Herman and I had lunch at the olde Blackfoot, our haunt since around 2003. He gave me a date for my next talk and hinted I could hold more talks. I’ve been considering the Mani’s disappeared religion for this next occasion. Mani’s religion became the first world religion around 300AD, before Mohammed and Augustine was a member of it in his younger years. So, where did it go? Good question, come to my talk!
On Saturday I stopped at John’s family home for a chat and an hello to Annie. After lunch I walked down to the ’Wave + Particle’ show, but its free digital practice turned out to be aimed at animation. I’d hoped it would be on digital drawing, like the use of Canvas.
However, I did take in the neighbouring ‘EMMedia’ slide exhibit by Noel Begin. It utilises about twenty two (22) still projectors, which project as many overlapping images on a continuing basis. The whole composite is well done, making a fictitious scene using local Calgary photos.
Walking around between the projectors on one side and the screen on the other, you interrupt the projecting image beams. This makes for an interesting effect as you change the scene by walking, which I hesitated to do at first! I may pay them an other visit at 351 11th Ave SW, Tue-Sat; 12-6pm. Free during this month.
After this photo projection exhibit I pick up some ordered books at the Library and walked home, which was colder than I had expected. Hence, I stayed on the sunny side of the street! Sunday was as usual, but I did not do my planned left hand drawing.
The sentiment that I feel is: Stop considering, start proclaiming!
On the contrary, I intuited that I had to do ‘nothing’. So, I just sat around for a couple of hours thinking and this turned out to be quite interesting. My talk topic on the Manicheans came into focus, but also my own thoughts about Existence Divine and its narrative.
This needs telling ‘loud and clear’, I came to realise from my contemplations, which is significant since I have been very hesitant about doing just that. This urge to formulate and express my narrative on Existence Divine becomes more pronounced, as I think about formulating talks after the one on Manichaeism. It is no longer just about formulating, but now the ‘declaring’ aspect is becoming urgent, as in the delivering of a message.
The sentiment that I feel is: “Stop considering, start proclaiming”! Even thought I have lectured many hours over the years of my career and now with the Calgary Life Enrichment Centre, I still feel hesitant. My lectures and talks were ‘about’ what was known and accepted. Now I have to talk and present my own ideas like a performing artist singing his or her own song on stage and be at the pleasure of the audience!
My friend Jack gave me a little book by Servan-Schreiber, titled “The Return of Courage” many years ago. I looked in it, but never felt the interest to read it. Now is the time, hoping I can still find it! I did! This author became famous for his ‘American Challenge’ which I read in around 1970. The author was borne in 1937, which makes me his senior by one year!
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