Saturday, March 16, 2013

Watching for the ways the world is changing around us

The history of the papacy, the office held by the pope as leader of the Catholic Church, spans from the time of Saint Peter to present day. In that time the shifts in social sensibilities, cultural realities, knowledge and belief systems and technologies have been both dynamic and glacial. In 2013 the papal changeover serendipitously demonstrates the speed of change evident in the 21st Century.

The image above is a poignant demonstration of change. After the faithful had waited for a puff of white smoke from a chimney on the Sistine Chapel they shared their experience with their worlds.Tradition dictates that the new Pope should change into his papal white cassock as, one by one, the cardinals who elected him in the conclave approach him to swear their obedience. Tradition demands that he stop and pray in the Pauline Chapel for a few minutes before emerging on the loggia of the balcony overlooking St. Peter's Square to reveal his identity to the world.

There the faithful wait to see their new Pope and receive his blessing. But despite the established traditions technology had added a new layer to them in that the experience of being in St. Peter's Square at 'that moment' can now can not only be share and beamed around the world and can be stored in cyberspace.

In 2005 'that moment' was witnessed by the faithful in almost the same way and then too their 'digital memories' galloped around the world and found resting places in cyberspace to be mused upon. The difference in 2013 being that these digital records – images and sounds – reached further faster. The digital recording 'device' has become ubiquitous to change the ways memories are store, shared and mused upon

The opulence of Pope Benedict XVI reign promises to be transplanted with the Franciscan austerity in line with Pope Francis' sensibilities and Jesuit heritage. The papacy is unlikely to ever be the same as moves forward into the 21st C with all that entails.

Likewise, musing is unlikely to ever be the same again as the world changes around us and paradigms shift in unanticipated ways.  

Saturday, March 9, 2013

[COOLABAHplacedness] Sally Brown Draws

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To draw:
1. to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often fol. by along, away, in, out, or off)

2. to bring, take, or pull out, as from a receptacle or source: to draw water from a well. 

3. to bring toward oneself or itself, as by inherent force or influence; attract: The concert drew a large audience.

4. to sketch (someone or something) in lines or words; delineate; depict: to draw a vase with charcoal; to draw the comedy's characters with skill. 

5. to compose or create (a picture) in lines.

6. to mark or lay out; trace: to draw perpendicular lines. 

7. to frame or formulate: to draw a distinction.

8. to write out in legal form (sometimes fol. by up)Draw up the contract.

9. to inhale or suck in: to draw liquid through a straw. 

10. to derive or use, as from a source: to draw inspiration from Shakespeare. 

11. to deduce; infer: to draw a conclusion. 

12. to get, take, or receive, as from a source: to draw interest on a savings account; to draw a salary of $600 a week. 

13. to withdraw funds from a drawing account, esp. against future commissions on sales. 

14. to produce; bring in: The deposits draw interest. 

15. to disembowel: to draw a turkey.

16. to drain: to draw a pond. 

17. to pull out to full or greater length; make by attenuating; stretch: to draw filaments of molten glass. 

18. to bend (a bow) by pulling back its string in preparation for shooting an arrow. 

19. to choose or to have assigned to one at random, by or as by picking an unseen number, item, etc.: Let's draw straws to see who has to wash the car. 

20. Metalworking.to form or reduce the sectional area of (a wire, tube, etc.) by pulling through a die.

21. to wrinkle or shrink by contraction. 

22. Med.to cause to discharge: to draw an abscess by a poultice.

23. to obtain (rations, clothing, equipment, weapons, or ammunition) from an issuing agency, as an army quartermaster. 


24. Nautical.(of a vessel) to need (a specific depth of water) to float: She draws six feet. 


25. to leave (a contest) undecided; finish with neither side winning, as in a tie.

26. Cards. 


  • to take or be dealt (a card or cards) from the pack. 
  • Bridge.to remove the outstanding cards in (a given suit) by leading that suit: He had to draw spades first in order to make the contract. 
27. Billiards.to cause (a cue ball) to recoil after impact by giving it a backward spin on the stroke. 

28. Northeastern U.S. (chiefly New Eng.). to haul; cart. 

29. Hunting.to search (a covert) for game. 

30. Cricket.to play (a ball) with a bat held at an angle in order to deflect the ball between the wicket and the legs. 


31. Curling.to slide (the stone) gently. 


32. to steep (tea) in boiling water. 


33. to form or shape (glass) as it comes from the furnace by stretching.  

34. to exert a pulling, moving, or attracting force: A sail draws by being properly trimmed and filled with wind. 


35. to move or pass, esp. slowly or continuously, as under a pulling force (often fol. by on, off, out, etc.)The day draws near... click here for more still

The word 'draw' is amongst the most loaded of all words in the English language. Sally Brown, as a maker, is a 'drawer' and subliminally she draws on place in the ways pacemakers and placemarkers do in order to celebrate her placedness. There is not much space for words in Sally practice.



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Posted By nudgelbah to COOLABAHplacedness on 3/09/2013 07:39:00 am