Posted by alexandra_k on July 22, 2013, at 22:29:47
In reply to Re: It is happening again..., posted by alexandra_k on July 22, 2013, at 22:11:16
they like to think of it as a different world.
the maaori world.
and then there is the pakeha world.problems lie in not being able to adapt oneself,
to shift between them.the maaori world is hardest for me.
it is alien for me.
emotional resonance.
never mind content or sense.
mind your tone. pretend you don't speak the language...
listen to the... feeling.they can feel me, you see, as i feel them.
they can feel me angsting in my room
(a necessary part of thesis writing)
but it is (of course) me bringing negative vibes into the house
and so... they worry about me.they want to check i can coo.
because... that is what maaori life is about.
communing with the gods in all of us because we are descended from them
(though technically i'm not because i'm pakeha but whatever)and of course they have trouble adapting to the pakeha world.
with the requirements for keeping ones mouth shut.
following instructions (with their literal meanings)
reading and writing
focusing on the spatio-temporally distantadaptedness...
tis hard for us all.
never mind the EEA
http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/projects/human/epfaq/eea.htmlwhat matters is the now.
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