tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post7533250451035487011..comments2023-09-24T03:18:15.557-04:00Comments on Guanaguanare: the laughing gull: Mama Look A Boo Boo! [Song]Guanaguanarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633889363662650322noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post-72277572228383536232006-10-11T22:47:00.000-04:002006-10-11T22:47:00.000-04:00Thanks Eleanor. I am sure that the composer intend...Thanks Eleanor. I am sure that the composer intended this only to be enjoyed as a fun calypso, but I am always surprised to find unintended lessons in unlikely places. <br /><br />By "steady trust" of the child do you mean that in the sense of the innocent child who calls it as he sees it, as in "The Emperor is naked!" <br /><br />If so, would you say then that the only ones among us who can be brutally honest about another's faults are the ones who are innocent? The rest of us should exercise some tact and patience, while putting our own houses in order, because we are complicit and recognise our own nakedness in the Emperor's?Guanaguanarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16633889363662650322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post-18779581798218709552006-10-11T20:19:00.000-04:002006-10-11T20:19:00.000-04:00"When we can honestly no longer find traces of Boo..."When we can honestly no longer find traces of Boo Boo there, there will be a new relationship between ourselves and the stewards we employ to co-pilot this society. As the adult ascends, the Boo Boo and his influence will retreat and fade away, quite naturally." Thank you Laughing Gull, for these ever so true words that communicate, as we disussed recently, the firt responsibility, not to the other but to ourselves. <br />I appreciate your ability to discern the meaning of this wonderful poem. It's cruelty, love, insistence and the steady trust of the child speaks richly to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com