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Index "Love amongst the Runes" or "Mind your Manna". |
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have been looking to no avail for the post that went, "Love amongst the Runes" or "Mind your Manna". Couldn't find it so I'll write a new one instead. I wrote the original one in response to an incident that happened to a clayer on another clay list. She wanted to make Runes and got Run out of town on a rail. Some folks got severe ego identification with their beliefs and feel threatened when people with different beliefs express themselves. These folks felt it was acceptable to belittle and disrespect this clayer's beliefs. Made her paranoid to express herself here. She wrote to me privately asking what was acceptable. I could have fallen over. Everything is acceptable by way of belief systems. Now some folks are culture vultures, throwing I-Ching over their heads, poking their third eye with a crystal and sitting on a pyramid. Oh, we've seen them at psychic faires, walking about with copper pyramids on their heads like they ain't got no sense. This ain't a case like that. This gal really really had these Celtic ties, and Norse ties. Her "people" albeit white, carried beliefs that were pre-Christian. No Culture Vulture here. But these other "righteous" folks felt it was ok to make her feel unwelcome and then attacked for no other reason than she respected the beliefs of her own culture. This is obviously not acceptable behavior here. We are Jews, Christians and Muslims, Pagans, agnostics and atheists here. What we believe is our own business, like who we vote for and who we are intimate with, "your business not my business" is how I feel about such stuff. I also believe in free will. It's part and parcel of having our hands on the reins of our spiritual horses. We guide our horses with what we believe is right and wrong, by what ever belief system, no one belief system is better or more holy than the other. That's just silly. Dig it, "God" using that as a word capsule to hold the force that created physical and mathematical laws, the force that started evolution, the force that created all "This" that we see. If God could create an entire universe, within which a network of galaxies link up like a massive psychedelic spider web; if we live on the outer arm of one of those more modest galaxies, way out towards the edge of this galaxy, revolving around a middle aged star; if we stand in the face of all that and say that there is only ONE WAY to worship one's creator, I just have to stop the train and say, "That's just silly". That limits the Creator a great deal I reckon. That's why I don't bother to explain Islam unless someone asks outright, got to get a "cue" from the Creator that's it is ok. It spills over here because I show my heart here, so you get Islam, Japanese stuff and urban American Ghetto stuff, because all of that is part of who I am. But proselytizing is not done. Telling other people that their belief systems isn't hip is so NOT DONE here. Goes against the grain of artists expressing that which is in their hearts, freely, without fear of getting rocks thrown at them. There are clayers and miniaturists who have been traumatized by bigots. Because their belief system didn't jive with those who would like to throw rocks. I want all those clayers and miniaturists to come out of the closet and express your belief systems, even if it means allowing yourself to do that fairy not because you think it will sell, but because it answers a deep and resonant call inside your heart. There are those who don't have organized and recognized belief systems but have been traumatized by those who want to hold them hostage in the land of "precious". Those who have been with me know the tone I use when I say "precious". Butter couldn't melt in my mouth supercilious high pitched nasal whine is how I say it. When "precious" holds you hostage because you believe that "potential buyers" might be "put out" if one's really creepy, film noir, dark and gothic expressions get let loose, then that's as bad as a pagan being afraid of being dissed by the religious right. So it's not just belief systems, but other people's artistic/market values and aesthetics that can make us hide our real selves. How can we create art from the heart if our heart is filled with THE FEAR? Just doesn't work like that. Since mainstream religions get their due with Passover, Ramadan and Easter, I figure that there are others, who would like to be able to do an open happy dance of their own. This is your time if that rings true for you. So it's "Love amongst the Runes" and "Mind your Manna" good spells and incantations greatly appreciated. Now if all this sets your hair on fire and inspires you to gather rocks, maybe this is not the list for you. I'm serious in this. What you believe is your business, what other people believe is theirs. We can help with technique with polymer clay, hints on cutting cloth, leather or fur for dolls, for preparing mini scenes, but we can't make ourselves a partner to God and judge anyone for how they choose to worship. First Commandment beef for the big three systems. I think I'll put this up on the ramble index. xoxo NJ |
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