Yehyek Netayoba!

Well I guess I shall start off by writing about why my blog is called "Thinking on the Past". Now that I think about it, this should have been posted long ago... oops! So I will just make this one extra long. I decided to call my blog "Thinking on the Past" because most of the texts that we are reading are about past events, even though some of these might be questionable (Popol Vuh?). I like to think about what has happened, like just think. It could just be a jumble of emotions with words; anger, confusion, pity, pride and happiness. Or have coherent thoughts, I ask why? and answer them myself on what I have read. My head just gets full of randomness, but if I sit and sort them out, I can see my deeper thoughts.

Out of all the texts we have read so far, my favorites so far have been the Popol Vuh and To the American Indian. The Popol Vuh in its self a form of surviavance in its entirety. Just the mere fact that the Maya have written their own creation story and other cultural stories is their way of saying "Hey! We have our own story and we shall share it! And we can spread it all over just like you did!" And I believe that they had a good point, of course my reaction would be a little less scholarly, I'd probably go into rampage mode (no I won't try to destroy you if you tell me I'm wrong or disagree with me. XD). I also liked how one could pick up the message that was trying to be conveyed, even if some were harder to figure out. An obvious one would be don't mess with zompopos, trust me they are no fun to have around. One that requires a bit more pondering would be arrogance and that it will be you doom. I know I've talked about this a lot in class, but it something that was constantly on my mind as I read the text. Anyone who displayed arrogance was immediately struck down, in some cases literally! I believe these stories were told this way in order to spook children and give them important life lessons. It just wouldn't have the same affect if the adults had bluntly said "don't be arrogant, its bad". And this is pretty much true for many, if not all, cultures. La Llorona among Latinos and Mexicans is a lesson that would scare the bejeezus of kids! So I can see where they're coming from. well this has been my rant for the night or day or watever you wanna call it!

Niyawa!