Posted by John on August 10, 2001 at 07:16:10:
In Reply to: kything and newts and more.... posted by giveawayboy on August 09, 2001 at 16:55:46:
: It's amazing how we can become so attached to such simple things. I remember I used to have this tiny little redwood tree that I sprouted from seeds. ...I loved that little plant like nothing I have ever had. ....I even wrote a sort of love poem to it... nothing romantic, but a sort of prayer to the plant to live and be strong. .....I also remember a time [when] I saw a tiny yellow flower growing right out of a crack in this vast asphault parking lot. It was the only thing growing there. Again I found myself talking mentally to the flower, or praying as it were, for its survival and feeling really connected to it because of the way it stood streching to God even though it was so tiny and in such a harsh place. I am certain that it was growing there just for me to see at that particularly crucial moment that I didn't even see coming.
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: John, this reminds me alot of the end of Evangellion. also, it reminds me of kything. Anyway, I got attatched to a California Newt which I took home and named Kuda. Well, Kude lived a long healthy life and then when he died I got another of the same species which I took home and named Kuda2. Well, you can imagine what happened when Kuda2 went to be with UrodEL, the Lord of Salamanders and Newts. Anyway, I went and got Kuda3--and the saga continued all the way through Kudas 4,5,6,7,8 and 9. So, as you see, I was really attatched. Infact, I think I have a preference for salamanders and newts over just about any other reptile/amphibian. These guys register high on my herp-meter. There is nothing like their bumpy dark orange skin and that flaming orange underbelly. Leave it to me to go crazy over something like this. And those eyes--I mean it--his eyes simply melted me! As far as praying to them, I don't think I ever did this, but I have often felt that the bird-people are much more accessible in this way. I mean , I can feel an un-forced communicative dynamic between them and myself, esp. the anhinga and any corvid and some of the icterids. i especially like the Red-winged Blackbird, which is a symbol of the natural order since it bears all four colors of the medicine wheel.
: Bill
That's why the series resonated so well with me. It reminded me of me too. I just got the first part of another one that I think you would like. It's brand new. The art is very fluid and surreal. And the topics it deals with are intense. It's called Angel Sanctuary. And basically it deals with a bunch of angels and demons who tried to rebel a second time against God. Now their leader has been cut off and split sent to earth as a human with no memory of his past. The story centers on the spiritual struggle of both sides to awaken him. And in typical Japanese fashion, the lines of who's good and bad are not nearly as neat as Americans are used to. (Note to non-anime fans- they show both side's motives equally, instead of presenting a hero and villian)