This is NOT a post about sewing at all.
It's about humanity, but using a pattern image.
The thing is, the recent events in Paris have made people start talking about community, and some people would like our world to be a piece of material with printed polka dots, in which the dots are separate communities that would have no contact with the next dot whatsoever.
Of course, that's one way to stay safe... but of course, with that, you never get out of your cave, and you die in the dark.
What I'm dreaming of is a lovely quilt. Different colours, different materials, but with defined limits so that "blue coton" doesn't "bleed" on "red satin" or "green wool".
I don't want a world of ghettos (my cave, my family, my tribe, my village, my street, my pub, my region, my country?). Whatever the size of these limits, I don't like them. I do understand that I'm not like a Zen monk or a farmer from... let's say Guatemala, but if we are civilized we can respect all our boundaries, agree to disagree on some topics, and live together in harmony (then again, I grew up a trekkyer, so I probably dream about the Federation too much).
If people insist on having polka dots on the fabric of humanity, we could have them close enough to talk to one another couldn't we? Or are most people so afraid of the mauve cashmere polka dot that just moved too close to them?
Are so many people really that afraid? Can't we talk and communicate and be better than frightened animals?
I'm probably too optimistic.
I know.
PS: I'd kick any polka dot/quilt square so hard that "it" would land on a polar bear if "it" told me to obey "it" and let "it" treat me like a slave. I'm optimistic, not stupid.
2 comments:
Polar bears watch out, glad to hear your well and that this has opened dialogue as well as cause lines to be more visible, every group or section of society has its nut cases, I know as a mum I am right and you must all do what I say and I will spank any one who ignores my ways... well I know I have no right to dictate to any one and in turn I accept no one dictating to me. Live and let Live, compromise and respect with a side of transparency, what worries my is the politicians who are trying to show themselves in a good light or using this to push their own vision, brand or ends despite the situation, I find I am more cynical than you.
You are in my thoughts and I hope the horror Paris went through bring hope and not fear.
Poor polar bears, indeed. They don't need me to add to their difficulties... ~_^
Things would be so much nicer if we agreed to disagree (I lost a Texan friend because he insisted on our talking about politics whilst he knew that I'd never see things the way he did; I told him several times to drop the topic, but he pushed me for an answer, and when I answered honestly, he acted all shocked. It's a real pity because he could be a nice guy, but he wants things his way, and only his way).
I am super wary of the local politicos. If you haven't caught Nicolas Hénin's statement in The Guardian yet, I recommend it; it's an interesting point of view.
I think our politicos reacted like macho boys (or they're blatantly manipulating us), and doing exactly what the bad guys were expecting is quite poor strategy - but then again, they've got something to show to the sheeple.
People are going back to cafés already, and there's more anger than fear.
*hugs*
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