Rocking the Casbah

Kelly the Red Cup barista (among her many guises) rocked the scene at the emerging young artist show, Momentum, sponsored by OVAC, at the old SW Fifth St. Post Office last night. Since I was at the door as a volunteer, I happen to know that more than 1,200 attended the show which will reprise tonight (Saturday, Mr. 7).

IT’S BEING CALLED WEB 4.0 BUT I JUST THINK IT’S COOL

I READ THE NEWS TODAY, OH BOY

Did Turkish Kurd Find Garden of Eden? Maybe.

On this one, I hope my son-in-law happens to see this and will make a few comments since he’s actually in the field of human archeology. I can’t tell if this is a story about aliens visiting tabloid blahblahblah or the real deal of some kind. Some of you may remember a book by Daniel Quinn, Ismael, in which the principal character is a speaking simian who explains to the protagonist that the Garden of Eden Bible story is really a parable about the change in human society from hunter-gatherer to agricultural and herding “civilization”. This story purports to say that there is now historical evidence of a non-literary, actually existing Garden of Eden that enacted just that scenario.

(Just by the way, if you’ve never read Daniel Quinn’s Ishmael trilogy, I very highly recommend it. Very highly. In fact, I insist. It’s POYNE — Part of Your Necessary Education — and you cannot be culturally literate without it, IMHO. Besides, my late friend, mentor and sensi, Claude Anderson, did some of the graphic work, including a painting of the speaking gorilla at the center of the Socratic inquiry into our world. Follow the links, there’s even a Quinn online community discussing sustainability and … it’s a cool deal, folks, and you’ll do well if you follow up on this.)