Comments on: An Awareness Of Absence http://neitherusenorornament.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/an-awareness-of-absence/ "Wading neck deep in a swamp, your revolver is neither use nor ornament until you have had time to clean it" Mary H. Kingsley (1897) Fri, 03 May 2013 09:25:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: JofIndia http://neitherusenorornament.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/an-awareness-of-absence/#comment-10707 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:58:51 +0000 http://neitherusenorornament.wordpress.com/?p=10233#comment-10707 I didn’t know of that Native American custom, Susan. It nicely resonates with the Ancient Greek myths of the River Styx, and also that of Aken, the Egyptian underworld god and ferryboat-keeper of the Underworld..

The link you give is truly fascinating. Though I was saddened by what terrible sacrilege was visited on Mount Coffin by the Western world…

]]> By: S. Etole http://neitherusenorornament.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/an-awareness-of-absence/#comment-10693 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:38:34 +0000 http://neitherusenorornament.wordpress.com/?p=10233#comment-10693 The empty boat reminded me of the Native American practice of burying their dead in canoes in the Northwest. Not far from where I grew up there was an island named Mount Coffin where the canoes were mounted on posts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Coffin

]]> By: JofIndia http://neitherusenorornament.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/an-awareness-of-absence/#comment-10690 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:35:12 +0000 http://neitherusenorornament.wordpress.com/?p=10233#comment-10690 Thank you. It was a title that changed three times as I was writing the post!

]]> By: S. Etole http://neitherusenorornament.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/an-awareness-of-absence/#comment-10689 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:48:07 +0000 http://neitherusenorornament.wordpress.com/?p=10233#comment-10689 Such a strong pairing of image and title. Beautiful.

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