Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Coin



Heads or tails.

One of those niche skills, directions. Distal, proximal, caudal, cephalic, anterior, posterior, varus, valgus, hubwards, rimwards. North, south, east, west. Determining where we are in space, or on a body, is not straightforward. Take a map, twist into a torus, flip around and shimmy like your sister Kate.


8 comments:

Phil Plasma said...

I'd likely need to be a whole lot more flexible than I currently am.

Zhoen said...

Phil,
As could most of us. Contortionists excepted.

Nimble said...

Everyone's brain processes location differently too. My husband has a sharp internal map. Mine is more diffuse and landmark-y.

Zhoen said...

Nimble,
A very typical male/female differential.

Backstreeter said...

a strange word coin

Zhoen said...

Back,
Lots of subtle old meanings, indeed.

imalittlenuttso said...

your picture intrigues me...

Zhoen said...

"Nobody said it was easy, to stay in the fire, stay alert, and forebear. But the alternative is to suffer what is anyway, but with no true or reliable relationship with it."
- Susan Murphy
Upside-Down Zen