#comparative culture

[leebrontide]

Do people realize that the entirety of the United Kingdom is about the same size as Oregon?

That's not even one of our big states.

That's this lil fella right here.

They're both about 95,000 square miles.

[acornsinmypocket]

Okay peeps help me here I'd like your opinions It just hit me how personified time and events are in Jewish culture. Shabbat is "the queen" or sometimes a noble bride figure, Purim is a clown / trickster guy and I don't have a clear idea of who Hanukkah is except my intuition says it's a she? And they come as guests that you prepare to host for a time... Is this specifically a Jewish thing? The closest equivalent I can think of is maybe father Christmas? But that's a proper specific character with a human design that's associated with an event, not the event itself being personified. What's your experience?

[siamkram]

The symbol of the Sun cross or solar wheel as found across the world (selection).

[notes-to-tomorrow]

Things that will potentially throw off an American moving into a French Apartment:

1. The giant, steep spiral staircase you'll need to climb to get to your front door. 2. The stone stairs are actually indented and worn away from people walking up them. 3. The keys. It's likely that at least a few will look medieval. 4. The room where the toiled is = the WC. The room where the shower/ bathtub resides is entirely different. However, there are sinks in both rooms. 5. No oven. Good luck with baking those macaroons. 6. No dishwasher. 7. No dryer. High chance there's no washing machine either. 8. Drying racks and lines are your new best friend. 9. The beautiful balconies you can sip wine on in the evening. I0. That retro furnace hanging on the wall. 11. Square shaped pillows. And only mattress hugging sheets, never a top sheet. 12. Everyone has a corkscrew. Everyone. 13. Fans! Because there's no air conditioning 14. The fridge looks more like something you'd find in your dorm room than your kitchen. 15. Surprisingly spacious bedrooms.

[thewordenreport-blog]

In his last speech to the U.N.’s General Assembly in September, 2016, U.S. President Barak Obama pointed to a world more prosperous yet wit...

The question is perhaps whether traditionalism will end up giving some ground, with the societies coming closer together. I believe the answer is: very gradually, and then only after some substantial time. Parts of societies, and even parts of the world, were on the move at the time of Obama’s last address, and this dynamic is not just caused by globalization.

[changingtemples]

Changing Temples - Pt. 10

“We’re not in Kansas anymore Toto” Dorothy, Wizard of Oz

I have run across several references to Venezia being a variation of Disneyland. If one lends a little credence to that notion, it can probably be argued that it has similarities to ‘Frontier…

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[tumblngphilopoet]

Dada is alive and well today

Takashi Murakami’s exhibit of manga sculptures at Versailles, 2010: http://ladollhouse.tumblr.com/post/15662041701/takashi-murakamis-exhibit-of-manga-sculptures-at

“Reports came in to Japan of petitions which sought to shut us down. The media ran with the story, playing it up as a clash of cultures, of national pride. Bloggers around the world expressed their skepticism and disgust. None of this surprised me and in the end, I have come to view it as very part and parcel of the role which art and artists now play in society.”

Nice combination of these different pictures. As a whole, it’s a great collage juxtaposing cultures and shapes. The images seem to clash, yet complement each other.  Surrealism and opposition to Surrealism originated in early 20th century France, and we apparently have the same kind of replay here, today, contemporary Dada, at work and play.