tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565845984512808077.post291403190569494581..comments2024-02-28T16:53:27.515+01:00Comments on Poemas del río Wang: Tengri, the blue skyStudiolumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06377777909296284368noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565845984512808077.post-41475891492515275292011-05-02T01:45:46.721+02:002011-05-02T01:45:46.721+02:00Oh, Alay, that makes sense. That's a huge but ...Oh, Alay, that makes sense. That's a huge but not well known mountain country, traditionally considered a subrange of Pamir in Russian geographical source, but sometimes lumped together with the nearby Southern Tian Shan Mtns. Tian Shan is in itself a reference to Tengri so it would be a natural fit for your topic!<br /><br />No, of course I'm not writing another story about "the" Religion. I have a few Mormon history tales on the web, but they have to be very deferential to both the Mormons and to their detractors, and it's a tough balance. Gilgal Garden's website already does a nice job "in general" <br />http://www.gilgalgarden.org/<br />but of course not comparing the sculpture with monumental art of other faiths and epochs.MOCKBAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150628026789690963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565845984512808077.post-11078269407087943482011-05-01T23:49:29.320+02:002011-05-01T23:49:29.320+02:00Well, that is really a topic you should write abou...Well, that is really a topic <i>you</i> should write about. I have always found that religion very exotic, but it would take too much time to dig myself into it.<br /><br />Thank you very much for the corrections, I include them right now. As to the mountain range, it is not the Tien Shan, but the Alay mountains (Алайский хребет). Just now I realized that I have falsely remembered its name, with a superfluous “t” in it, and I have always thought it to bear by chance the same name as the big Altai to the north of Dzhungaria.Studiolumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377777909296284368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565845984512808077.post-55356044036640474912011-05-01T23:24:40.671+02:002011-05-01T23:24:40.671+02:00You should probably write an entry on our famed Gi...You should probably write an entry on our famed Gilgal Garden, sculpted very much in the same mold, even with the holy books stacked as a pedestal. The Prophet's Head in Gilgal morphs into a Sphynx BTW, a pretty cool artistic and philosophical solution IMVHO. We made a dance presentation at Gilgal's anniversary bash last summer, and I was pleasantly surprised how lovingly the long-neglected Garden has been restored and deciphered. When I saw it first, it was ruined, even the Swords and Plowshares monument was stolen for scrap metal - but it's back now.<br /><br />Oh, and nitpicking wise. The Altai mountains should be Tian Shan throughout, and Ulan Ide is in Butyatia, Russian Federation.MOCKBAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150628026789690963noreply@blogger.com