‽istis waits to see (weekending January 22nd 2022)
This week, ‽istis seemed to be doing quite a lot of waiting to see:
‽ whether a flat will sell, marking the end of an era for one family and perhaps the start for another
‽ the scale of the damage and loss after a volcanic eruption in Tonga: to lives, to homes; to livelihoods and businesses; to habitat, flora and fauna; to transatlantic cables and the very routes along which news, tragic or relieved, must travel to end the waiting (1) for many families separated, incommunicado
‽ whether the events on the Ukraine Russia border mark the mere rattling of sabres and the flexing of international muscles, the roar and pawing of a bear with a very sore head - or a significant moment in a future conflict and conflagration that could engulf us all leaving no one to write its history (2)
‽ whether a report about parties (3) could lead to the demise of a Prime Minister and the end of the party for a party
‽ whether the discovery of a coral suite (so much more than a mere bed) can give hope (4) or is merely an exception that proves a rule that climate change is deadly - under the ocean, on the land, in the sky.
And ‽istis wonders about others who perhaps wait this week...
And ‽istis wonders about forces that may possibly be at play - tipping one way or another.
And ‽istis wonders whether we are playthings (5) or whether perhaps, possibly, maybe we could still be players when so much seems so far from being a game‽
© Pistis
NB: further reflections and comments linked to this week’s theme and past blog
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