There are billions of people and a version of normal to go along with each one of them. No two versions are exactly the same. There will be hundreds of thousands of little things that make up your version of normal. With any luck you can find people that have close to the same idea of what normal is that you do. These are your friends. Anyone else you try to tolerate as best you can.
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The exact definition of normal depends on who's running the asylum.
#5 reminds me of Elias Canetti's use of the forest as a national crowd symbol for Germany. You can read about it here: https://www.sheilaomalley.com/?p=2666
Bill - I found this... "Canetti lists 11 such “crowd symbols”: Corn, rivers, forest, rain, wind, sand, fire, the sea, the heap, stone heaps, treasure." In reading a bit more it seems each country has its own crowd symbols.
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That second one the trees look like they're holding up the moon!
ReplyDelete#11 is weirdly interesting. I like crowds of trees too.
ReplyDelete#5 reminds me of Elias Canetti's use of the forest as a national crowd symbol for Germany. You can read about it here: https://www.sheilaomalley.com/?p=2666
ReplyDeleteBeautiful #13 is my fave today!
ReplyDeleteLots of good ones today!
ReplyDeleteWhat a joy it is to see your Thursday trees!
ReplyDeleteKirk - Hope the branches don't snap!
ReplyDeleteRiver - I need to find more info on #11.
Bill - I found this... "Canetti lists 11 such “crowd symbols”: Corn, rivers, forest, rain, wind, sand, fire, the sea, the heap, stone heaps, treasure." In reading a bit more it seems each country has its own crowd symbols.
Kathy - Thanks!
Barb - Thanks!
You are a poet of trees. Mike! Aloha
ReplyDeleteCloudia - Aloha!
ReplyDeleteSo many great ones; thanks!
ReplyDeleteAllen - 😄
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