For Frank Tassone’s haikai challenge.
in the beginning
was need and fear
dark and setting suns and stories
told in the dark by firelight
to help the sun return
Gogyohka for a myth
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For Frank Tassone’s haikai challenge.
in the beginning
was need and fear
dark and setting suns and stories
told in the dark by firelight
to help the sun return
Philosophy is all about being curious, asking basic questions. And it can be fun!
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#Haiku Happenings #4: Jane Dougherty’s latest #gogyohka for my current #haikai challenge!
Thank you, Frank 🙂
It’s funny I was thinking today about the why of ritual and religion–particularly in the fear at the heart of so much of it. We are still running scared. (K)
It’s as though we need fear to push us. Like abiding the law. Would we, if there was no punishment?
It’s something I’ve thought about, as punishment was never a deterrent to my children in shaping their behavior. But somehow they came out OK. Why and how? My mother definitely lived her life with (religious based) fear. She was afraid even when there was no reason.
They say about the Germans that if something isn’t actually verboten they’ll do it. So they have laws about everything. It might be looking at it the wrong way round though—because there are so many prohibitions, they take pleasure in doing what isn’t verboten. Fewer rules maybe in order?
I’m not sure there’s one approach that works for everyone. One thing that makes humans so hard to control.
So much of how we react is culturally inspired. If everyone around you is doing it, you tend to go with the flow.
And think it’s the only way to do it.
I followed Mr. Tassone;s challenge and added my latest multi-lingual post!
Good for you! It fits the prompt and it’s a tour de force 🙂
Thanks! I wonder what Mr. Tassone will think of the Frysk one (the last part).
I doubt he’s fluent in Frysk 🙂 The similarity with English is there, but you need to have a translation next to it to see.