my life as a artist
google nimrod
Saturday 22nd December 2007 10:25 PM
A nice man called John sent me an e-mail yesterday, saying that he'd tried to put a comment on Thursday's blog, and the comment had just disappeared into the ether. To let me know that this was an altruistic act of information-sharing, and not a complaint, he added that he felt no bitterness about the whole tawdry affair. Thank you John, for your generosity of spirit and steadfastness in the face of a recalcitrant blog.
In contrast, a nice man called Steve sent me an e-mail, saying the same thing, but adding that he thought the blog was awkward and wilful and was a bastard. Thank you Steve, for your fiery honesty and bloody-mindedness in the face of a recalcitrant blog. (I've forwarded you John's e-mail address and I think you should talk to him.)
I've also received a few non-judgemental phone calls, telling me about the same problem, so it looks like I'll have to go to the craggy highlands of North-west Scotland and see my internet providers, Kate and Sidney Pi. When they ask me what's wrong, I'll say 'no comment'.
However, despite the comment box problem, a few have got through. One was from myself, as a test, and rather splendidly, the validation word was 'sun'. Another was from the inhabitants of the fabled lost city of Beffel, a mysterious forgotten citadel of the mind, who's lofty towers pierce the swirling clouds of illusion, and look out onto the unbroken, blue truth of tribal memory. Rather like Shamballah, Beffel is a mythical place of the imagination, which some people believe may have an actual, physical location on the planet, possibly near Oswestry.
The comment tells of a Beffelian attempt to perk up the sun, and describes a successful act of sympathetic magic, wherein the young Minka, for it is she, draws a picture of a sun on a piece of paper, with the word 'please' written underneath it, and slips the paper under an ivy-covered log. I think this story illustrates the awesome and enduring power of simple good manners, and one wonders whether Alistair Crowley would have been more effective in his magical workings if he'd have said 'please' more often.
Hippy out of the Horn, or Hooth, as she has affectionately become known over the last few seconds, wants to know who Nimrod is. So do I. In the nineteen seventies there was an actor with pointy ears, who played Dr Spock on Star Trek, called Leonard Nimrod, but it's not him. To be honest, Hooth, I only included Nimrod because, somewhere on the internet, I came across a list of Gods whose birthday was the 25th December, and in a rather careless, cavalier fashion, assumed him to be of virgin birth.
Finding out exactly who Nimrod was, was fraught with difficulties. The first problem was that as soon as I'd decided to google Nimrod, for a few hours afterwards, I couldn't do anything else but say the words 'google Nimrod', to myself, over and over again. When I eventually got on the net I was met with a bewildering array of different stories. He was a Mesopotamian king, he was a dismembered and resurrected God, he was the arch-enemy of Abraham, and he was supposed to have built the tower of Babel. It didn't say anything about him being of virgin birth, but he sounded like quite a handy bloke. Honestly, check him out. Google Nimrod!
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Mmmm. We've come to expect something more inspiring from you, Steve. Especially as its Christmas Eve. Perhaps the reference to the Tower of Babel is affecting your eloquence? (and the validation word is "speak")
Posted by Hooth , on Monday 24th December 2007, 6:00 PM
I haven't got anything to say - I'm just testing to see if this works. So I can complain if it doesn't.
Posted by Steve , on Monday 24th December 2007, 12:49 PM
But I like the sound of Beffel. (Actually just testing my ability to psot comments, which is 100% functional so far)
Posted by Hooth again , on Sunday 23rd December 2007, 8:11 PM
Well, I rest my case, Rory! I'm not celebrating Nimrod's birthday in any way whatsoever. Built the tower of Babel! Wouldn't it be easier if we could all understand each other? even a bit. (validation word charge)
Posted by Hooth , on Sunday 23rd December 2007, 8:07 PM
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