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Showing posts with label Chinese new year. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chinese new year. Show all posts
Sunday, 7 February 2016
Sunday, 9 February 2014
The year of the Horse
Happy new year!
So now we are entering the year of the horse, quite an important animal for many cultures
The new year parade in Chatham high street was very well attended, and there was quite a lot of noise, movement and energy from the parade.
This is something that I associate with the horse. Energy, power, the need to explore and travel. This can be on an internal/mental/spiritual as well as an external/physical journey. Quite an interesting image for someone to work with, especially at the beginning of Spring.
The question is, what do you want to do with your year? Are you sure of where you are going?
For me, my direction is leading to the St Patrick's parade. It is, and has been an all consuming passion for me over the last year. The Chinese new year has provided the template for our event, so I'm very conscious of what I can learn from attending. I am also very aware that it's coming up to four weeks before our own parade. Where has the time gone?
So now we are entering the year of the horse, quite an important animal for many cultures
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| Enter the Dragon into Chatham high street Image credit: SM Jenkin |
The new year parade in Chatham high street was very well attended, and there was quite a lot of noise, movement and energy from the parade.
This is something that I associate with the horse. Energy, power, the need to explore and travel. This can be on an internal/mental/spiritual as well as an external/physical journey. Quite an interesting image for someone to work with, especially at the beginning of Spring.
The question is, what do you want to do with your year? Are you sure of where you are going?
For me, my direction is leading to the St Patrick's parade. It is, and has been an all consuming passion for me over the last year. The Chinese new year has provided the template for our event, so I'm very conscious of what I can learn from attending. I am also very aware that it's coming up to four weeks before our own parade. Where has the time gone?
Sunday, 17 February 2013
The year of the snake
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| Celebrating the year of the Snake. Chatham High Street 17/2/13 Image credit: SM Jenkin |
So we are now entering the year of the snake, quite an interesting animal for a writer to relate to. There are so many myths and legends attached to this particular animal.
The second thing I think about is the myth of Saint Patrick, and his expulsion of all the snakes from Ireland (can you guess what my first reaction/ thought is? Exactly).
What I find it interesting is the story, did Patrick really get rid of all the snakes in Ireland? Or was he, as so many storyteller friends of mine assert, talking about the druids in the area?
When it comes to stories, myths and legends they always have strings attached. Whose translation do we use today? Whose ideas are weaved into a "plain story"? What's the real message here? This is something that angers me, when I am told that I'm "reading too much" into a story, all stories have assumptions. What is wrong with questioning them? Questioning and challenging, re-telling stories are the only way they stay interesting, the only way they speak to us.
Hence, the year of the snake. One thing I can admire is their ability to shed their skin, to let loose the constricting skin of last year. Do we want to start that now? What stories do you want to tell, in your own way?
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