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CircadianFilmGroup · **The Power of Proverb -** 02-17-2008, 10:08 AM

My 12-year old sister gave me a calendar this Christmas.

I know - sounds like a lousy gift. On the contrary.

She had forgotten to peel the pricetag off the back, and I noticed she had purchased it at her church's annual "world market". It had been published and printed in Nairobi and Kenya, respectively. She has a great heart, my sister, and her shrewdness as a consumer is uncommon for her age... she makes me very proud.

But I digress. The calendar is titled "African Wisdom for Life", and imparts one African proverb daily. Some are what I call "fortune cookie", others true "dharma": All possess what I call "telluric wisdom" - pragmatic, earthy advice that has been crushed beneath the Industrial Revolution's steamroller with Freud at the wheel. I propose, therefore, to replant these seeds in its wake.

I would like to suggest a thread, or Forum, in which we might post daily proverbs limited to two, three lines at most. "Brevity is the soul of wit", as Hamlet said.

Please reply to this thread if you support this suggestion!

DB

PS: "Be a neighbour to a human being and not to a fence." - Kenyan Proverb

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CircadianFilmGroup White Belt Status: Offline Posts: 5 Thanks Given: 3 Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Join Date: Feb 2008 Rep Power: 0	The Power of Proverb - 02-17-2008, 10:08 AM My 12-year old sister gave me a calendar this Christmas. I know - sounds like a lousy gift. On the contrary. She had forgotten to peel the pricetag off the back, and I noticed she had purchased it at her church's annual "world market". It had been published and printed in Nairobi and Kenya, respectively. She has a great heart, my sister, and her shrewdness as a consumer is uncommon for her age... she makes me very proud. But I digress. The calendar is titled "African Wisdom for Life", and imparts one African proverb daily. Some are what I call "fortune cookie", others true "dharma": All possess what I call "telluric wisdom" - pragmatic, earthy advice that has been crushed beneath the Industrial Revolution's steamroller with Freud at the wheel. I propose, therefore, to replant these seeds in its wake. I would like to suggest a thread, or Forum, in which we might post daily proverbs limited to two, three lines at most. "Brevity is the soul of wit", as Hamlet said. Please reply to this thread if you support this suggestion! DB PS: "Be a neighbour to a human being and not to a fence." - Kenyan Proverb