The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Wednesday April 27th, 2022 – World Stationery Day
World Stationery Day is all about: preserving the art of writing words on a page, instead of just sending electronic versions of letters that cannot truly be touched but only seen on a screen.
Humans have been writing for thousands of years, since prehistory. The Dispilio tablet is thought to be the oldest written record on Earth, dating back to around 5200 BC. After that, writing seemed to spring up in a whole host of different places, being especially prominent in the Near East.
At the time, the main reason that writing became a necessity was because the information needed to be transmitted, particularly in order for political expansion to be able to take place. Rulers and authorities were most in need of communication and they were also very educated. But, most of the time, they didn’t even do the writing themselves. They had scribes on their staff who would record for them everything that needed to be written down.
Changing Malaysian Politics: What does Gerak Independent have to offer? by Murray Hunter
When I first met Siti Kasim, online in this Covid age, her bubbling passion for her cause and the future of Malaysia came across very clearly. Siti is inspiring to many of those she reaches. Gerak Independent (GI), is a movement of individuals under an umbrella sponsored by Malaysian Action for Justice and Unity (MAJU) and some NGOs to put independent people into the federal parliament.
In December last year GI announced their first six candidates for the coming general election, headed by human rights lawyer Siti Kasim and the former UMNO MP for Sungei Benut Tawfik Ismail, who both jointly foundered the movement. Others named in the inaugural list also included former journalist Charles CJ Chow, Wangsa Maju resident Raveentheran Suntheralingam, social activist KJ John, and Sabah based lawyer Roland Cheng. Shortly after the announcement Charles CJ Chow withdrew from the line-up for personal reasons.
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The Flow #poem & #painting by Nikos Laios
“What does
Writing poetry feel like?
Writing poetry is a rhythm,
Similar to music,
Or like a babbling stream”
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Alexander Scriabin: Ecstasy and Light by Rene Wadlow
27 April marked the 100th anniversary of the death of the Russian composer Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915) who believed that music had the power to elevate the consciousness of people and therefore to transform social conditions. Scriabin is often described as a “mystic”, but there is no direct evidence that he personally had mystic experiences. Rather he drew upon the works of theosophical writers and conversations with people in the theosophical milieu in London and Bruxelles.
Alexander Scriabin was a key figure of what is commonly called the Silver Age in Russian history from the 1890s to 1914 . The start of the First World War followed by the Russian Revolution dispersed many of the groups which had been active in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The Silver Age had seen a surge of interest in various forms of mysticism, the occult and the philosophical teachings of India and China along with influences from Germany: the thought of Nietzsche and the Christianized version of theosophy developed By Rudolf Steiner. Rudolf Steiner’s second wife, Marie von Sivers was a Baltic Russian who also helped spread Steiner’s views in Helsinki and Warsaw, cities in close contact with Russian intellectual circles.
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A fistful of cactus #024 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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