• R.I.P. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom •

• Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022), officially Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of her other realms and territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith: may you rest in sempiternal peace. ThankContinue reading “• R.I.P. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom •”

Pomegranates in Eurasian culture

Across Eurasia, particularly in Central Asia, the delicious pomegranate (Punica granatum) is deeply symbolic of things like abundance, prosperity, and fertility – and more from region to region. In the South Caucasian Turkic-speaking nation of Azerbaijan / Azərbaycan there is even a yearly pomegranate festival, the Goychay Pomegranate Festival / Göyçay nar festivalı. Goychay PomegranateContinue reading “Pomegranates in Eurasian culture”

On tech vibes

FUN FACT: tech culture and the accompanying aesthetic derive from Native American culture — overlaying the biological neuronal flow of electric charge within the human nervous system, that Amerindians idealise and let take centre stage in their cultural traditions, with large-scale electronics. It is moreover this quirk among Native Americans that provides the verve thatContinue reading “On tech vibes”

Amygdalamania

Life can be tough. Sometimes we are reduced metaphorically to “pushing our hands against the open sky” –like a baby does physically in trying to gain understanding of the world around them–without the power to grasp the stability of sense in a situation. Kinsale Hueston, a Yale-educated poet of the Navajo Nation, continues, concluding herContinue reading “Amygdalamania”

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