Once again: compared to what I and most other people do for a living, even scratching hole in the dirt is far, far FAR more dignified, even if less comfortable.
This text struck me strongly; from a French essayist and museum curator, I think, of a generation or 2 ago. Farming (not corporate farming, of course, which is a travesty, even if I depend on it for my meals) isn't quite as directly human, but I think it's close. *The autonomy and self-sufficiency of primitive man is inconceivable to us.[3] <http://www.studiesincomparativereligion.com/Public/articles/The_Origins_of_Art-by_Luc_Benoist.aspx#_edn3> The absolute independence of a man who is sufficient for all his own needs and in possession of all his own powers because he is still consciously attached to his fostering and fertile source; the indefeasible and indivisible dominion of such a person surpasses the understanding of a “civilised” being, who puts himself in the same position, and supposes himself degraded to a state of bestiality, alone, weak, poor, and naked—a position in which he may perhaps find himself tomorrow, though he certainly never lived in such a state in the past.* *To understand the life of these men, clothed with skins of animals and easily nourished by the fruits of the earth, one must allow them by way of compensation and balance, a spirituality all the higher because it was not inhibited by external devices. This condition corresponds to what is still the state of pastoral peoples, and to that of the patriarchs who recite the Bible and Koran, the dogmatic content and formal perfection of which are incompatible with the modern theory of “primitive man”.* Luc Benoist,* The Origins of Art*, Studies, 14, 3-4 (Summer-Autumn, 1980) On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 3:17 PM, Wayne Naha <[email protected]> wrote: > It's great that you all are so supportive of my farming goal. My brother > was all like "Are you sure that's a good idea?" It's not a sure thing at > all, but it sounds more promising than anything I've done in the past. It > will be, as was noted earlier in the replies, 'subsistence farming,' but, > as was also mentioned, hopefully we will do better than scratching a hole > in the dirt. I still bounce between excited and freaked out. But we are > selling the house and not looking back. > So, do I really want to have fenders on the Clem? I had planned on > fenders, but things have occurred. Ditto for a rear rack. That seems like > a necessity for carrying anything on a bike. Does it make sense without > fenders? > > On Monday, October 5, 2015 at 12:28:19 PM UTC-4, Wayne Naha wrote: >> >> Well, a little over a week ago I was laid off from my job, after five and >> a half years. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************* *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* Carthusian motto -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
