TRACINGS OF TIME: two 20th. century emblems

A BLIND EYE FOR THE FUTURE, A SEEING FOR THE PAST

Imagining the past... how nothing became something. Was it just by chance?  Is there any clue or is it just a clew spun by history -- and are we led blindly, blown by  winds of fortune and misfortune?  Those who are chained by desire to conquer, map the world, but forget how to read the landscape -- they write the landscape and harvest without a snake dance. Now there are fertilizers that create opportunities for abundance -- and  situations of dependency.  Are our new ways doomed to fail?   Some have a dream of going back to the core, the golden age . Others want to unearth a new path to the future...

MORE LIFE TO GIVE THAN TO TAKE

A ray of sunlight, through a small opening in the cave, touches red frog and waterstrider, anouncing a new breeding cycle. Stamping wakes what is fertile. Pulsating sound marks invisable time, echoeing the creator. When live is in danger, magic lines connnect with the blessings of a healing sun. Weaving together the energies of heaven and earth is not without risk. It can unleath powers of doom. What has been created over generations becomes a dessert in seconds, leaving us with brandishing images of thermic rays. Life on earth will not come to an end, however harsh it is. What destroys also creates...

 Tjebbe van Tijen  6/12/99