‽istis[i] reclaims the world beyond (weekending October 17th 2020)
At the end of a week dominated by the local, the
parochial, the immediate, by work, family and daily ‘stuff’ – of less time online,
less news coming in from North and East and West and South media-ted by ‘phone
and radio and TV and papers - ‽istis reclaims the world beyond
and wonders what has been missed:
·
Trump’s latest exclamations
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Matt Hancock’s latest prescriptions
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The Archbishop of Canterbury’s latest penitent proclamations
·
Rishi Sunak’s latest declamations
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Boris Johnson’s latest bluff and blusterations
(sorry, couldn’t resist – but at least ‽istis also missed Prime Minister’s
Question Time and so perhaps couldn’t type: Boris Johnson’s latest ejaculations)
·
The Twitterati’s latest fulminations
·
…?
And perhaps,
possibly, maybe if they haven’t been heard or read, they may not have been
uttered at all…
So ‽istis wonders:
beyond the immediately experienced and uniquely interpreted how can I know
what ‘is’ (never mind what was or what will be) – real or true, especially
perhaps for you? And if I cannot know that, how are we to connect or
relate?
And ‽istis felt very much alone – but perhaps strangely comforted by the possible thought that, just maybe, we are all alone together…
Meanwhile, the fulminations, the bluff and blusterations, the declamations, the proclamations, the prescriptions and the exclamations re-filled the airwaves, the bandwith and the newsprint, the sight and sound and senses… and the world beyond seemed to come alive again in all its apparent pain and pleasure, its ugliness and beauty and (just perhaps, possibly, maybe) in its myriad realties for us - apart and utterly connected… and we continued to try to find a way…
© Pistis
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