Friday 12 November 2010

Free destination for the incurably curious

Never underestimate your own importance, Bliss, in the world today and in worlds to come.
I can't even wrap my mind around it.
Truly,
The Universe
 
 I ... am in love with a man who loves women. I ... love him for who he is.
My love, JH.

The title quote is owned by Wellcome Foundation. Of course if needed to remove it I will.
I could not resist it, the image within me so big as a result of the words so immense I cannot put it into words of my own.


'High Society' is now open in Wellcome Collectionfrom 11 November 2010 to 27 February 2011.


With the illicit drug trade estimated by the UN at $320 billion (£200bn) a year and new drugs constantly appearing on the streets and the internet, it can seem as if we are in the grip of an unprecedented level of addiction. Yet the use of psychoactive drugs is nothing new, and indeed our most familiar ones - alcohol, coffee and tobacco - have all been illegal in the past.
From ancient Egyptian poppy tinctures to Victorian cocaine eye drops, Native American peyote rites to the salons of the French Romantics, mind-altering drugs have a rich history. 'High Society' will explore the paths by which these drugs were first discovered - from apothecaries' workshops to state-of-the-art laboratories - and how they came to be simultaneously fetishised and demonised in today’s culture.
http://www.wellcomecollection.org/whats-on/exhibitions/high-society.aspx

Free Universe, free planet Earth, free life. And how could anyone ever be bored. The complexities of people with people. The places. Have you ever looked at the intricacy of a fern leave opening in spring time. Oh my gosh what stunning beauty. Year after year so far, an abundance ofbeauty and wonder. Just stop look and listen.

Yesterday at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, I along with other colleagues and clients stopped for 2 minutes silence to mark the moments during Armistice Day.
I could hear the silence across our country. Not a car could be heard, no moment other than the planet doing its thing. I really felt the power of those 2 minutes yesterday. I thought about all the men that have died fighting on behalf of this country and thought about all the people stopped and thinking. Probably lots not thinking at all and wondering about the 2 minutes :). There was an immense energy in those two minutes. I want to connect like that more often. I have stood at the top of the hill here in East Meon and suddenly I can almost see the oh so fine threads connecting everything and everyone.

Damn I have to leave.

More to write - loads more.

Bliss
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