Tikkun Olam

[sophistry]

This has been a weekend for introspection, huh? I've been thinking a little on religion and humanism - on the UU church, on how everything I hear or read about it seems to hit home, on how and where I might look in Dublin to find that kind of a forum, to... to help me guide myself. I've been thinking about the last issue of Alan Moore's Promethea. I've been thinking about how I keep meaning to update about certain parts of my trip to NYC, and the day-trip we took down to Philly, but how I don't think I can explain having to twice go and hide in the bathrooms until I could stop sobbing, at two different exhibits: the Holocaust Memorial at the Museum of Jewish Heritage - and the Liberty Bell.

Comments

[batyatoon]

1) This is my tikkun olam icon.

2) I've never seen the Liberty Bell.

[sophistry]

2) It was... I'm not sure how to describe it.

It's (not) just an object. Doesn't mean what you think.

They have quotes on the walls, short exhibits on all the movements that the Liberty Bell has been a symbol for; "Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

Your country (my country) has been free for less than a hundred years.

The bell was made by hands like yours and mine, but is more; all these movements were started by people like you and me, but changed the world. And the Liberty Bell was a symbol for them, and here you are in a room with it. You're all connected. And you have responsibilities - to everyone. To the world. We, the people.

[batyatoon]

Yes. Exactly.

Like that.

[unravels.livejournal.com]

I've been looking for something similar, actually. And Promethea is a way of life unto itself. I haven't seen either of the things you mentioned, but they both sound incredible. I'd love to hear about your trip, even if it's just the boring parts. You have a way of making even the boring parts not boring at all. ;)