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'Journey into Ancient Naxi' at Avenue Gallery
Rachel 3 June 2014 Exhibitions, PhD, Photography, Technology, Travels
I'm not very good at sitting still. I never have been and never will be…so writing a PhD has become quite an interesting journey where the only way it seems to "happen" as such is to have a constant change of scenery and surroundings. I use many corners of the UK, of cafés, libraries and public transport (I'm on the train to Northampton right now) and, in the process, I come across so many firsts and new discoveries…some good, some bad, some revelatory, some very indifferent.
Last week, when I was working from The University of Northampton's Avenue Campus library, I walked into the building's foyer to discover a Chinese documentary photography exhibition called 'Journey into Ancient Naxi'. Whenever I stumble across an exhibition of Chinese culture by chance, it always makes me smile contently…this is my world at the moment and it's everywhere, people just don't realise it. It definitely is China's century.
'Journey into Ancient Naxi' is a collaborative, partnership project between students from the Communication University of China and The University of Northampton on show at The University of Northampton's Avenue Campus, in the building's foyer and in the adjoining Avenue Gallery. It was on show from the 30 April to the 30 May 2014 so it's literally just finished. At the moment, I'm keep on hearing about many collaborative exchange projects between the UK and China (a forthcoming one between Chelsea School of Art and Shanghai Institute of Visual Art that I must follow-up with a colleague), which is further indicative that it really is China's century and, that from a research perspective, focus is now shifting from the artists and artworks of China, to the educational infrastructures and teachings that are cultivating these artists and artworks…in my opinion, vastly different to their UK or Western counterparts but that's a whole other conversation.
The exhibition 'documents the students' experiences of the Dongba culture of the Naxi people in Lijiang City in Yunnan Province, South-West China, driven by a shared passion and interest in protecting and sharing these precious and endangered cultures and traditions.' Although a somewhat ahistorical presentation of China, of "Chineseness" and a very specific Chinese history, and very much documentary rather than fine art photography, the exhibition did what it needed to for the creatives involved and the audience, that is to inform and educate about an unknown corner of the world, a specific culture of China that the audience may never get to see but that I know for those involved with the project will never, ever forget. Also, it raises the question of documentation in China, how arts and culture practice, and socio-economic contexts, do not get recorded as meticulously as they do in the UK or West. This is something that China is slowly starting to realise due to voids and gaps in its cultural history, however it is difficult to keep up with as a process due to the rapid pace of change within the nation.
"The logic we came up with reads as follows: Variety of species and diversity of cultures are essential to the evolution of the mankind and development of society. Lijiang nurtures the social ecology with different nationalities and multiple cultures; therefore Lijiang is beneficial to humanity improvement and social development. We need to strive to preserve such ecology.
You will see the recordings of a young generations. In 20 days, they immerse themselves to experience the Dongba Manuscripts as part of World Memory Engineering, the Parallel Three Rivers as World Natural Heritage and Dayan Ancient Town as World Cultural Heritage. Shocked by a variety of the World Heritages, they are not knocked down. Instead, they select their view, their angle, color code and frame shape to best express their understanding of Lijiang.
You will hear the heart beats of a young generation. In 20 days, they listen to and observe the practice of the Dongba culture by peoples of Naxi, Bai, Han etc. and expectaton for the Dongba cultural economics. They compose their melody with their selection of pitches and chords to best spell out their feelings of Dongba culture." – Yan Junqi, Professor of Communication, University of China.
What hit me as soon as I saw the exhibition in the foyer was its innovative exhibition design, the multiple formats in which is displayed and showcased the images, and also how the works were or were not categorised by a theme. The foyer space is constructed of a series of vertical, digital format screens set on individual pillars (as shown in the images below) that I believe are a permanent fixture so cannot be altered in any way. The works were shown in titled grouped or categories, scrolling collections on each screen including 'The Passengers', 'The Forgotten Rhythm', 'Mystery', 'The Lost Horizon', 'Meditation', 'The Time Traveller, 'Faith', 'Inside and Outside' et al. This I felt gave a certain curatorial flexibility.
The foyer space leads off into the Avenue Gallery corridor where the walls were lined with large format framed prints, more traditional in terms of presentation and content, though again, a few more contemporary insights. Overall, the show was visually balanced as the photographers are seen to work with different generations, shifts in generations, to translate different understandings of what China is now, a future China and what this future holds for each individual photographed, very much with a sense of positive hope and vision. I'm going to get in touch with the curator of the show to discuss the experience more, as you know, I'm all about "connecting the dots that people can't see".
"We sincerely hope your heart beats resonate with theirs when you stop by their works, and come on board to contribute to the preservation of the typical ecology where echoes the vital condition for the development of human civilisation." – Yan Junqi, Professor of Communication, University of China.
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The Fens From A Moving Train
The train journey north from Cambridge to King's Lynn would not score highly on scenery for most people, especially on a grey morning. But I find the flatness and endlessness of the landscape to be oddly compulsive viewing. And there's plenty to think about....
