Junk for Code : life in a war zone

Mandy Martin, Puritjarra 2, 2005. For further information on MANDY MARTIN, refer here: http://www.mandy-martin.com/
If there are diverse kinds of knowledge and ways of knowing place, then we need to learn to value the different ways each of us sees a single place that is significant, but differently so, for each perspective.


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December 18, 2004

Everyday life is marked by luck.

Stephen Ferry, Bullet hole from stray bullet, with a view of downtown Medillen, Colombia, 2002

Such a bullet just happens.

We could easily be hit by a stray bullet in a war zone. The controlling power of reason to make a liveable life does not take away the role of luck.

Can we make ourselves immune to luck?

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You mean Medell�n in Colombia.

Posted by: Anonymous | December 20, 2004 5:38 AM

You are right.Thanks. I've changed it.

Posted by: Gary Sauer-Thompson | December 20, 2004 8:22 AM