,
people who help people
see and become more -
more expanded, more of possibility.
We share what we see of the shaping
of our emerging fifth and sixth world creation.
I ask about the creation myths
of the Amerindian forest peoples -
of the Amerindian forest peoples -
whose stories, I hear, primarily explain
the origins of humanity,
and our world culture
we are in relationship to, with Nature.
the origins of humanity,
and our world culture
we are in relationship to, with Nature.
My new friends explain,
that individual myths are multilayered ...
that individual myths are multilayered ...
relating the notions
of knowledge and ignorance ...
of knowledge and ignorance ...
the sacred charter
that preserves past
and current social order ...
that preserves past
and current social order ...
the power structures
and struggles
within our selves ...
Reflected outward
into our community's organisms ...
and struggles
within our selves ...
Reflected outward
into our community's organisms ...
The relationship
of differences and similarities
within ...
within male and female creation
energetic functional-mechanisms.
of differences and similarities
within ...
within male and female creation
energetic functional-mechanisms.
Recurrent historical myths
and current prophecies ...
interweave Women
with natural fertility, balance
and knowledge of peace
during chaos ...
and current prophecies ...
interweave Women
with natural fertility, balance
and knowledge of peace
during chaos ...
And intertwines Men
with cultural fertility, order
and sacred warrior knowledge
during peace.
One widespread myth
that varies
from the Amazon to Tierra del Fuego
with cultural fertility, order
and sacred warrior knowledge
during peace.
One widespread myth
that varies
from the Amazon to Tierra del Fuego
explains
that the world of the Americas
originally
was dominated by Women.
that the world of the Americas
originally
was dominated by Women.
The Women ruling order
somehow reversed,
and transferred power to Men -
who then barred Women from ingathering ...
Prohibited the rights of assembly to Women ...
It was against the law
for Women to attend power gatherings ...
Power gatherings
where governing counsels united ...
and gathered in large numbers ...
Gathered to gather power
to grow strong in charity,
clarity to embody
the certainty
of their convictions.
somehow reversed,
and transferred power to Men -
who then barred Women from ingathering ...
Prohibited the rights of assembly to Women ...
It was against the law
for Women to attend power gatherings ...
Power gatherings
where governing counsels united ...
and gathered in large numbers ...
Gathered to gather power
to grow strong in charity,
clarity to embody
the certainty
of their convictions.
My friend’s store
is full of intricate sights,
the wares of what
imaginative hands can weave ...
is full of intricate sights,
the wares of what
imaginative hands can weave ...
Everyday tools
interlaced
with the colours of feathers ...
Natural rainbows
of transparent blues, greens, yellows and reds.
interlaced
with the colours of feathers ...
Natural rainbows
of transparent blues, greens, yellows and reds.
Rainforst Amerindian myths
link fire in the body, sex, birth, death -
with the forces of Sun and Moon cycles ...
Raining of energy downwards upon and within us -
Stimulating entanglement of power struggles ...
Between the inner creative energy of Women ...
and external creativity of Men.
Natural forces of evolution
create through destruction,
and destruction is a renewal force
needed for the birth of new re.creation.
link fire in the body, sex, birth, death -
with the forces of Sun and Moon cycles ...
Raining of energy downwards upon and within us -
Stimulating entanglement of power struggles ...
Between the inner creative energy of Women ...
and external creativity of Men.
Natural forces of evolution
create through destruction,
and destruction is a renewal force
needed for the birth of new re.creation.
My new friends tell a story
to explain the power shifts,
and reoccurring reordering
of the uncommon Natural order.
to explain the power shifts,
and reoccurring reordering
of the uncommon Natural order.
Early people had no fire,
they ate vegetables raw,
and warmed meat
on rocks under sun.
they ate vegetables raw,
and warmed meat
on rocks under sun.
Humans stole the power of fire
from animal and mineral kingdoms.
from animal and mineral kingdoms.
The Birds tried to stop humans
from escaping the forest
with this potent energy,
potentially destructive power -
The Birds gathered from escaping the forest
with this potent energy,
potentially destructive power -
to fan extinguish
the escaping fire's flames -
but in their excitement
instead ignited their wings,
creating arches
of rain bowed feathered
reflections of coloured heat.
The Birds survived
the atomic discharge,
the heat exchange
within their breasts ...
eventually cooled
from regaining
their presence and insight ...
Colour gifted from Source,
at the time of their birth,
from Creation's cold comfort.
The Birds knew
at that moment
if they did not fly high,
separate away,
the humans would try
to recapture
the Bird's coat of beauty
created by Creation.
The Birds knew
that Humans would try
to trap and cage the fire
that thrived
within the Birds feathered breasts.
The Birds also knew
that one day
to restore balance on the planet,
and within the universe ...
a reconciliation need occur
between Birds and Humans.
Humans without Birds
would be lost
to the stars of the Heavens,
and Birds without Humans
would have less a sense of Self -
Bird-sense is knowing
and comprehending
the gifts of their unique beauty.
Perhaps Birds are attractive to
inhumanity suffering from the human condition -
Birds being a liberated presence in the skies,
represent something that Humans once were ...
and might not ever be again.
Attracting human admiration
and human desire for capturing fire -
the energy that lays at the core within us all -
Birds are atomically elevated
as the descendants on Earth
who posses non-possessively
a vast personal wealth
constantly on display.
Daily birds
release
their coloured riches
to the sky -
gifting
their feathered crowns
to other Earth descendant,
their Human sisters and brothers.
Birds learned
that even the best intentions
and desires have incalculable results -
All actions have some truth -
but no true beginning, middle and end.
Actions are simply reoccurring cycles
of manifestations re.manifesting
in varying forms.
Even the emissaries of peace and
their peaceful acts
can create warring
states of transformation.
~~ Other People's Fingerprints ~~
Around 1960 Paulin Joachim wrote to his friend David Diop;
"... and it is true we are wounded at the lowest point of hope
but hope in us has never beaten its wing
it rises on our human horizons like a fresh unfolding bud
there lives in us unconquerable hope snapping at the heels of freedom
in due course it hunts down the dawn with huge supplies of stones
against the wall that will crack in the end
for we will not leave the smallest scrap to the demons of despair.”