Before it was drained for agricultural land it was an eerie marshland known only to a few hardy souls who made a living from it, wildfowling and fishing for eels. Dark, swarthy, suspicious men who knew every inch of the treacherous waterways. Every so often they would emerge from the misty swamps to sell their catch in Ely market. Then they would drink, sing, whore and fight till they slipped away unseen before daylight. Some called them web-feet, some call them yellow-bellies but those who admired their hardy self-reliant lifestyle called them The Fen Tigers.
With the Winter Olympics at an end, let us remember Turkey Smart.
William "Turkey" Smart was born in the fenland village of Welney in 1830 and for many years was the best speed-skater in England and quite possibly the world. He got his nickname from his low, crouching style with his arms flapping like wings behind his back - in other words he pioneered the style which all speed skaters employ to this day. If you think he had an odd name then you should be informed that he gained his reputation by defeating someone called Larman Register and his chief rival throughout his career was one Gutta Percha See!
Turkey continued skating into his sixties by which time a whole dynasty of Smarts and Sees dominated skating in the Fens and Turkey's nephew James Smart became world champion.
Recently I mentioned the riots which took place in Ely and Littleport in 1816 as a result of the poverty suffered by agricultural workers. However new ideas were being voiced in wider society, in particular Robert Owen's vision of a socialist Utopia.
In the Fens, where problems arising from exploitation had so recently been seen, there was a ready audience for these ideals. A farmer and Methodist minister, William Hodson, donated the land to be the basis of a communally-run farm. Hodson had the formula worked out in great detail; the community produced its own newspaper, 'The Working Bee', and even did away with money for a while. However the social experiment failed after a couple of years and all that remains today is a place called 'Colony Farm'.
Holme Fen, at 9ft below sea level the lowest point in England, was the most difficult part of the Fens to drain. There were no proper roads and it was easier to travel on water. The vicar of Holme came up with a novel solution to the problem and had a boat built to serve as a floating church to reach all his parishioners. It had a harmonium which doubled as pulpit and lectern and the "church" could accommodate up to 50 people. Between 1897 and 1904 some seventy-four baptisms took place in The Fenland Ark. The village sign at Holme shows this unlikely craft being towed by a horse.
Even after much of the Fen was drained it continued to be frequently flooded into the 1900's. With it's regular mists and fogs it was generally regarded as an unhealthy place to live. Doctors did not serve much of the area so the Fenmen self-diagnosed and self-medicated against the ague and rheumatism ('ague' may or may not have been malaria as proper diagnosis was so infrequent). And the drug of choice was opium which was consumed in large quantities, many folk adding it to their beer as a matter of course. It could be obtained in any chemist in any of the small towns.
The results of this state of affairs ranged from the comic - men found sleeping in the fields, leaning on their hoes - to the tragic - high rates of infant mortality as babies, being looked after by their siblings while both parents worked, were often given opium to stop them crying.
All this dead-flat land might appeal to the Flat Earth Society, you'd think - and indeed it did! Even after the earth was proved to be spherical there were still those who thought it was flat. Before the remarkable pictures sent back from space there was little direct proof, other than the way that ships seem to sink below the horizon.
Now it just so happens that when the fens were being drained an absolutely straight river was dug to carry the water more quickly to the sea; you can walk alongside it - the straightest, flattest and most soul-destroying walk in the entire country. One Samuel Birley Rowbotham, a convinced flat-eath believer, conducted a series of experiments on this river where he claimed he could, with the aid of a telescope, see boats some six miles distant. You shouldn't be able to see more than three miles so either Rowbotham's experimental technique was flawed or his observations were the result of the refraction of light over a warm surface. (Or the earth is in fact flat!).
No one took much notice of Rowbotham till John Hampden made a wager that the next experiment would prove once and for all that the world was flat. Enter Alfred Russell Wallace to investigate the matter further. He devised a more complex version of the earlier experiment. He not only showed that the earth was a sphere but that it had a diameter of 7,920 miles, which we now know was just 6 miles out!
But the matter did not end there and dragged on for many years with court cases for libel and each group convinced of the validity of their own experiments!
We'll soon be in King's Lynn but there's just one more improbable-but-true tale to relate. The dead straight riverbank also appealed to the would-be developers of a hovertrain which would run on a monorail and they were granted permission to build a 20 mile stretch of experimental track along the course of the river. I well remember the fuss on local TV news at the time. But then I heard no more as plans were shelved after a only a short stretch of track had been built. The prototype train, RTV31, is now at Railworld, Peterborough, and can be clearly seen from the mainline train as you head south from Peterborough station.
Some of the stories above are gone into in more detail on the excellent
website http://www.ousewashes.info/index.htm to which I am indebted.
Labels: Cambridgeshire, History, Norfolk, Public Transport, Sport
Carole M. 21 March 2014 at 22:41
a lovely stretch of green. Now I wonder if those misty swamps have web-footed wildlife photographers instead? Seen any evidence? Some great history there John, and I love the silhouetted trees on the horizon of the finale' photo too. Neat that you had a blog post idea in your journey, while many others were taking calls on their mobiles, or watching their laptops or i-pads perhaps?
Wayfarin' Stranger 21 March 2014 at 23:46
The Owen/Hodson utopian experiment went the way of almost all of those 19th century utopian experiments. They all shared a common flaw: people. Those that remain would not be recognizable to their founders, e.g., the Amana Colony or the Shakers.
