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Emil
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- Friday, November 11 2005, 1:25:44 (CET) from 24.148.65.193 - 24-148-65-193.grn-bsr1.chi-grn.il.cable.rcn.com  Commercial -  Windows XP -   NetscapeWebsite: http://www.emilsdiary.com/ Website title: Square Moon Diary of Emil Keliane |
I can't believe how indignant I feel about the Shamirum statue! I never would have expected this kind of reaction from myself. I could not have cared less in the past. But I remember how delightfully surprised I was running into the Ashurbanipal statue at the San Francisco Civic Center with my then friend Rodney. Two queer Assyrian youth were verily empowered that overcast morning off Van Ness. And it did not matter that we were queer, or blue, or green, or positive, or negative, or bottom, or top. Neither did it matter if a woman sculpted the statue, or a man, a Christian, or a Pagan. It was simply deeply and personally validating that we were Assyrian in America and here was a relic King in San Francisco that was sculpted by an Assyrian, no less! We had a train to catch back to the Central Valley that morning and after circling the monument a couple times, and trying to read the plaque that was inscribed in Assyrian, we made our way to the Embarcadero Center. So, maybe this is why I'm so pissed. Because I know the feeling. I have tasted the fruit of feeling good about being Assyrian- and not in a cramped Devon Avenue ground-level apartment, not after drinking too much wine and getting drunk just to achieve such feelings of ethno-satisfaction- but out in the open, under the sky, in public, in one of the most beloved and touristy cities in the world. But I also know what it's like to be caught in the middle of a divorce, to be forgotten while the "elders" dispute, to have ideas and dreams shot down by "my guardians" because they were consumed with "being right"- nevermind the material losses... Yeah, I'm bummed. And I'm glad I feel something here. I'm glad I care. And I'm glad to have had these bitter-sweet experiences that continue to pull me steadfastly forward. Maybe I do actually have "Assyrian Pride"- no matter how different it may "look" from others'... --------------------- |
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