A slightly political muse ~
Just home from watching the movie, Lincoln, with Daniel Day-Lewis and Sally Fields
All movie issues were well done, but I’m not a professional movie critic.
The lighting bothered me
until I thought about the day and time when electricity not as ubiquitous as it is now ~
tall ceilings, pooled light from kerosene lanterns for
daily living or
conducting the nation’s business
Tall windows, drapes opened to light, certainly helped.
My mind wandered and compared
today’s racial issues,
couched in economic terms,
in Canada’s political scene ~
so like those on the movie screen in the United States in 1863.
Racial divides
Political maneuvering
Economic jockeying
How will decisions made in Ottawa, or any of the capital cities
affect people,
not just the economy.
Political decisions were issues then
as they are now for individual people ~
living in homes
precious newborns
going to school
getting married
raising families
aging gracefully ~ or not
passing from this life and
the myriad of events cycling through all our lives.
Racial divides
Political maneuvering
Economic jockeying
How will the game play out?
“Society exists only as a mental concept;
in the real world there are only individuals.”
~ Oscar Wilde
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