raga or the 10,000 things (6), pillows, by freda karpf
What if we all lost our middles? What if we all lost our stomachs? There would be no bellies left in the
world. That would make some women in the
westernized world very happy. Babies
could still be born through the traditional route but they wouldn’t have a
pillow to rest their heads on when placed on the lap. Babies would grow up thinking that pillows
are anomalies. When, really, pillows are
a direct result of having bellies. There
would be other motivations for the invention of pillows but they would not have
come along so early on in the human history if it weren’t for bellies. There’s always a reason for everything.
~
It’s difficult to find a good pillow. We have a need to rest our heads on
something. Or in some cases on
someone. Why would anyone put their head
in a lion’s mouth? They’re looking for a
better pillow. And even though it’s the
head that rests on the pillow, it’s the pillow that is profoundly at the middle
of everything important. The pillow
cradles your head while you’re digesting the stuff of the day and weaving the
dreams in the night.
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