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Mihi by Emily Kuross
February 4th, 2009 5:54 AM
Upon seeing this task, I immediately knew which geographical features were mine. I'm not sure what this says about me, but I definitely have a tendency to lay claim to places - especially rocks - perhaps I have a touch of the manifest destiny. Luckily this has not led to too many territorial conflicts yet because I also think of borders as very ambiguous.
(To begin with this is a favorite poem of mine that is exactly how I feel about 'my rock')
Lake Superior by Louis Jenkins
What I like best
are those rocks that
for no apparent reason
stand waist-deep
in the water and refuse
to come in to shore
This rock is the perfect rock for jumping - and you have to jump if you're going to go in because it's usually around 50 degrees (I know, I'm the one in the water).
I also have a rock in Norway, where my family has taken a picture every summer since I was born, and where I sit to take in my favorite view in the world.
This is the most recent photo from my rock with my younger brothers (check out that utsikt!).
I have a couple more rocks that I think of with a sense of ownership, but I refer to each of them as 'the rock' rather than 'my rock' so I've chosen not to include them. Instead, I'm including 'my path' along 'the creek,' which is an extremely magical place in every season. I go for walks there whenever I get the chance, and I frequently see fairies. Can you see them?
(To begin with this is a favorite poem of mine that is exactly how I feel about 'my rock')
Lake Superior by Louis Jenkins
What I like best
are those rocks that
for no apparent reason
stand waist-deep
in the water and refuse
to come in to shore
This rock is the perfect rock for jumping - and you have to jump if you're going to go in because it's usually around 50 degrees (I know, I'm the one in the water).
I also have a rock in Norway, where my family has taken a picture every summer since I was born, and where I sit to take in my favorite view in the world.
This is the most recent photo from my rock with my younger brothers (check out that utsikt!).
I have a couple more rocks that I think of with a sense of ownership, but I refer to each of them as 'the rock' rather than 'my rock' so I've chosen not to include them. Instead, I'm including 'my path' along 'the creek,' which is an extremely magical place in every season. I go for walks there whenever I get the chance, and I frequently see fairies. Can you see them?
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posted by Mr Everyday on February 24th, 2009 7:30 PM
Nice Praxis. As someone else who has a possessive view of rocks and other pieces of geography I understood EXACTLY what you were getting at. AHHH rocks. In fact it occurs to me that when I get around to doing this my biggest challenge is going to be pruning it down to just a few...
As someone who has been struggling to think of geographical features I feel ownership of, you strike me as someone who really *did* know precisely where your rock was. I'm curious to know more about it what sense you belong to those features in return.
Also, what on earth is an Utsikt? I can't find a single website with the word that translates into English sensibly.