[sustran] Pelican Crossings!!

[eric britton]

Pascal J. W. van den Noort just wrote a note asking me to clarify what I
meant by: " I'll keep you informed when we may have something in W/S to add
to this bestiary."

 

Sorry for being so unclear. I meant:

 

 

.         W/S = World Streets - the world's sustainable transportation daily
at www.WorldStreets.org  



.         Bestiary - or Bestiarum vocabulum, is a compendium of beasts. One
good source adds: " Bestiaries were made popular in the Middle Ages in
illustrated volumes that described various animals, birds and even rocks.
The natural history and illustration of each beast was usually accompanied
by a moral lesson. This reflected the belief that the world itself was the
Word of God, and that every living thing had its own special meaning. For
example, the pelican, which was believed to tear open its breast to bring
its young to life with its own blood, was a living representation of Jesus.
The bestiary, then, is also a reference to the symbolic language of animals
in Western Christian art and literature." (Wikipedia)

 

In our current context the Pelican image is, to my mind, a bit troubling.
But we can live with it.

 

;-)

 

Eric Britton