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According to a recent .profile in
Creativity magazine, Minneapolis
artist Judy Olausen had completed
nine photographs. or a series
featuring her 70-year-old mother
portrayed as various objects. In-
cluded were her mother kneeling
on all fours with a pane of glass
on her back (Mother as Coffee
Table), and lying alongside a
‘highway (Mother as. Road Kill.
Olausen said: ‘‘My brothers think
I’m.torturing my mother,’’ but
countered ‘that her mother is her
best friend: ‘I’m immortalizing
er.”

At a United Nations conference in
March, farmers from. Somalia
complained that the massive UN
food. shipments to that country
were driving them out of business.
Said one’ Somali farmer: ‘The
. poor farmer ... cannot make the

sales to cover his costs. This will.

kill him.”

“The New York Times reported in
~ January that officials in’ Beijing
recently adopted a, massive’ pro-

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dicated that as many as 33 flies
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the goal of one per room.

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On permanent display in the living
room of a SoHo loft in New York -

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City is 3,600 square feet of dirt,
spread two feet thick, title the
Earth Room, created in 1980 by
conceptual artist Walter. Demaria.
Curator Bill Dilsworth, who once
a week sifts the dirt so that
nothing will grow, said the piece
“has more of an emotional range
than the Mona Lisa or the Sistine
Chapel,”

Members of the British Parliament
are demanding better sanitation in
a House of Commons restaurant
after mice tried to steal their
sandwiches. Labor member Ken
Purchase reported that two mice
— one fat, one thin — invaded
the establishment. ‘It was the
sandwiches they were after. Bold
as brass they were,’’? Purchase
said.

In April, a San Francisco cor-
oner’s office senior investigator,
on the scene of a downtown traf-
fic fatality, got in his van and ac-
cidentally reversed over the dead
body. Apparently
bewildered by the horrified and
screaming crowd, he then put the
van in ‘Drive’? and proceeded tc
drive forward over the body.

LOOK AROUND-ARE we. |
LEAVING ANYTHING BENIDD2

‘National .

UPON VISITING the Ca-
nadian International College
in North Vancouver I was ©
impressed and moved by an
item on one classroom
bulletin board.

' “When I was born, I was of the :

universe. When I was five, | was
the same as everybody else. When
I was eight, the war started; I was.
different. . .

“During the war, I was
displaced; 1 was a ‘Jap." In my
20s, 1 was Japanese Canadian. In
my 305 I was Canadian.

“At 40, searching for my roots
in Japan, i.was Japanese. :

“At 55, looking to see who |
am, I know it has nothing to do
with being Japanese or Canadian
.-- | was right the first time.’? —
Nobouo Kubuta.

Why do we name things? Why
do we label a flower, a person, 2
feeling? Either to communicate
one’s feelings, to describe the
flower, etc., or to identify with
that feeling.

We name a rose to communi-
cate it to others or, by naming it, ©
we suppose we have understood it.

We say, “That is a rose,’’ rap-
idly look at it and move on. — -

We have classified it and think

‘ that thereby we have understood

the whole content and beauty of

. that flower. Conk

By giving a name to something,

_we have merely put it into a cate-.

gory.and we think we have

. understood it; we don't look at it

more closely.

If we do not give it a name,’
however, we are forced to look. at
it. We approach the flower or —

whatever it is with a newness, a

new quality of examination; we”

look as though we had never -'

looked at it before. ~
Naming is a convenient way of.

_-disposing of things and of people
., = by saying that they are Ger~

mans, Russians, Japanese, ‘Amer-

ve icans, Hindus, you can give them

a label and then destroy that label.
-.. If you do not give a: label to

ae people you are forced to look at
; them and then it’s more diffi cult

*“toLkill somebody.

You'can destroy the label and.

- Srgust therefore look at the “indi- ;

vidual thing’? — whether it is a
human being era flower or an

: incident or an emotion — then:

you aré forced to consider. -your

- relationship: with i it, and the action

foliowing. .

‘So naming or giving a label is a
convenient way of disposing of
anything, of denying, condemning
or justifying it.

ALL SIGNS

I receive appreciative letters
from time to time. Never .
underestimate the value of your
comments. 1 am “given my head”’

“you believe in, Caprico:

* by the North Shore News. No one
_tells me (us) what to write.

