the light
onehunga reminds me very much of madanriting. a little tacky, a little rough around the edges, and not always ‘nice’; but just as much laughter and singing as any-richer-where else. i missed many opportunities to learn from madanriting when i lived there, nor did i give back as much as i could have. and sometimes, [...]
old rangitoto
rangitoto is a volcanic island just off auckland’s northern coastline, and can be seen from many parts of the city. it erupted about 600 years ago (within memory of the local maori tribes) and has entered their mythology. the ‘horizons’ refer, i guess, to the geographic and cultural positions of rangitoto…always horizons, rarely centre stage. [...]
red+green
off on a tangent: i wonder how it would be if we we replaced the idea of ‘black or white’ with ‘red or green’. that still shows contrast (the obvious traffic light metaphor) but seems less charged with angry emotions. to jam off roland barthés’ ‘mythologies’, maybe black-white is *too full of meaning to be [...]