The Furry Gnome 22 March 2014 at 01:38
Fascinating stories.
LONDONLULU 22 March 2014 at 03:13
Just goes to show, there is so much more to most any place than meets the eye! Doubly true for places you'd never suspect of having much to tell. Love the tales (and appreciate the detailed research!)...
Hildred 22 March 2014 at 04:39
You did have a great deal to think about as your journeyed the flatland, John, and thank you for sharing your stories. The countryside reminds me of the Canadian prairies, less the fens of course.
Jane the Booklady 22 March 2014 at 10:32
A great selection of stories and I too am rather drawn to the simplicity of the landscape.
Oh, how wonderful, it is a landscape I learned to love when I lived over that way - you've brought back all I'd forgotten about wildfowlers, fen slodgers, speed skating champions around Baston Fen, the Adventurers who drained the land and the Fenland Ark. Thank you, I've really enjoyed reading your post:)
PerthDailyPhoto 22 March 2014 at 16:46
Wonderful panoramas to accompany your Fenland tales John. W. Turkey Smart was actually quite a conservative moniker compared to others :) It certainly was a hard life back then, it must have been very disconcerting for some before they realized that they weren't going to fall off the sphere :)
Folkways Note Book 22 March 2014 at 22:29
I find the draining for the fens for farming something like how American farmers drained land in the our Midwest for farming. I have some historical papers on the process. Of course draining is an ecological no-no. -- barbara
Larman Register was called after his Dutch grandmother, Mary Larman. Register as a surname goes back a long way, mainly in East Anglia and Yorkshire (think of the movement of traffic between the ports of Kings Lynn and Hull!) So not such an odd name!! Larman Register, incidentally, was my great, great grandfather....
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In The Fens
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Do We Have to Play There? The Top Five Places NBA Players Dread to Play
Bob Evans@@TheRealBobEvansTwitter LogoCorrespondent IAugust 20, 2010
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Welcome to the list that Joakim Noah of the Chicago Bulls would appreciate.
Noah, as many of you know, decided to have a war of words with the city of Cleveland after proclaiming that he hates the city because there is nothing going on there, during the playoffs.
Noah is just one of many athletes to discuss their displeasure of having to play games in certain cities in the NBA.
Whether they don't like the long plane ride, the atmosphere, the nightlife, the food, the culture, or just don't like the state: athletes all have different reasons for not wanting to play in different cities.
With that said, I made it my personal job to find out which cities were really the top five worst places to play for NBA players.
I started out by looking at message boards and player interviews to narrow my list to 12 NBA cities/teams.
The 12 teams and their corresponding cities that were chosen are as follows: Utah, Cleveland, Minnesota, Philadelphia, Denver, Toronto, Indiana, Sacramento, Charlotte, Milwaukee, Golden State, and Memphis.
After choosing the 12 teams that will be evaluated, I decided to implement the Bob Evans formula that I have used in many rankings in the past.
For those of you that are not familiar with the formula, allow me to explain.
For this evaluation I took the 12 teams and ranked them from 1 to 12 based on five statistical categories.
The higher their score, the worse they performed in the category.
In order to evaluate the teams/cities, I chose the following categories: Attendance, Weather, Nightlife, Free Agent Signings, and Free Agents Leaving.
All of these were based on the 2009-2010 season and 2010 off-season. And the weather was based on a mid-season average in each city.
After ranking each of the 12 teams in each category, I added them up, and the highest five totals designated the worst cities to play.
The free agent signing and leaving category was based on impact players leaving versus impact players signing. I also took into account whether a team had cap room, or the need to sign a player in this market.
After evaluating all of the categories, I finally came up with a real top five for NBA players to dread during the NBA season.
So as usual....sit back, relax, and don't forget to comment with your most hated cities and experiences!
The Honorable Mentions
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When creating a list, there are always teams that come up just short of the rankings.
In the case of this list, it was good to be on the outside looking in.
Since there was a three-way tie for fourth place on the top five worst places to play list, the honorable mentions list only contains five teams instead of seven.
10. Golden State- The Warriors and the city of Oakland were the furthest away from making this list. Out of the teams who made the cut of 12, the Warriors had the best free agent signing in David Lee, and own the rights to the best weather mid-season.
9. Milwaukee- The Bucks and the city of Milwaukee kept their names out of the top five because of a stellar off-season. Not only did the bring in Drew Gooden, Corey Maggette, and Jon Brockman, but they managed to keep swing-man John Salmons.
8. Charlotte- The Bobcats were a surprise to not make this top five on this list because of their loss of Raymond Felton. But thankfully the city has a nice nightlife and great weather to make up for their free agent shortcomings this off-season.
7. Denver- The Nuggets were one of the teams that got a pass on their off-season activities because they really didn't need to do much, and didn't lose any impact players. The fact that they were second highest in worst weather nearly put them on the top five, but the other figures kept them down.
6. Sacramento- The Kings ranked dead last in attendance out of the 12 teams on this list, and didn't sign any impact players this off-season. However, thanks to their weather and things to do in the city, they just missed the cut.
And without further interruption......let's take a look at the top five (well seven because of ties).
