Metis Flag and infinity

I was driving up 124th Street yesterday and this symbol caught my eye. It was at a Metis Dance place. I went in and found out more. This was the 1st Canadian Flag which pre-dates the Maple Leaf by 150 years!




The guy I spoke to said it represents the mixing of blood but also relates to the infinity symbol.

This all leads me further to believe that the X-88 is very much something I have stumbled upon rather than "invented" and that there is a deep connection with the universe. The similarity IS striking.

I have a great deal of respect for the Metis and am reminded once again of my interest in St. Boniface, what with Festival de Voyageur just around the corner. More on this over at From The Center

Not complicating something so beautiful

when you find what you need
isn't it beautiful?
you can give and receive
a whole lot of love

when you finally see what it wants to be
when you find what you need
isn't it beautiful?



A few less questions like "why is this important?" or resignations like "that's confusing" or "I don't get it" and a lot more playfullness and adventurousness are required to find the beauty and simplicity of X 88. As the saying goes "this is not rocket science". It's more like smelling flowers than repairing small engines.

See the completness of eight. It's balanced. left to right, right to left. Most music we enjoy in the western world anyways is based on the 7 note "diatonic" system. 8 completes the path. returns you to home. You've heard of the octave right? Octave like Octagon or Octapus? Yes music involves some math but we ain't talking trigonometry here. Can you count to 12? Can you count to 7? Can you count to 3? can you count to 4? can you do all that in reverse? And finally can you see an eight pattern? Can you trace it in the air with your finger? can you make your feet walk in a figure eight? Can you reverse the direction of all the things we just talked about?

don't try to "comprehend it" or "analyse it to death" just play around with it and I promise you will find the music, or maybe better put the music will find you.

when you find what you need, isn't it beautiful?

Another Mystified Mystic

FROM THE CENTER

Another Mystified Mystic

No shortage of regret for moments lost forever
the portage has been so hard and yet
there's still some hope to capture
to have lived so long so far from home,
disaster after disaster
what kind of ears will hear the groan?

just another mystified mystic

Many will say you ask for what you get
you get too old? - It's over
don't go chasing some childhood dream
there's plenty of 3 leaf clovers
But still a heart pounds in my chest
the feedback keeps me spinning
so impossible to rest, what's the game? what's winning?

just another mystified mystic

Visions known but never seen
so the same old views prevailing
prophets owned have always been
a thing of our own making
still there's a scrambled signal hanging in the air
and perhaps a few are listening
loose my tongue and I will dare
the light of love still glistening

just another mystified mystic