Spring Awakening Moon
If you know me, you know I have enthusiasms. Two or three years in astronomy. Two years of close study of Jungian thought. 9 years of touring and two and a half years of education in art history. A full years home study course in horticulture. We’re now in our third year of converting our property to a permaculture environment for vegetables, fruits and nuts. The most recent instance, though one of long standing in my thoughts, is Latin.
As I finished my first four lines of the Metamorphoses the other day, it struck me that art history and Latin suit me pretty well, better than politics and the church. I said this out loud to Kate and she said, “Well, philosophy and anthropology were more masculine.” I guess that’s true and I guess the same certainly goes for politics although that’s changed a lot since the 60’s. The ministry is a more mushy profession gender wise, especially for liberal protestants, but since I always did politics and consulting, probably not so for me.
The thing is, I don’t think art history and Latin were options that were even visible to me. It wasn’t, in other words, that I rejected them in favor of philosophy and anthropology. Nothing much more to say about this than that I have them in my life now and I’m not about to let go.
I have wondered about political action, long my baseline activity, the self-authenticating act. Has its time passed for me? I’m not sure about that. Will take more thought.