What we have here is one of the
greatest suburban newspapers in
North America. A truly (coura-
geously) free press.

Suly 25-31, 1993

ARIES (March 21-April 20)

* Now that Mercury is “‘direct,"" go,
go, go! Have a conference, Tuesday.
week, make no false moves. Moon square
Mars, Thursday. Lock before you leap.

_ Follow your heart, Priday. Saturday, in-

credible insights about yourself.

VS... TAURUS (April 21-May 21)
“You. sre romantically inclined,
Sunday, Taurus. Monday, move ahead with

Rew. project. Closest relationship favored,
. Tuesday. Mid-week, populari

ty soars. Make
no_ investmeats, Thursday. Friday, people
offer confusing advice. Go within, ask for
clarity, Saturday.

“intuition, interesting “chail

Finances could

HEAVENS ABOVE

TL GeMIni (etsy 22-tene 21) .
Sunday, Gemini, busy and exciting.
Move forward with finan plans, carly

week. Listen to others, Wednesday. Thurs-

day,.a battle of wits. May. you both win!
Friday,: you are better off financially. |
Discuss a move with family, Saturday.

G+: CANCER (uae 22-Jaly 23) :
XQ. You are full-of imaginative ideas,”

early week, Cancer. People take you more
seriously, Wedacsday. Thursday, look at ‘ail
sides of the issue. Improve ‘communication «
skills, Friday.’ No need to argue. Saturday, .°
be honest and save friendship. pees

ar intuition. serves on or
a friend. Monday, a You ama

: ot Goty 24-Ai0g. 23)
Leo.

discussion is called for, High energy, Tues-

day. Mid-week; live it! up.: Avoid financial

. Fisk, Thursday, however. ‘Friday, someone

* wants’ credit for what you did, Be fe discreet,
Saturday. : :

VIRGO (Ang. 2A-Sept: By ,
oes «“direct."?- Let your

Thy

Mercury, goss
creativity flow, Virgo. Interrsptions, Mon-
: day. Tuesday, new people and new interests.

‘If you are-too outspoken, mid-week, ‘it

could backfire on. you. Gossip unfounded,

Friday. . Saturday, very. interesting. | ‘Wow!

‘ What a week this has been!

Pe aa LIGBA (Sept. 24-02 23)".

. Imagination active, Sunday Libre.
- Your actions pan apealt louder than sarod Rat

week? Plunge ahead. Travel forward, "Wet
nesday. ‘Examine. ali: sides (of:-an ‘issue,
Thursday. Friday, . chaotic: ‘condition Get
the facts stright... ¥

want, Saturday.

_Early . week,: Score

lenges. You love it.
Money slips through your fingers like sand,
Wednesday. A friend wants’s loan, Thurs:
day, Friday, : you. see-through ; practically
everything. Good ideas, Saturday.

Communications improve, Sun

: ‘Monday, you're on 8 roll, Be positive...

on ‘no new obligations, Tuesday; Mid-week,
make the right moves and reach that -_
shift. suddenly, ° “Friday.
Saturday, avoid foolish zisks. ‘- . be
CAPRICORN (Dec, 22-Jan. 22)
You're fired up about an issue that,

m, ‘You surprise
people, Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday,

your intuition flowers. Nothing is what it ° .-
seems, Thursday. Communications could get.“

snarled, Friday. Saturday, a good business
idea. . A

vA YAY aquarius {Sam, 21-Fed. 19)

Sunday, time to get things done.
Monday, make your mark upon the worid.
Work pays off, Tuesday. Mid-week, start 2
diet. Intolerance. annoys you, Thursday.
Friday, the truth is hard to come by. Satur-
day could be delightful. ‘

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mareh 20) .

Be cooperative, Sunday and
achieve, Early week, share your dreams with
confidence. Your “career"? moves forward,
Wednesday. Thursday, new duties. Pay ai-
tention, The truth is stretched, Friday. What,
to believe? Foitow intuition, Saturday.

Robert Aiken is an interna-
tionally known = astrologer/
metaphysician, therapeutic
counsellor and workshop leader of
30 years’ experience. He offers
thorough, ' in-depth, substantive
astrological’ readings, as. well as
empowering psychologically and
metaphysically oriented ' counsel-
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929-4049,