Great post, and definitely love is about being present to another, to a place, and there is not enough love in the world, there is too much indifference. One thing I struggle with is the way so many people seem to have no interests, no sense of discovery or ambition. They show a mask of indifference to the world, but in a sense they are hiding their true selves behind a mask. They are afraid to love, and that is their personal tragedy which in time flows out into others. Indifference begets indifference and love begets love. We are here for such a short time to measure this space together. Thanks for reminding me.

I like that you have a deep interest in Sumerian culture and ancient ways of being which are fundamental. The past is a foreign country and it is great to open doors and conjecture on what we have to learn from ancient cultures and peoples. * years ago I did an amateur production of Inanna in the Underworld with a group of Czech friends. I wrote the play in verse in English and we translated it to Czech. For me a a foreigner my life sometimes feels like a journey to the underworld. In Prague there is a strong goth sensibility, a tragic sense of history. I like how Inanna's journey is one of sacrifice and escape. Her sister/twin is trapped forever in the shades of death and Inanna must die to go there, but she fulfills a rebirth there and is reborn herself, thus explaining each new spring. Certainly you know much more about it than I do. Anyway we only performed the play once in a basement bar. Here is part one, with English subtitles, performed in a somewhat somnambulent way. Kind of dreamy.