FRIDAY NIGHT DOG BLOG – SENSE OF PLACE March 14, 2009
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Same places, same dogs, so we thought we might try something different.
I hope you like it. It is very short and to the point.
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A project long time in preparation, but short as an experience.
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Having missed the tide that does not wait for man, but may wait for dogs we run to catch Friday Ark at Modulator before they cast off.
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Acknowledgement:
The soundtrack on this video is Lucrezia’s theme (final sequence). It appears to be from the BBC2 TV series, “The Borgias”, first shown from October 1981 to December 1981. The soundtrack was composed and conducted by George Delerue.
The photo sequence was organized through Picasa.
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Wmmbb – Very nice. It made me smile the biggest smile. Love the music, nature and the dogs too! It’s good to pop in again. Thank you. I hope you are well.
By the way, will we ever see your likeness? 🙂
Good to know to you liked the video, Judith.
Yes, I am still well, although the underlying condition does not seem to be going away.
As for the likeness question, my photo would be a distraction.
I have put a mug shot in “About”. I lined up the camera screen in the mirror and then attempted to dodge the flash.
It is still March 14 here in northern Wisconsin USA, but the snow and ice are finally starting to melt. It has been fun to check in on Sasha and Dexter all the long cold winter. Loved the video
Nice to hear from you Elma. I hope your long cold winter will soon be over. Thanks for the comment.
Hi Mr. wmmbb,
Thanks for the slide-show. It’s different:)
Would Dexter or Shasha like to solve a simple puzzle for the Smart-pup award? Ask them to visit my blog. I know, you don’t let them anywhere near my blog, just to make sure that they don’t begin demanding one from you:( but the puzzle could keep them busy and out of your hair (ahem! Should I say cap – because I know that you wear a cap when you take them out for walks!)
BTW, I’ve discovered you (no surprise – with my big nose, I can sniff out anything!) But I am a dog and dogs don’t tell:)
So bring Dexter n Sasha along…please!
Licks n Wags,
Oorvi
I am glad you liked the slide-show Oorvi, although I think the addition of the music makes a big difference.
You are right about the cap, but I suspect that it does not provide sufficient protection from the sun.
Last time I was at your place I was tipping paint on a god – I don’t know whether I should have been doing that. Of course, Sasha and Dexter will be happy to go along.
I particularly liked your summary of the upcoming Indian elections, and the background you provided on the Nehru-Gandhi connection.
Thanks as always for the comment.
Oh…no!
The Gopal isn’t god, he’s human like us…Lord Krishna (the one with a crown and an aura, who hangs those pots for you to break) is. He’s the cutest and the most loveable god in our mythology. Krishna is for love, romance, fun, jokes, pranks…he is also for the victory of good over evil, but then which god isn’t. That’s the qualifying round…right?
But thanks for visiting:) and for bringing Dexter n Sasha along. Did they solve the puzzle?
Licks n Wags,
Oorvi
Gopal = go + pal = cow + herd = cowherd…boy! Krishna (Vishnu in one of his human avatars) grew up in Brij, where he herded cows with other boys. Thus, all gopals were his friends. Krishna was extremely good-looking, though dark, and so the girls of Brij were smitten by him:) One of these girls was Radha…Krishna’s favorite! (BTW, Krishna is Mercury’s favorite mythological character.)
I’ll leave now. I need to help these two…they are washing clothes, and Mercury wants me to help her carry some clothes to the washing machine!
I’ll be back(…through the flap-door)!
Licks n wags,
Oorvi
Sasha and Dexter went over to your place, Oorvi. Maybe they did not solve the puzzle, but the changed the method by changing the paradigm, that is perceiving the world as dogs.
We did not get passed the qualifying round. We thought it best to go easy with the sling shots.
Let’s see: Krishna is an incarnation, that is an avatar, of Vishnu. Gopal Krishna is an avatar of Krishna with a special affinity obviously with cow herders. So in this incarnation he is not in the same form as the driver of Arjuna’s chariot (in Bhagavad Gita – song of god) who is actually directing the quailling Arjuna how to act properly so as to restore his personal dharma, as a soldier and protector of his people.
I am a little confused. Vishnu and Krishna (his avatar?) are both gods, when overriding order in human affairs – the dharma – breaks down, they adopt human forms?
I don’t know much more about the Bhagavad Gita. Come to think of it, I going out the back flap-door with you Oorvi.
……….Please delete the earlier one …..some edit/formatting changes were needed….phew!
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Same guy…he grows up to become the suave, sophisticated Guru of Bhagwad Gita. After spending his childhood in Brij, he goes back to Mathura to slay the evil Kansa (his maternal uncle, who had gone to the dark-side,) after which he benevolently rules Mathura, and lends a helping hand to his cousins (including the Kauravs and the Pandavs.)
Before the Mahabharata (the epic battle between the 100 kauravs and the five pandavs…and of course their armies) the eldest of the two sets of brothers, Duryodhana and Yudhisthara respectively, approached Krishna to seek his help. Duryodhana, the Kaurav sat near Krishna’s head (Krishna was taking his afternoon nap at the time) and Yudhisthara sat near his feet. (sitting near someone’s feet is being respectful.) Then Krishna gave them the option of choosing either him or his strong army. Duryodhana, the short-sighted of the two (evil always is depicted as foolish – though they may be smarter in reality) took the army – and Yudhishthara happily accepted Krishna.
Krishna also made it a condition that he won’t take any weapon in hand…and so he became the charriot-driver (sarathi) for Arjun (thus, parthasarathi), the third Pandava, who was the best archer. When Arjun saw his relatives (the Kauravas) on the other side, he put his bow down and told Krishna that he could lift his weapon to fight his own family. Bhagwad Gita is a collection of all the motivating stuff that Krishna tells Arjun to get him into action and fight – telling him that he should do his karma (work) and not be swayed by relationships.
The most important thing that he told Arjun was that life was everlasting and nothing, not even Arjun’s arrows could kill it – and that it’s only the body that dies – the soul changes the bodies the way we change our clothes. I guess that and many other smart and apt things that Krishna said (as part of Bhagwad Gita) clinched the deal, and Arjun decided to fight.
Later he went down into the mythology that first action hero:)
About the avatar:
Avatar is an instance of God. When adharma (lack of justice) reaches unmanageable proportion, god takes human form (an instance that has properties of god, but the look and feel of a human) and descends from the heavens to earth, to manage the messed up affair of humans.
Well…
Dexter n Sasha used their noses:) Guess the puzzle had a human dimension to it. But thanks – and I should say that you write dialogs real well – and you can really communicate with dogs:)
Licks n Wags,
Oorvi
That is exceptional Oorvi.
Thank you for the account and the explanation.
You are welcome…Mr. wmmbb!