{"id":271,"date":"2002-01-15T12:57:28","date_gmt":"2002-01-15T20:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kith.org\/journals\/jed\/2002\/01\/15\/271.html"},"modified":"2002-01-15T12:57:28","modified_gmt":"2002-01-15T20:57:28","slug":"mappae-mundi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/2002\/01\/15\/mappae-mundi\/","title":{"rendered":"Mappae mundi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mary Anne's latest entry<\/a> (\"Looking at these maps makes me want to wander, want to just strap on a backpack and go somewhere no one's ever been, get lost in that wilderness\") was an interesting juxtaposition for me, because this morning while getting ready for work I finished reading \"Down Here in the Garden,\" by Tia V. Travis, a story in the latest Datlow\/Windling YBF&H<\/cite> about people (specifically the Donner party) getting lost in the wilderness, due to inadequate directions, and horrible things happening to them. It reinforced my belief in staying home. : ) But I'm glad that there are explorers and adventurers out there; just also glad I'm not one of them.<\/p>\n

Somehow reminds me of a Greg Simon song, \"The Great Out There\" (as performed by Susan Werner<\/a>), about an adventurous friend, from the point of view of a less adventurous person:<\/p>\n

\"Send an update, Kate, to your old roommate, from your big round world to my small flat state. . .\"<\/p>\n

And since my mind is skipping around today (perhaps even more than usual), it also reminds me of a bit from \"The Hunting of the Snark<\/a>\" that was running through my head the other day:<\/p>\n

\n

He had bought a large map representing the sea,
\nWithout the least vestige of land:
\nAnd the crew were much pleased when they found it to be
\nA map they could all understand.<\/p>\n

\"What's the good of Mercator's North Poles and Equators,
\nTropics, Zones, and Meridian Lines?\"
\nSo the Bellman would cry: and the crew would reply
\n\"They are merely conventional signs!<\/p>\n

\"Other maps are such shapes, with their islands and capes!
\nBut we've got our brave Captain to thank:
\n(So the crew would protest) \"that he's bought us the best—
\nA perfect and absolute blank!\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I do like maps, though.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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