Re: [Origami] origami symbolism sighting --- "A Thousand Cranes for India: Reclaiming Plurality Amid Hatred, "

2022-08-15 Thread Patsy Wang-Iverson via Origami
Thank you, Karen?

Did you buy it?

Patsy

On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 4:46 PM Karen Reeds via Origami <
origami@lists.digitalorigami.com> wrote:

> 8/15/2022
> Spotted on the University of Chicago e-book sale just now -- a book
> inspired by the symbolism of the origami crane:
> https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/T/bo50460825.html
> The cover illustration is an ingenious melding of images invoking both
> peacocks and origami cranes.
> https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/T/bo50460825.html
> I haven't read the book yet, but I applaud the theme!
>
> Happy folding! Keep safe!
> Karen
>
> =
> DISTRIBUTED FOR Seagull Books
> Cover copy:
> A Thousand Cranes for India
>
> Reclaiming Plurality Amid Hatred
>
> Edited by Pallavi Aiyar
>
> In Japan there is a legend that anyone who folds one thousand paper cranes
> will have their wishes realized. But folding cranes, and the meditative,
> solemn care that it involves, has come to mean more than just an exercise
> in wish making. Origami cranes have become a symbol of renewal, atonement,
> and warning. Their symbolism may have emerged out of Japan’s particular
> mythology and history, but they do not belong to any one nation. The crane
> is a migratory bird that crosses borders and makes its home with scant
> regard to the blood-soaked lines that humans have drawn on maps.
>
> This anthology uses origami cranes as a way for some of India’s best-known
> writers, poets, and artists to form a shared civic space for a conversation
> about the fault lines in India at a time of darkness. The twenty-three
> pieces collected here encompass reportage, stories, poems, memoir, and
> polemic—the kind of complex and enriching diversity that India demands and
> deserves. The paper crane becomes a motif of connection, beauty, and
> reclamation in an otherwise degraded country, enabling those who fight with
> words to become the best army they can be.
> ___
> 176 pages | 5 1/2 x 7 3/4
> The India List
> FICTION
> Literature and Literary Criticism: GENERAL CRITICISM AND CRITICAL THEORY
>
>  (Here's a link to the complete sale catalogue:
> whole sale catalogue:
> https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/virtualCatalog/vc106.html?utm_source=newsletter_medium=email_content=75%25%20Off%20E-Book%20Sale%3A%20use%20code%20EBOOK75_campaign=D2C%2075%25%20Off%20E-Book%20Sale%20-%208/15/2022%28morning%29%20Winning%20Version
> )
>
>
> ___
> Karen Reeds,  ringleader
> Princeton Public Library Origami Group  ON HIATUS during pandemic
> Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
> We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet
> Room. Free!
> We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
> Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
> https://princetonlibrary.org/
>
> karenmre...@gmail.com
>


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[Origami] origami symbolism sighting --- "A Thousand Cranes for India: Reclaiming Plurality Amid Hatred, "

2022-08-15 Thread Karen Reeds via Origami
8/15/2022
Spotted on the University of Chicago e-book sale just now -- a book
inspired by the symbolism of the origami crane:
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/T/bo50460825.html
The cover illustration is an ingenious melding of images invoking both
peacocks and origami cranes.
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/T/bo50460825.html
I haven't read the book yet, but I applaud the theme!

Happy folding! Keep safe!
Karen

=
DISTRIBUTED FOR Seagull Books
Cover copy:
A Thousand Cranes for India

Reclaiming Plurality Amid Hatred

Edited by Pallavi Aiyar

In Japan there is a legend that anyone who folds one thousand paper cranes
will have their wishes realized. But folding cranes, and the meditative,
solemn care that it involves, has come to mean more than just an exercise
in wish making. Origami cranes have become a symbol of renewal, atonement,
and warning. Their symbolism may have emerged out of Japan’s particular
mythology and history, but they do not belong to any one nation. The crane
is a migratory bird that crosses borders and makes its home with scant
regard to the blood-soaked lines that humans have drawn on maps.

This anthology uses origami cranes as a way for some of India’s best-known
writers, poets, and artists to form a shared civic space for a conversation
about the fault lines in India at a time of darkness. The twenty-three
pieces collected here encompass reportage, stories, poems, memoir, and
polemic—the kind of complex and enriching diversity that India demands and
deserves. The paper crane becomes a motif of connection, beauty, and
reclamation in an otherwise degraded country, enabling those who fight with
words to become the best army they can be.
___
176 pages | 5 1/2 x 7 3/4
The India List
FICTION
Literature and Literary Criticism: GENERAL CRITICISM AND CRITICAL THEORY

 (Here's a link to the complete sale catalogue:
whole sale catalogue:
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/virtualCatalog/vc106.html?utm_source=newsletter_medium=email_content=75%25%20Off%20E-Book%20Sale%3A%20use%20code%20EBOOK75_campaign=D2C%2075%25%20Off%20E-Book%20Sale%20-%208/15/2022%28morning%29%20Winning%20Version
)


___
Karen Reeds,  ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group  ON HIATUS during pandemic
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet
Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

karenmre...@gmail.com