5. Memphis
Coming in at fifth on our list was the city of Memphis and the Grizzlies.
Memphis came in at second to last in league attendance out of the 12 teams and ranked second to last in nightlife.
The city has it's nice weather and solid young core to present to players thinking about coming to Memphis to play for the Grizzlies.
But when it comes to making opposing players happy, and providing them with something to do while in the city....let's just say Memphis doesn't make the cut.
I wonder if these were the Nashville Grizzlies if they would have made the list?
As one person put it, "I'm not sure why they moved the Grizzlies from a beautiful city like Vancouver to a pit like Memphis".
I cannot vouch for this saying as I have never been to either city, but based on their overall score of 32, Memphis is our fifth place finisher.
4. Tie- Utah
When you are talking about arenas to play in, I'm sure opposing players cannot stand the noise and atmosphere of Energy Solutions Arena in Utah.
The Jazz boast a high ranking in overall attendance, but cannot really do much else on this list.
They lost Carlos Boozer, Kyle Korver, and Wes Matthews to free agency. While only bringing back Raja Bell for a second tour of duty with the team.
Combine that with the fact that there is little to do in Salt Lake, and the weather is terrible for most of the season, and that makes for some cranky players in Utah.
Utah was one of three teams who tied with an overall score of 36.
But don't worry Jazz fans, making this list doesn't project for a poor season, you still have Deron Williams.
4. Tie-Toronto
A friend of mine told me that Toronto was one of the most cultured, beautiful cities he has ever been to.
And this is coming from a guy who only lived there for a few years of his life.
Like many of the professional athletes that come to Toronto, his stay was rather short in the city.
While Toronto boasts the top nightlife ranking on the list, they also boast the worst weather ranking.
I mean, when your average temperature is 30 degrees in February, players just don't want to be there.
Who wants to freeze when walking from their car to grab a bite to eat when visiting the city?
Nobody, or as NBA player Jared Dudley put it...."Toronto is one of the cities that I know I'm getting room service in".
Toronto, like Utah, came in at a ranking of 36, which was not a shocker considering they just lost their biggest ticket in Chris Bosh.
If I could add in history I'm sure Toronto would have led this list.
Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, and Chris Bosh are three of the franchises biggest named players, and they all bolted when they could sign max contracts with the team.
I just hope that the NBA doesn't allow Toronto to go the way of Vancouver and move their team back into the states any time soon.
4. Tie- Philadelphia
I've heard Philadelphia has the best cheese steaks in the country.
Too bad having one of the best sandwiches in the country doesn't carry more weight with NBA players.
Philadelphia has history, they have passionate fans, but they just don't have what it takes to stay off this list.
Philly came in near the bottom in attendance, and their inability to add any impact players due to salary restraints really hurt them.
I took into consideration that they did land Evan Turner in the draft, but until they rid themselves of Elton Brand's bloated contract, they won't be able to attract any free agents.
Furthermore, they are losing franchise attendance ticket Allen Iverson who is on the downside of his career, which means that Philadelphia just isn't a desirable place for players any more.
Add in the fact that Philly is under 40 degrees during the bulk of the NBA season, and players just aren't excited to go there during the season.
Philadelphia came in with a ranking of 36 just like Utah and Toronto, which keeps them out of the top three on this list.
3. Indiana
The city of Indianapolis is a great place to be, if you play football.
While the city boasts one of the best NFL teams in professional sports, their basketball team just can't seem to make it back to relevance.
Even though they feature one of the games top scorers in Danny Granger, the team can't seem to break through in the weak Eastern Conference.
Indianapolis also has one of the coldest temperatures of the cities on this list, which makes it all that less appealing to free agents and other NBA players.
The Pacers have not brought in a big name free agent in as long as I can remember, and it seems that the only way they are going to break into the playoffs is through trades.
It's sad to say, but the 38 overall ranking places Indiana at number three on our list, even though the city is as beautiful as the picture above.
Don't worry Pacers fans....you finally got a real point guard this off-season!
My poor city.
The Indians are terrible, LeBron James just left, the Browns haven't had multiple winning seasons in recent history, and now they grace this list at No. 2.
If I had done this list last year or two years ago, Cleveland may not have cracked the top five.
But because LeBron James bolted, and our big free agent signing is Joey Graham....you can see why they are so high.
Add in the fact that Cleveland has the ninth worst weather of the 12 teams, and the seventh worst nightlife and you can see why they are one of Joakim Noah's most hated cities to visit.
If it wasn't for their highest attendance level out of the 12 teams, the Cavaliers probably would have been number one overall.
It doesn't seem like marque free agents want to come to Cleveland because of its weather and lacking of things to do in their eyes (a point I will soon debate), and that must be why LeBron James "took his talents to South Beach".
An overall total of 40 out of 60 earns Cleveland their second title, and it is a sad, sad day when Cleveland goes from one of the NBA's elite, to one of their worst places to play.
On a side note, I'm not sure if Noah is blind or cannot read a directory, but there are plenty of restaurants, night clubs, and much more to take in while in Cleveland.
Unfortunately for Cleveland, basketball isn't played here in July and August, which are two of the best months to be out and about in the city.
