Posted by sigismund on April 24, 2011, at 8:01:03
In reply to Re: I wish I was left handed » sigismund, posted by Phillipa on April 24, 2011, at 0:24:09
I'm in Australia, PJ. There is a music festival here with many musicians from the US, but from other places as well.
Speaking of blind blacks, I saw Gurrumul, a full blooded (I think) Aborigine from Elco Island, Arnhem Land,right at the centre of the north of Australia on the sea. He was born blind and his eyes looked white to me from the distance. He sings sweet very sad songs, rather like some island music. When he finished playing it would appear as if he was looking around somewhat impatiently. He must have been listening and turning his head. And while he did this his right leg would vibrate. He didn't say much and I wondered if he had been persuaded to leave his native land with difficulty. Some Aborigines become heartsick in this world of ours. I looked at the features of his face, so different from ours, and thought of the vile racism I grew up with ('the most primitive race in the world') and the daylight robbery that led to it (almost an entire continent). Too sad for me.
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