I like culture and people, and in this class I vicariously travel in exotic places and learn about different aspects of people (their culture)...it's liberating because I'm not immurred with one view, one way of living...
In approximately 10 weeks, I've visited Africa, China and Japan...next week we're off to India...these countries and continent do not completely reflect the world but they are totally different from the 'Western' society that I'm constantly exposed to...perspectives show that there's more to life...
when I recognize that I'm being petty, I put myself in context of the world...I imagine that i'm this person studying in SHU in Western PA in the U.S. in north America, on the other side of the world the sun may be rising or setting...my relatives going on with their lives...politics are happening...people starving...people sleeping...people dying...babies being born...earth revolving around the sun...stars dying/exploding...etc. etc.
Posted by Michael Diezmos at October 31, 2005 8:50 PMCool post.. reminds me of two things. 1) that line from Full Metal Jacket about "I wanted to see exotic Vietnam... the crown jewel of Southeast Asia. I wanted to meet interesting and stimulating people of an ancient culture," and 2) that old 1991 techno track, and minor "hit" by LaTour, "People are still having sex."
Word.
Posted by: Mike at November 27, 2005 2:15 AM