I'm not going to lie, just looking at that picture makes me not want to go to Minnesota.
I mean, the water looks like it would be fun to boat on, but how many players are grabbing their jet skies while they are in town for a visit?
The rest of the teams thank Minnesota for still being in the league because as long as David Kahn is running the show and the Timberwolves are still in Minnesota, none of them will ever grace number one on the list.
Minnesota has the worst nightlife, the second to worst weather, one of the worst in attendance, and they have no signs of getting better.
They just traded the team's best player to Utah, their top draft pick from the 2009 Draft would rather stay in Europe to play, and they had to overpay Darko to stay on their team.
If it wasn't for Jonny Flynn and Kevin Love, I would say Minnesota doesn't attract more than 8,000 fans per game this season.
I think I'm starting to see why Kevin Garnett felt he would never win with this franchise, and would like to give him credit for sticking it out so long in this city.
If Noah feels that Cleveland is such a bad city, I would LOVE to get his input on visits to Minnesota.
Thank professional sports for the Twins and the return of Brett Favre, right Minnesota?


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The day her daughter turned 21, Mrs. Devaki Nair began petitioning the universe for a suitable son-in-law. But, three years later, even as her sister's daughter is packed off to Dubai in the company of an 'arranged husband', her daughter's status is still to move from 'Miss to Missus'. The petitions now gather momentum, as uncles, aunts, marriage-brokers, astrologers, planets and gods are pressed into the groom-hunt. Just when it seems that the universe is about to grant her petition, events march off in a direction that leads away from the marriage hall, leaving the never-say-die Devaki to make sense of a baffling new world, where daughters, prospective grooms, and husbands are junking time-tested Standard Operating Procedures, and striking out into uncharted territory.
Can Devaki come to terms with a world that seems intent on ripping off every self-evident truth and every 'alternative fact' she has ever used to script the story of her life?
She made her living from journalism, publishing and eLearning. Then one day, Renuka Radhakrishnan decided she had enough dope on life to shape bits of it into works of fiction. This Bangalore-based writer is a 'would-be-if-could-be sit-down comic', for dammit, stand-up is harsh on 54-year-old knees.
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With previous careers in Long Term Care, Hospital Mgmt, and owner of Just Thinking…bookstore, God decided for me to adventure into ministry.
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Arch Enemy's Alissa White-Gluz Has Finished Her Solo Album
March 15th, 2022 at 12:40pm
With all that has happened in the world since 2016, we wouldn't blame you if you forgot that way back then, Alissa White-Gluz signed a deal with Napalm Records for a solo project. We also couldn't blame you if you didn't know she was working on one for the same reason, but it doesn't matter anymore, because the album is complete, and according to her it's great!
On an episode of the Vox&Hops podcast (hosted by Cryptopsy frontman Matt McGachy), the Arch Enemy vocalist revealed that the record is done now that she's finally had time to work on it.
"So, basically, when the news came out about this solo album, the only thing that happened at that point was that I just agreed to do one. And then I was on tour for, like, three hundred days of the year up until 2020. And so now it's done, because now I've actually been home long enough to write the songs and get them done. And it's awesome and I love it."
White-Gluz was somewhat tight-lipped about the details of the solo record, but did let a few things out. Further along in the episode, she stated that although it will have a few similarities to Arch Enemy, the sound of the music is going to be distinct and different enough be be identified as its own entity. She also said that the album will feature work by Oliver Palotai of Kamelot, guitarist Jeff Loomis, and at least one member of Arch Enemy, who might end up just being the afore-mentioned Loomis. She also mentioned that the record would include clean singing, growling and "some operatic stuff" as well.
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Ordain Women launches new push for Mormon priesthood
Group seeks to build grass-roots support with Web discussions.
Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Nadine Hansen (left) and Kate Kelly (yellow) lead the group Ordain Women as they walk to LDS Rick Egan | Tribune file photo One by one, members of the group Ordain Women, are turned away, as they attempted to stand in Rick Egan | Tribune file photo Doug Peterson refuses to let Nadine Hansen (right) into the standby line in the Tabernacle, as Rick Egan | Tribune file photo Nadine Hansen (left) and Kate Kelly lead the group Ordain Women as they walk to LDS Conference
Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Nadine Hansen (left) and Kate Kelly (yellow) lead the group Ordain Women as they walk to LDS Conference Center to stand in the standby line to try to gain admittance to the Priesthood session of the 183rd Semi-annual General Conference, Saturday, October 5, 2013. Rick Egan | Tribune file photo One by one, members of the group Ordain Women, are turned away, as they attempted to stand in the standby line to try to gain admittance to the Priesthood session of the 183rd Semi-annual General Conference, Saturday, October 5, 2013. Rick Egan | Tribune file photo Doug Peterson refuses to let Nadine Hansen (right) into the standby line in the Tabernacle, as Hansen and the group, Ordain Women try to gain admittance to the Priesthood session of the 183rd Semi-annual General Conference, Saturday, October 5, 2013. Rick Egan | Tribune file photo Nadine Hansen (left) and Kate Kelly lead the group Ordain Women as they walk to LDS Conference Center to stand in the standby line to try to gain admittance to the Priesthood session of the 183rd Semi-annual General Conference, Saturday, October 5, 2013.
