"Mythistory" is the Israel historian, Shlomo Sand's term in "The Invention of the Jewish People". Your mythological story is mystifying and fascinating...
Thanks for that, Hugh. His book looks fascinating (and dense -- you know you're in for it when there's a chapter on Walter Benjamin). I'm with Schlomo. Dig deep enough into any history and you'll hit myth
"What’s myth but truth playing hide and seek?" was the clincher to me, although I kind of agree with the ant. I admit, I have mythical ostrich tendencies due to feeling powerless, but I also have the hyena's ability to laugh at it all, as you obviously do too.
Always good to be diversified across the Masaai animal kingdom. And of course, being both hyena and ostrich is a complicated psychological position to be in :)
"Mythistory" is the Israel historian, Shlomo Sand's term in "The Invention of the Jewish People". Your mythological story is mystifying and fascinating...
Thanks for that, Hugh. His book looks fascinating (and dense -- you know you're in for it when there's a chapter on Walter Benjamin). I'm with Schlomo. Dig deep enough into any history and you'll hit myth
"What’s myth but truth playing hide and seek?" was the clincher to me, although I kind of agree with the ant. I admit, I have mythical ostrich tendencies due to feeling powerless, but I also have the hyena's ability to laugh at it all, as you obviously do too.
Always good to be diversified across the Masaai animal kingdom. And of course, being both hyena and ostrich is a complicated psychological position to be in :)
A calm way to look at things, reality, and what will come!
Calm has never been my strong suit, but I try like hell for it
It's better to be a wildebeest when the sky is falling.
I suffer from comparing metaphors and parables to American foreign policy. There must be a name for my affliction.
I suffer from the same, as you know...