TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Wednesday, November 3, 2004

10:44 AM
Posted by jodi rose

fragments of beauty in the world
the iridescent vermilion bougainvillea on golden grove is fading, the petals are old pale pink, leaves almost crackly and dry.
jacaranda trees in full bloom, their violet flowers a welcoming pool on the black asphalt.
listening to a radio program on Sufi mysticism, talking about mystical traditions, 'things beyond words, the way love breaks down barriers 'a universal solvent, not only between people, cultures, and god... you melt and your heat melts'. gorgeous.
'resonating with different vibrations of the divine.
you must choose a path, and continue along that path to go deeply into knowledge and understanding.'
It's funny, in my correspondence with a very dear friend and colleague recently, I needed to read his CV and felt completely intimidated by the range and variety of activities - then had an email saying he thought the way I 'really explore one thing fully is just so beautiful.. maybe I am doing too many things at a time'... then decided we were probably doing the right thing for each of us, right now.
And for me that is still bridges. My enthusiasm ebbs and flows, but once I get involved with editing the sounds, or planning new elements of the project, and talking with people about it, the excitement and passion washes back over me.
Listening to Arundhati Roy talking with Phillip Adams on latenightlive last night, was completely inspiring, she is such an extraordinary human.
She talked about global corporatisation with such clarity that is all seemed so obvious: talking about US policy allowing foreign companies full ownership of infrastructure in Iraq, and to expatriate ALL the profits. On the US election: "Democracy is a spurious choice, it's almost like choosing a detergent - both are owned by Proctor and Gamble."
And on being called the voice for the voiceless, she said "there is no such thing as the voiceless. There are only the deliberately silenced and the preferably unheard." and that "becoming the spokesperson for a group is a very dangerous place for a writer to be. You must always have the freedom to say: I disagree, or I've changed my mind. It is a terrible thing if you lose that part of yourself which can embrace the uncertain and the ambiguous."