By Peggy Fletcher Stack The Salt Lake Tribune
· May 27, 2014 7:39 pm
Ordain Women has rolled out the next phase of its push for ordination to the all-male LDS priesthood — and it doesn't involve trooping to Temple Square.
But it does involve, in true Mormon fashion, attending meetings — either online or in person.
The group's debut tactic was to try to get in the males-only priesthood session of LDS General Conferences in October and again last month. On both occasions, hundreds of women, dressed in their Sunday best, walked en masse to downtown Salt Lake City's Mormon Tabernacle to request, one by one, standby tickets to show, organizers said, their readiness for the priesthood.
Both times, they were rebuffed — and they said they would not make a third attempt.
Clearly, these feminists have work to do persuading top LDS leaders to acknowledge their cause.
After meeting last week with several representatives of Mormon Women Stand, which supports the church's status quo, LDS public-relations officials had no intention of granting a similar audience with an Ordain Women delegation, according to spokesman Cody Craynor, calling it an activist group "whose demands are inconsistent with church teachings and doctrine."
So Ordain Women is striving instead to build grass-roots support within the 15 million-member Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by creating small discussion groups to find more proponents among the vast majority of Mormons who say they are comfortable with the current gender roles and division of labor in the Utah-based faith.
The feminists have created "Six Discussions" — modeled after an earlier LDS missionary strategy for teaching potential converts — describing Mormon theology, scriptures, history and interpretations that provide context for potential ordination of women. They also spell out differences between how men and women are treated in the contemporary church and raise questions about those practices.
The first discussion topic is called "See the Symptoms" and includes an essay on patriarchy as well as a game of "Patriarchy Bingo." Its squares had statements such as these: "If you looked for spiritual guidance, it was usually from a man." "Most scripture stories were about men and their spiritual journeys." "The leaders whose names you memorized and whose words you read were men."
The packet also lists eye-popping statistics on men and women in LDS Church administration: There are 122 male general authorities, compared with nine female general auxiliary leaders. Since 1974, there have been 359 male speakers who gave 2,708 sermons at twice-yearly General Conferences, compared with 64 females who gave 269 talks.
Or how about this? The church's Handbook 1, which spells out instructions for its ecclesiastical leaders, is handed out to 118,000 men (general authorities, stake presidencies and bishoprics) and nine women (the general auxiliary leaders).
The Ordain Women materials are meant to spark fresh thinking among Latter-day Saints, says group founder Kate Kelly. "We are at a precipice of a conversation about ordination," Kelly says. "We want to bring that conversation to a wider audience, not just to people who already agree but to anyone with questions about gender and equality."
Kelly, a human-rights attorney in Washington, D.C., who helped produce the discussion materials posted on the group's website, hopes participants will grapple with Mormonism's scriptures and history and discover women's place in them.
The next step, says Kelly, a churchgoing Mormon, is to "visualize the future."
"We want to know what the future could look like," she says. "We want to be part of that future and to frame [divine] revelation as a participatory process."
To that end, organizers are staging online discussions of the six topics and urging supporters to create their own small groups in living rooms or on Google Hangout across the globe to debate the material.
That effort has already begun, Kelly reports. "We have heard from women all over who are inviting friends and neighbors."
Lisa Torcasso Downing, an LDS convert in Dallas who blogs at Life Outside the Book of Mormon Belt, organized one such online group across five time zones with participants who range from mainstream Mormons to moderate members to feminist believers.
The group's first meeting was "lively, intelligent, considerate and probing," Downing said. "We've all grown, but not all members have grown toward embracing the idea of female ordination."
For her part, Downing — author of young adult novels "Island of the Stone Boy" and "Get that Gold!" — sees female ordination as a "viable goal."
To argue against it as a possibility, Downing says, "demonstrates a lack of faith ... in modern revelation and the power of the priesthood to receive the word of God as direction for these latter days."
Still, Downing parts ways with Ordain Women organizers when they try to bring about change in the church through "faithful agitation," listed as an objective for the Six Discussions.
These feminists' "efforts to agitate are alienating mainstream LDS women who see them as demanding and attempting to unrighteously usurp power and authority," Downing says. "That estimation may be unfair, but it exists nonetheless."
In a lengthy blog post, titled "Kingdom of God and the Civil Disobedience Model," Downing argued that "you can't serve or help people who reject that service and help. ... If female ordination is to come, in whatever its form, it will come only when we mortals want the blessing. It seems counterintuitive to me that Heavenly Father would force a blessing when the majority of his followers are arguing that they don't need it."
Diane Tueller Pritchett, a music teacher and former LDS Relief Society president in the Boston area, sees similarities between Ordain Women discussion groups and those proposed in Sheryl Sandberg's best-selling book, "Lean In."
Pritchett, who spends part of the year in Utah, appreciates the topics and extensive research in the first discussion packet.
"It does confirm, however, that this is a political action activity," Pritchett says, " — organize, produce talking points, reach out to get others to join."
In the end, though, "I don't want the ordination of women to come via political action," she says. "I want it to come via revelation. I recognize that God can't reveal an answer to a question until we ask the question so I appreciate that there are people asking the question."
