‘if a tower is babel, it shows the essence of human conceit and the puzzle of language itself’

horsemouth is reading hugh brody’s the other side of eden: hunter-gatherers, farmers and the shaping of the world (a book the bushwhacker would like horsemouth thinks) from whence this line about the tower of babel (george steiner’s after babel says similar horsemouth believes)

... and of the bible as the story of agriculture and settlement and how settlement on a piece of land implies that at least some of the descendants must eventually move elsewhere (it is our civilisation that is in fact the nomad society - the hunter gatherers and nomads who stay put). brody is with the hunter gatherers - who they say of themselves we have always been here (migration across the berring land bridge be damned). it goes quickly (page 146 already).

the mother of an ex had met hugh brody in the north of canada.

horsemouth approaches the autumn equinox (and after that samhain) and today (later on) he works (for the first time this academic year - he thinks it may be a walk and talk session). he’s also supposed to be jamming with mr. minty in preparation for a possible open mic appearance friday - he may be later getting back than he originally hoped.

today is greetings to saud day (in honour of mccoy tyner and pharoah sanders recording of elevation on this day in 73).