July 28, 2010
Fools have been important in history. In ancient times and cultures, someone whose outbursts or conduct might have labelled them “mad” were often retained by village elders as seers, albeit erratic ones. This became more formalised in Medieval Europe, where the court had a court jester, or fool. The fool had one power no-one else in the kingdom had – that he could voice opinions to the king or in public which would have seen others executed.
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July 3, 2010
What we do, who we are and how we engage the world is the prow of our lives as we carve a wake through time and space. They are the constants that warp spacetime in our continuum. In our lives we may be aware of the splash as some “event stone” in our lives hits the still water of the pond, but we are rarely aware of the impact of the ripples as the effect grows outwards.
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