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𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙜𝙞𝙛𝙩

𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙥 𝙖𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨

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𝙎𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪

𝙎𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝

𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝

𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣

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Heavy Metal (1981) dir. Gerald Potterton

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early tool 🖤

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Now, contagion, I exhale you.

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TOOL IS THE BEST BAND EVER AND NO ONE CAN TELL ME OTHERWISE 😤

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Tool - Ænima [CD Release] (10/01/1996)

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TOOL performing Lateralus

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Pastel Southwestern

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The River of Separation, a Navajo Creation Story

The River of Separation is one of the many versions of the Navajo creation story detailing how the people first came up from below the earth, learned to live on its surface and, just as importantly, learned to live with each other. Versions of the story, with the same title, are told by many of the Pueblo peoples.

Navajo Hogan in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Arizona

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The title of the piece refers to the river that comes to separate men from women, in the early days of the world, after First Man and First Woman argue over whether one could survive without the other. The first part of the story emphasizes the harmony that comes from people working and learning from each other; the second focuses on how people suffer when that kind of balance is lost.

Navajo Beliefs & Importance of Balance

The name Navajo was applied to the people of the regions of modern-day Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and surrounding areas of the present Southwestern United States by the Spanish in the 17th century. The Navajo knew themselves by the name Dine (Dene, pronounced DEE-nay), “the People”, the term they still identify themselves by today. They learned farming from the Pueblo peoples and the “Kisani” referenced in the story below are understood as Puebloans. Scholars Alice Marriott and Carol K. Rachlin comment on the culture and history of the Navajo:

To many non-Indians, the Navajo are what their own name for themselves, Dene, implies – they are The People. Isolated in the desert regions of the Southwest, the Navajo have survived draught and famine, the white man’s diseases, and his government’s boarding schools, to become the largest single ethnic unit of North American Indians and a synonym for haughty independence.

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Today, many Navajo live on reservations, though they may live wherever they like and in any kind of dwelling. Historically, the Navajo lived in homes known as hogans, which were constructed of logs and mud-lathe and could be conical, rectangular, or square (for men and families), while an 8-sided (octagonal) hogan was specifically built for women. The home was understood as sacred because it had been given to First Man and First Woman by the divine in the early days of the world, and so, even today, a hogan is regarded as a holy place. This understanding is especially important in the following story as the argument between First Man and First Woman disrupts the harmony of their hogan, and that imbalance then affects all the other homes in the village.

The importance of balance is also suggested by the characters of the Twins in the story, who are “half men and half women” and define the roles of the sexes early on. As they are neither male nor female, they are also able to act as mediators once the rift occurs between the men and the women: they are the only ones able to cross the River of Separation. As such, they stand as representatives of the Holy People – those of the Above who serve the will of Johanoai, god of the sun – who expect the Earth People (the Navajo) to work with them in maintaining balance. The Twins never choose a side in The River of Separation but allow the people to work out their conflict on their own and so learn a lesson they will not soon forget.

The story develops themes and characters featured in the Dine Bahane (Navajo Creation Story) but is only one of many variations of such tales. As such, it is referred to as a Navajo creation story, but not the Navajo Creation Story. As noted, Navajo spiritual beliefs focus on the importance of balance in one’s life and encouraging that same harmony throughout the earth. First, one centers and balances oneself; then one is better able to help others find their own as well as encourage balance in the wider world. Since the concept of balance is central to The River of Separation, it is easy to see why the story remains so popular in Navajo communities.

The serious themes of the tale aside, the story serves as entertainment, and the comical motif of a married couple’s argument spiraling out of all proportion has been featured in stories around the world for thousands of years. This Navajo version of the “battle of the sexes” motif plays off the same arguments as the many others in world literature and is as popular among the Navajo today as, presumably, it was in the distant past.

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This "rustic" Spanish kitchen carries poignant reminders of Mediterranean holidays in rented cottages and villas. Full of charm, it is probably as practical to cook in as a much more streamlined place.

Country Kitchens, 1991