Mike,
What caught me about your original note about the butterflies (and this
one as well) was the extent to which they exemplified how breaking away
can be part of an unbroken dynamic -- for each individul caterpillar,
the transformation is breaking away, but that breaking is part of an
unbroken cycle for butterflies generally. After all, we expect to see
the butterflies come out in the spring, though not quite as dramatically
as they have around Geisel.
Makes me wonder about the importance of perspective in Prof. Engestrom's
work.
This doesn't get at either the Pope or Mrs. Schiavo (or the poor and
their relationship to life), though.
-Dave
Mike Cole wrote:
> Breaking away
>
> Breaking away
> stealing thoughts
> cutting edges and
> turning around.
>
> Hippity-hop!
> I cannot stop.
>
> Butterflies, jellyfish,
> marzipan sweet,
> snap dragon flies
> sprinkled with sand.
>
> Breaking away
> over the wires
> under the radar
> covering tracks.
>
> Hippity-hop!
> I cannot stop.
>
> Butterflies are blown northward
> to the San Joaquin valley in profusion.
> Orange, black, white fleeting lives,
> Flying, blowing north.
>
> Breaking away
> gently destroying
> remembrance of life before.
>
>
>
>
>
> Today the butterflies in our back yard crowded our beautiful purple
> flowers. Not yet blown away on their
> trip north. Heather appreciated the thoughts. Their lives are so short!
>
> Today Pope John Paul the 2nd died. They say he promoted pro life and
> pro social justice policies. It is an
> occasion,along with the furor over Terry Shaivo, for all of us to
> re-think what it means to be pro-life and pro-poor. David tried to get
> us to think about this issue earlier this week. Apparently his
> comments did not resonate. Might
> they evoke more externalized reflection the second time around?
>
> mike
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