Now this door, which had been left ajar by Polly when she ran off, opened into a little courtyard where the fowls were shut in at night; the woodhouse and the privy also stood there.
I often think of Matsu, a figure in Taiwanese folk religions, who it is said guided the first Chinese settlers of Taiwan through the brutal seas at night and came to their rescue. With a benevolent heart, Matsu is like a mother.
The two gods who accompany Matsu, one with eyes that can see 1000 li⁶ and the other with ears that can hear far over the horizon, represent empathy, observation, and feeling. Government should be like Matsu, equipped with acute powers of observation; see clearly to the bottom of issues, and know how to respond.
There is a hierarchy among Matsu and her attendant gods, but they divide labor according to their strengths and work together in a truly perfect partnership.
Rejecting the “Europeanity” and “Africanity” they see in Négritude, Créolité pleads for an internal vision of the Caribbean focused on the French Caribbean realities: “Lavision intérieure,” which can be reached by writing in Creole.
Oh yeah, they're a real class act; they left their garbage all over the grass.
