tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post8640886563751528211..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: StuffedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-49325532321648378242015-05-09T11:06:17.988-07:002015-05-09T11:06:17.988-07:00"and what of the human soul who does not look..."and what of the human soul who does not look at these crushed birds and release them immediately, instead of posing for pictures . . ."<br /><br />Indeed. But as the "arrest" was made for publicity purposes, the photo-op was necessary; and too, when one looks into the conditions of custody for "pet" cockatoos, one finds that for such creatures to be held captive, their talons must be clipped; releasing a broken, suffocated, terrified bird, mired in its own faeces, yet with talons still intact, could represent a dodgy moment for any human soul in the vicinity.<br /><br />So -- why not just leave them in the bottles, for the photo-shoot? <br /><br />Not that, in any case, "rescuing" one of these birds would in any meaningful sense be "saving" it -- too late for that now.<br /><br />But what is the human soul?<br /><br />I spent several months last winter attempting to understand the American "Transcendentalist" Ralph Waldo Emerson's concept of "the Over-Soul".<br /><br />What a tremendous waste of time that was.<br /><br />Evidence suggests that a real animal soul exists, but that this gift has been distributed unequally among animals, the two-footed ones coming up short, and unsuccessfully addressing the deficit with this extraordinary capacity for senseless brutality and cruelty directed at other creatures.<br /><br />It's a shame but, in the end, that's the way of the human soul. The rest of the world's just going to have to live with, or perhaps die of it, soon enough.<br /><br /><a href="http://tomclarkblog.blogspot.com/2015/05/marianne-moore-pangolin_9.html" rel="nofollow">Marianne Moore: The Pangolin</a>TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-5840204865796154482015-05-09T04:32:34.633-07:002015-05-09T04:32:34.633-07:00Tom, when I was young I remember meeting an old Pa...Tom, when I was young I remember meeting an old Parsee at one of Lahore's old bookshops and he told me: K, I've given up on human beings and spend all my time with animals.<br /><br />Reading the news (human traffickers of sex slaves may be targeting Nepal after the quake) and seeing these horrific pictures you have to wonder if he wasn't on to something there.<br /><br />Khair..hope all else is well.<br /><br />b.billoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10716970909272480118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-18409642245378649582015-05-09T04:30:59.184-07:002015-05-09T04:30:59.184-07:00Our world is too small by half.
I wish the world ...Our world is too small by half.<br /><br />I wish the world were as big as it once was--so big that it couldn't be traversed, and remained remote and mysterious and unspoiled. <br /><br />Alas, it may never be again. <br /><br />We'll all eventually be rubbing up against each other and fucking each other and infecting each other and moving mountains around. <br /><br />And killing whatever other animals we find, if not for food, or sport, then simply because we're bored. <br /><br />Glad I won't live to see it.Curtis Favillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-10125382205763335152015-05-08T13:54:44.109-07:002015-05-08T13:54:44.109-07:00and what of the human soul who does not look at th...and what of the human soul who does not look at these crushed birds and release them immediately, instead of posing for pictures . . . dfleischerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15131508201970439938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-87025213516517839532015-05-08T10:02:53.133-07:002015-05-08T10:02:53.133-07:00Fqd up beyond concept. What else can one say, Mich...Fqd up beyond concept. What else can one say, Michael.<br /><br />Nearly half the bottled birds are now dead, and from what can be seen in the available photos, the others aren't looking too happy.<br /><br />"The birds, which are native to Indonesia and East Timor and measure up to 35cm, reportedly cost up to £650 on the black market."TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-5749099360236013652015-05-08T09:53:46.530-07:002015-05-08T09:53:46.530-07:00feckin tragic what the human animal is capable offeckin tragic what the human animal is capable ofLallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595noreply@blogger.com