A Shaman In the Melon Bin (choice, Revelation, God, religion)

[Sunstone]

Originally Posted by FeathersinHair

Eeep, I'm sorry! I don't seem to be able to find the 'coke' theme, or a coconut. I'm not very perceptive when I read, I guess.

I can't find a coconut or "coke" there either, Feathers, but I have to admit the setting is a grocery store, and they do sell conconuts inside the store, while someone is bound in some neighborhoods to be selling coke in the parking lot, I think. So, maybe...

[Guitar's Cry]

I used to work at an orchard where for almost two weeks I had to sort through bins of watermelons to remove the rotting ones. So "thumping" them was more a test to decide which was going to be sold in the marketplace, and which was going to the compost bin.

The poem reminded me of that. I'm curious, though...what inspired this deep piece?

[Sunstone]

Originally Posted by GC

I'm curious, though...what inspired this deep piece?

It's been so long since I wrote it that I no longer recall any immediate or specific inspiration for it. Sorry about that. I do know, however, that the poem reflects some of my beliefs about religion, beliefs I've mulled over for years. So, in that sense, it's inspired by those beliefs.

[Guitar's Cry]

Originally Posted by Sunstone

It's been so long since I wrote it that I no longer recall any immediate or specific inspiration for it. Sorry about that. I do know, however, that the poem reflects some of my beliefs about religion, beliefs I've mulled over for years. So, in that sense, it's inspired by those beliefs.

It reminds me of Plato's "The Myth of the Cave," in that the narrator looks beyond the shadows of the melon bin (cave) in order to find the truth.

[Sunstone]

Originally Posted by Guitar's Cry

It reminds me of Plato's "The Myth of the Cave," in that the narrator looks beyond the shadows of the melon bin (cave) in order to find the truth.

Hey! We've made the same association! I'm reminded of Plato's cave too!

[Sunstone]

Originally Posted by Sunstone

Hey! We've made the same association! I'm reminded of Plato's cave too!

Perhaps I should add that I don't mean to imply I'm a platonist or that the poem has anything to do with Plato's philosophy. It's just that the cave image comes to mind for both of us when we read that poem. A very powerful image, that one.