Hi Liz: We are not talking about retelling someone else's stories, it is about our own story, you know the collective one. Blessings, Barbara Aurora Farm is the only unsubsidized, family-run seed farm in North America offering garden seeds grown using Rudolf Steiner's methods of spiritual agriculture. http://www.kootenay.com/~aurora
-----Original Message----- From: liz davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, February 07, 2002 1:09 PM Subject: DREAMTIME >Hi all: > >For years in Oz I have been a storyteller to young children, and have come >across many Koori (Aboriginals of Australia) Stories. To put it in >different words but with the same meaning as Gil's message, to know and >understand this culture is to know that the stories are not ours. As much >as these stories stir deep within me, they are not mine to tell. > >There has been a long drawn out struggle by the Aboriginals of this country >to obtain the rights to their work. For example every other artist was >covered by copyright, but not the Aboriginals of Australia. You do not hear >much of this, and I am unaware if they are still fighting for such rights. > > >Having lived equal amounts of time in Australia and Canada, there is >something I notice about these societies, perhaps it is their youngness, or >how they came about, but they seem to be lacking in their own beliefs and >cling to many others that are unearthed. It is a gift for us all to learn >of these beliefs and ways, and they do feel very much like forgotten >treasures that have been found. Even with this, to understand that they are >not ours to tell, is to give the respect their culture deserves. > >Bidding all a wonderful day or evening, as the mists rise from the valleys >full of light and essence to a beautiful new day. > >Love and Light >Liz >
