The Frith: OUT AND ABOUT IN THE NEW YEAR

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

OUT AND ABOUT IN THE NEW YEAR

FRITH DOING HER WORLD-FAMOUS IMITATION OF A CHIPPENDALES DANCER

GETTING READY TO GO OUT ON THE TOWN ON A SATURDAY MORNING. THIS LAYERED LOOK IS ALL OF FRITH'S OWN DEVISING. SHE HAS HER FAVOURITE CLOTHES, AND RATHER THAN TAKE THEM OFF (WHICH IS TRAUMATIC) SHE JUST PUTS MORE CLOTHES ON TOP OF THEM.

MAMA AND FRITH TAKING TIME OUT FOR A KAMERFONE SELF-PORTRAIT (IT HAD BEEN A WHILE)

AT THE LIBRARY, PLAYING WITH THE TRAINS, AS PER USUAL. SHARING DIDN'T GO SO WELL. NO SURPRISES THERE.

AT AUNTIE MARIANNE'S AND UNCLE HARVEY'S HOUSE, READING A NEW FAVOURITE (WE'LL NEED A COPY OF THIS FOR NEXT CHRISTMAS.. I'M JUST SAYING) : CHARLEY THE MOUSE FINDS CHRISTMAS BY WAYNE CARLEY.

WE ALSO HAD A PICNIC IN AUNTIE MARIANNE'S LIVING ROOM, PARTAKING IN A DELICIOUS VEGAN FEAST THAT INCLUDED YUMMY SOY CHEESE AND HUMMUS AND CORN CHIPS AND STUFFED TRIANGLES OF DELICIOUSNESS.

BACK AT HOME, FRITH PUT ON LAST YEAR'S SNOW PANTS AND PAINTED A PICTURE. I'M NOT CERTAIN WHAT THE CONNECTION WAS, BUT THERE WAS NO WAY SHE WAS GOING TO WEAR ANYTHING ELSE FOR THIS ACTIVITY.

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DERIVING FROM THE ANCIENT WORD "PRIYAS" MEANING "ONE'S OWN", FRITH'S ORIGINAL MEANING WAS PROBABLY SOMETHING LIKE "THE PEACE ENJOYED WHILE AMONG ONE'S OWN FAMILY OR TRIBE" .. FRITH IS OFTEN TRANSLATED SIMPLY AS "PEACE".

THE FULL MEANING OF FRITH ENCOMPASSES PEACE BUT EXTENDS WELL BEYOND IT, TO COVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL AND ESSENTIAL FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN SOCIAL LIFE. THE TERM FRITH CAPTURED A HUGE PROPORTION OF EVERYTHING GOOD THAT COULD EXIST IN LIFE, AND ALL OF THESE GREW OUT OF THE ROOTS OF THE KINDRED ITSELF -- THE KINDRED RELATIONSHIP.

ANCIENT VIKINGS WOULD INVOKE AN AGREEMENT AMONG ALL PRESENT THAT ARGUMENTS AND DISAGREEMENTS ARE LEFT 'OUTSIDE' THE DOOR DURING CELEBRATION : A 'PROMISE' TO KEEP FRITH. ANYBODY WHO DID NOT RESPECT THIS WOULD HAVE LOST FACE AND ALSO HONOUR. IN THE OLDEN DAYS ONE WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE ALL WEAPONS OUTSIDE, TO ENSURE THAT DISCUSSIONS DIDN'T END IN BLOODSHED. SO FRITH IS AN AGREEMENT AMONG SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO RESPECT EACH OTHER TO KEEP 'PEACE'.

FRITH DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE SHOULD ALL GET ALONG; IT MEANS THAT WE SHOULD ALL STAND, AND ACT, FOR SOMETHING REAL AND MEANINGFUL, AND THAT THOSE OF US WHO FIND OURSELVES STANDING FOR ENOUGH OF THE SAME IMPORTANT THINGS SHOULD STAND TOGETHER, IN LIFELONG COMMITMENTS WITHOUT CONSTANTLY WEIGHING THE BENEFITS AGAINST THE COSTS.

IN ESSENCE, FRITH IS NOT AN ABSENCE, BUT A PRESENCE. IT IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF STRIFE; RATHER IT FILLS THE SPACES BETWEEN PEOPLE WITH SOMETHING THAT IS STRONGER AND MORE IMPORTANT, MORE MEANINGFUL, THAN STRIFE.

FRITH IS AN ACTIVE, DELIBERATE, MINDFUL PEACE.