tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1575603731696062553.post1567966866003569624..comments2024-03-27T16:08:30.313-05:00Comments on The Great Change: The Mayan StoneAlbert Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17627996921976501534noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1575603731696062553.post-29496597884175031292015-03-04T10:12:17.075-06:002015-03-04T10:12:17.075-06:00excerpt from Ozymandias
. . . And on the pedestal ...excerpt from Ozymandias<br />. . . And on the pedestal these words appear:<br />"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:<br />Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"<br />Nothing beside remains. Round the decay<br />Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare<br />The lone and level sands stretch far away.<br />--Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)sac.osage.hill.climberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04059583966585218984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1575603731696062553.post-59113877113466393892015-03-01T19:25:38.254-06:002015-03-01T19:25:38.254-06:00Jan Lundberg writes: "That's right, after...Jan Lundberg writes: "That's right, after what Western Civilization (alias Modern Society) has done and is bent on continuing to irrationally do, 1,600 more years of human society sounds irresponsibly optimistic. It is only the latest generation of screen-fed consumers that has had to abandon our prior assumption of virtually endless continuity as a species and society. In 1969 we expressed our concern for our direction in hit songs such as "In The Year 2525," but now that sounds like an impossible hopeful date for mere technological oppression."Albert Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627996921976501534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1575603731696062553.post-48516447517195475562015-03-01T18:20:27.845-06:002015-03-01T18:20:27.845-06:00The poetry of the stone cut something deep here. W...The poetry of the stone cut something deep here. We, as where the stone cutters, are carving out our story. Maybe the step up into a temple should serve as sort of a pattern for us, perhaps, the hairless ones groping for a purpose far beyond the pursuit we've inherited as progress. Unlike the Mayans, we have history and the lessons learned from them and other "fallen" cultures to allow us the luxury and responsibility of foresight. And that foresight should obviate our damage to ourselves and our ecosystem. Is there really a division between these things?Danny Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08239701610522812113noreply@blogger.com