Mormons should be "talking and praying and asking and working together," Pritchett says. "The way I differ with [Ordain Women] is that we should also be waiting for answers. It is what we do while waiting that matters. Are we building Zion while waiting or hurting Zion?"
She says the question comes back to a stance she adopted years ago: "Be the change from within while waiting for God to speak."
"Be the change" is, in fact, Ordain Women's final discussion topic.
The group's founder acknowledges that the language of social activism is unfamiliar to most Mormon women, but she believes it is useful to borrow vocabulary and tactics from activist efforts.
"Part of what we are doing is new in every conceivable way," Kelly says, "For women to take direct action and communicate their message with their bodies and showing up in the tradition of social movements is 100 percent new."
It is, she says, "revolutionary."
And, Ordain Women backers hope, revelatory — since all they're asking is for the LDS prophet to inquire of the Lord.
Of course, they want God's answer to be yes.
pstack@sltrib.com
Twitter: @religiongal —
Ordain Women's 'Six Discussions'
This series will feature one discussion each Thursday for the next six weeks, led by Ordain Women organizers and conducted via Google Hangout (with live-streaming through http://ordainwomen.org and from Ordain Women's YouTube channel at bit.ly/1opIxz6):
Discussion One — See the Symptoms
Was live on May 22 (recorded video is available on YouTube)
Covering the concept of institutional patriarchy and how it affects women and men unequally.
Discussion Two — Know The History
May 29 at 7 p.m. MDT
Covering the history of Mormon priesthood ordination.
Discussion Three — Study the Scriptures
June 5 at 7 p.m. MDT
Exploring the theological underpinnings of priesthood and ordination.
Discussion Four — Revel in Revelation
June 12 at 7 p.m. MDT
Examining how revelation operates within the LDS faith.
Discussion Five — Visualize Our Potential
Encouraging supporters to imagine the day women will be ordained and the blessings that could follow.
Discussion Six — Be the Change
Source: Ordain Women —
Ordain Women's discussion objectives
• To foster conversations that help people reflect on their own thoughts and experiences.
• To reaffirm our faith in God and testimony of continuing revelation.
• To encourage continued membership and full fellowship in the LDS Church as we explore the topic of women's ordination.
• To effect change through faithful agitation as a united group of LDS women.
Source: Ordain Women


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Recently I´ve been visiting some natural caves in lesser known areas of Andalusia. Off the beaten track villages and inland towns. Among my discoveries I have learnt quite a bit about the geology of the region and was surprised to find such a wealth of caves in Andalusia.
Here is my own personal list of natural caves and curious cave houses to visit in Andalucía.
Arguably the most well-known due to their prime location on the Costa del Sol. This grand underground cavern is a joy to visit. The space inside the cave is huge. As you get inside you see that it has been adapted with walkways and railings. Walking through is easy, quitesafe for the groups going inside.
There are panels along the route inside the caves explaining how this natural shelter has been used the centuries and ages. Also the way that these caves have been formed is also explained too.
The photos are dark here, it is better to see it in person as the lighting makes it tricky to get good shots.
Although this cave is less well known it is in the same area as the Nerja Cave. Just a 40kms seperate the Cueva del Tesoro from its big brother in Nerja – Maro. This smaller cave located in the Cala del Moral, Malaga shouldnt be overlooked.
This cave has elements right back to the Palaeolithic and Bronze Ages. There are some visible cave drawings on its walls.
Formed in deep sea many ages ago it´s interesting to see the wave formations and shapes in the rock along the walls today.
There is a car park and visitors centre here.
In the region North of Granada province there are lots of natural caves formed by the unique landscape and rock formations in the area. Towns such as Huescar, Galera, Guadix and Purellena are all good examples of locations with a high number of cave houses.
Some of these caves are used as Restaurants, Hotels, Rural accommodation, homes and even vineyards. The cool interior and thick walls of the cave make a healthy natural environment all year around.
Reducing the need for air conditioning even in hot Spanish summers and limiting heating in wintertime too. The isolation of the cool cave walls is a natural shelter which is the perfect place for a home.
As you drive along through this region to the North of Granada towards Murcia, some cave dwellings can be clearly spotted from the road, whereas others are less obvious.
The best way to see them is to visit the Cave Museum in Guadix.
This spooky sounding Bat Cave is located in the charming town of Zuheros. Well worth taking a day trip to this authentic location in Cordoba province. See the cave in the morning and the white town in the afternoon.
The cave is located off road in countryside. To visit drive up to the visitor centre and park up. From there its a short walk along the road to the cave entrance. Before going there make sure you check the visiting times.
Email to turismo@zuheros.es to book and get information.
The guide only goes to the visitor centre and the cave when they have bookings.
This cave does have bats living inside as its name suggests. Sadly the colony is much smaller than it used to be and you will barely notice these as you visit the cave. In the daytime they tend not to be active and they stay usually in the higher parts of the cave away from visitors.
I saw two or three bats near to the entrance and some sleeping up high in the cave on my visit.
This visit is slightly more tricky than other caves as it´s very deep. Almost 1000 metres at its highest point this is a huge space indeed. There are 2 kms of route inside the cave although the standard visit is much shorter.
