New (to us) knowledge about the world doesn't have to be life-changing or profound. It has only to remind us that some great number of people around the world are involved in things important to them and that we knew nothing about it.
I came across Tuvan throat singing completely by accident when searching a library catalogue for "language poetry." One result was for a movie called Genghis Blues (1999)-
I knew nothing about Tuva, Tuvans, or throat singing - or Paul Pena for that matter. Imagine, a whole country, a people, a way of life, all unknown to me.
It's pretty humbling to find traditions, rituals, whole ways of living that are here in this world right now and were completely unknown to me. Whenever I'm feeling very right or full of myself, I remember just how enormous my ignorance is.
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4 comments:
I find myself learning something new almost daily if I stay open. I love the way it expands my thinking and makes me view the world from a totally different direction.
Oh, and though I've read about snake handlers...I cannot bear to watch them.
Yes, good way to put it - stay open.
yes, it's always amazing when there's this complete complex world lived in invisible parallel. I discover some novelist that others have been following for 40 years, or another famous musician who influenced generations, who I've not the faintest idea of. And then by consciousness raised of that contact, the person pops up everywhere.
Pearl,
Exactly - synchronicity.
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