tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post5436354068934460393..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Stories that Float from Afar – Dianne HofmeyrMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-33575193481690585622013-03-05T13:23:22.690+00:002013-03-05T13:23:22.690+00:00Sorry I was out of the country when this was poste...Sorry I was out of the country when this was posted... thanks for the comments. Your Merlin's cave sounds marvellous Katherine. <br /><br />And thank you for your fascinating insight into hallucinatory experiences in caving Gavin. I wish I'd had you at my shoulder when I was writing my book. I'm going to look out fro 10 Years Under the Earth. Imagine finding that bear! A nephew of mine died cave diving solo in the Sinoia Cave in Zimbabwe which is the most surreal blue. He was trying to be the first to reach the cave floor. It's not sure what happened. His divetimer read 165 metres so he went down really far but his body was found at 61m under a sloping roof. I'm always amazed at the ability some people have to push themselves beyond the limit.Dianne Hofmeyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222157214605257030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-65850866015832322962013-02-28T14:37:45.636+00:002013-02-28T14:37:45.636+00:00I have a spooky photograph taken in the sea-caves ...I have a spooky photograph taken in the sea-caves beneath Tintagel castle in Cornwall. It shows a strange rainbow coming out of the shadows, which was probably just light getting into the film (old camera!), but for me it will always be Merlin's cave...Katherine Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-8405294505468485772013-02-27T23:01:08.454+00:002013-02-27T23:01:08.454+00:00I spent probably too long exploring caves in my yo...I spent probably too long exploring caves in my youth and if you've spent a longish time underground there is something about caves that become apparent that might not be obvious to the casual visitor.<br />They often play a trick in show caves of turning off the lights to show how really realy dark it is underground. They generally switch them back on pretty quick. If you spend longer in the dark strange things start to happen. Many caves have water in them and your brain starts to turn the water sounds into snatches of barely heard conversation, footsteps and other auditory hallucinations. You sometimes see flashes in your eyes even though there is no light. I've lasted about 15 minutes until I turned my light back on half expecting to see people standing around me.<br />The acoustics underground to people who had no experience of living in a building must have also been quite a revelation. Caves always seemed magical places to me even when I understood so much about their formation and why I was experiencing strange hallucinations. How much more magical when everything was a mystery.<br />My favourite story about cave art is described in a book by a Frenchman Norbert Casteret called 10 Years Under the Earth where he describes diving into water filled passage in the Caverne de Montespan and finding a chamber with a clay model of a cave bear. A great adventure - terrible archaeology<br />Enjoy the Blog<br /><br />Gavin Gavin McLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14630089445696518084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-26378116194388585982013-02-27T17:35:27.293+00:002013-02-27T17:35:27.293+00:00Fantastic post and glorious images, thank you for ...Fantastic post and glorious images, thank you for this. MandaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03236283426113684923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-74489400895223510602013-02-27T12:26:28.818+00:002013-02-27T12:26:28.818+00:00I like the sound of your book, Dianne. The cave pa...I like the sound of your book, Dianne. The cave paintings are so beautiful, aren't they? Simple, pure lines, and yet so alive.Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-52905086029600294532013-02-26T19:30:35.739+00:002013-02-26T19:30:35.739+00:00I too love: 'We are stars. We must walk the sk...I too love: 'We are stars. We must walk the sky because we are heaven's things.' I need to keep that in my head and ponder on it. Thank you, Dianne!Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-4820695074731670832013-02-26T15:49:47.236+00:002013-02-26T15:49:47.236+00:00I share your enthusiasm, Dianne. In Bergen there&...I share your enthusiasm, Dianne. In Bergen there's an exhibit about the cave where the Sami would go and meet their spirit guide. Inspired by that, I used it in a book as a way of challenging the prejudices of my main character. Caves are brilliant places for revelation. (However I would not actually go in it myself as it was about the size of an MRI machine and I'm claustrophobic!).Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01898520338579733193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-8848926245309985512013-02-26T13:44:00.839+00:002013-02-26T13:44:00.839+00:00Lovely post! I remember Fish notes etc with great ...Lovely post! I remember Fish notes etc with great affection. A super book. And such splendid pictures here as ever.adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-85139905857648019232013-02-26T09:46:08.472+00:002013-02-26T09:46:08.472+00:00"
And in the words of //Kabbo explaining our ..."<br />And in the words of //Kabbo explaining our place on earth:<br />‘Therefore we are stars –we must walk the sky because we are heaven’s things.’<br />And explaining the concept of story, or kukummi, as his people called it:<br />‘Story is like the wind, it floats from afar’."<br /><br />I shared this on Face book. Thank you.Ms.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09479767121319709878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-40394301624924303922013-02-26T09:24:51.527+00:002013-02-26T09:24:51.527+00:00Thank you - in particular for the sketch of the pa...Thank you - in particular for the sketch of the painting - I'd just looked at it and gone, "Wow!" without seeing the detail.Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.com