"Nothing of Importance"
Tuning into the radio early this morning on my way down, I listen to The Declaration of Independence, as read by the folks at NPR.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident"
King George III of England wrote in his diary of this day, 227 years ago, "Nothing of importance happened today."
A short shock as I realize the pace of communication back then. Next, the realization that the people of those times probably heard those words much as I had just heard them, shared in town squares and centers.
The text reads about 15 minutes long. I felt a sharp excitement - the echo of revolution - as I thought about these words applied today in places all over the world.
I listen to Joseph Campbell lecture on "The Transformation of Myth Through Time", as supplied by Eric, and wax historical.
July 4, 2003
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