Tag: dailyprompt-2072

We inherit nothing that we do not change; even in the act of claiming that it does not and cannot change.

September 19, 2025

Heritage is the subject of the moment and has an will continue to be a bone of contention. In truth we inherit nothing that from the moment of our possession of it does not metamorphose, either in its interpretation cognitively and emotionally or even its physical appearance and being, were it not so there would … More We inherit nothing that we do not change; even in the act of claiming that it does not and cannot change.

The assumptions in this question that concern me are those of ‘ownership’ and ‘pride’ in ‘one’ culture. Are those implicit claims compatible with an open attitude to the world we live in and the beings that inhabit it?

September 28, 2023

As soon as we seek to possess and venerate a ‘culture’ (even assume its its nature as thing with boundaries that has internal integrity or unity, wholeness and exclusive definition) we are already in deep water. Even ‘pride’ is problematic except as a claim for recognition for a culture that has been marginalised and is … More The assumptions in this question that concern me are those of ‘ownership’ and ‘pride’ in ‘one’ culture. Are those implicit claims compatible with an open attitude to the world we live in and the beings that inhabit it?