Wear good shoes as you climb steps down into the cave and also back up to return. It is cool inside so you may need to take a jumper or light jacket too.
This cave is the largest in Cordoba province and has is important for the Neolithic finds that it holds inside. There are also cave paintings of horses and deer which are visible to visitors. Enjoy the shapes and shadows of stalagtites and stalagmites forged all those years ago by water.
Discovered in 1938 and covering 32 hectares, this natural cave was actually discovered in 1868 although it was explored then. They have even found hunting items from cave dwellers son 35 000 year ago on this site.
Known in Spanish as the Cave of the Windows, this cave in Piñar, North of Granada is great for those visitors who have small children or dont want to navigate lots of steps. Here it is all on one level. 1,200 metres long the route only visits the first portion of the cave and it is on a level walkway with no steps.
The lower gallery has been equipped as a theatre so that musical concerts can be held to make the most of the acoustics of the cave in summer months.
Inside the cave you can see rock formations like flowstones, columns, stalagmites, stalactites and delicate rock arches.
To visit go to Calle Real in Piñar and the tourist train leaves from the square in the town to take you along to the cave entrance.
Book by phone at the Granja Escuela to make sure there is a guided tour and the time. There are 4 each day.
Inland from the Cabo de Gata coastline in Almeria. The Sorbas caves are the only gypsum karst caves in the world. As these formations dissolve easily with water, it is difficult to find them and maintain them.
Of course in the desert like climate of Almeria this is the perfect location for these caves to have as it is so dry they have lasted over time.
The guided tour takes 90 mins and underground you see stalagmites coral rings and other formations. The highlight is of course seeing the crystals twinkle in the roof of the cave as you walk through.
The Cueva del Agua is the largest cave in this area and measures 8 kilometres.
Wear good shoes or boots for this visit and comfortable clothes for the walk.
A large car park is outside the visitor centre.
The town of Setenil de las Bodegas in Cádiz is breath-taking. Basically instead of building to avoid the rocks and caves. The locals decided to put their houses making the most of the dramatic rocks hanging over the river bed.
The town of Setenil has a natural lid on it.
This location in Cadiz province is literally between a Rock and a hard place.
The Cuevas del Sol are caves lining the most typical street in Setenil.
Some of the natural caves are now busy bars and restaurants, others are homes.
You can stay in some of them as they are now holiday apartments.
The first Spanish cave to be opened to the public was this stunning one in Aracena. Located in Huelva province the Gruta de las Maravillas is a true gem of a cave.
It is cool inside as the temperature is between 16-19C depending on the time of year. So take a jumper with you especially in summer months it´s easy to forget.
This cave has lots of fabulous formations. Stalagmites, columns, and the water element makes its even more magical.
Please note that you can´t take photos in the cave on your visit.
Some of the most well known caves in Granada are those in the Sacromonte. With their characteristic ceramic and copper decorations, jaunty colours and prickly pear cacti. They are quite unique and picturesque.
There are several ways to visit these caves which have great views across to the Alhambra palace.
or you can Enjoy flamenco in one of the typical Flamenco caves on that road.
Why not stay in a Cave House yourself.
Not technically a cave but it is underground. The Pulpi Geode is located in a Lead Mine in Pilar de Jaravia, Almeria. Although this cannot be visited at the moment you can see a virtual visit at San Juan de los Terreros which is nearby.
At the San Juan de los Terreros castle they have a digital visit to the geode. Its great to get an idea of what this amazing geological sight looks like.
This underground treasure is a natural monument and considered to be the best preserved example of Gypsum crystals in the world. At 8 metres long (26ft) and almost 2 metres wide discovered in 1999 inside the abandoned mine. Located 60 metres underground at sea level this is a unique natural treasure.
10 people can actually go inside the crystal it´s that big. But even 3 people cause condensation on a short visit and can corrode the beautiful gypsum crystals. Composed of hydrous calcium sulphate – the crystals are half a metre in length. It is believed that this formation could have been created at the time of the Messinian salinity crisis some 6 million years ago when the Mediterranean Sea evaporated, leaving thick salt layer behind and creating the geode.
Cave exploring isn't something that comes to mind when I think of Andalusia but reading your blog I did remember hearing about the cave houses in Granada. So cool!
I knew nothing about caves in Andalusia although we regularly return. Thank you for the input!
Never realised there were so many caves in Andalusia. You must have done some digging around. My first memory of Spain are the caves of Drac in Majorca, especially the boat trip as I almost fell in while taking a photo.
I live in Seville, just up from the caves in Aracena. They were pretty cool. I remember the trip well as my dad used a carrier bag to keep his hair wet from the rain as we came out, as you do.
Great post Molly. I have a home in San Juan de Los Terreros and have been to the 3D digital viewing to see the mine of Pilar de Jaravia.There are lots of abandoned cave houses in Cuevas de Almanzora too but access is now blocked off. It is hard to imagine how people lived in some of these caves which are quite high up the rock face.
Love that part of Almeria.
Great place to spend time.
Yes the caves are quite fascinating. Would be fabulous to actually be able to visit that Geode one day!
This sounds right up my street, will investigate next time I´m in the area.