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In July 2021, in order to celebrate Xiao Jun’s first birthday, and in order to get to know more rope knot partners, we organized the sharing activity of “The Story of knot knot”, inviting everyone to express and share their own stories with the clues of rope, knot and solution. Live, think and act. Among them, the first article is the editor’s introduction, and everyone’s stories are gathered from the second article. Thank you friends for telling us about your experiences and feelings in life, perseverance and change, and welcome everyone to continue to participate in our long-term activities, and contribute to the “Knotting Story Painting” activity to:
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tyingknots2020@tyingknots2020gmail-com
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Activity content: Welcome to share your life, thinking and actions with the clues of ropes, knots and solutions. We will edit and integrate everyone’s creations and publish them in follow-up tweets.
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Creation genre: The shared content is not limited to any genre, and can be in any form or combination of text, sound, pictures, videos, etc.
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Space requirements: As a collective creation, the space should not be too long, such as text content, it should be less than 500 words. Let’s continue to be together – keep in touch and communicate a lot.
The Social Metaphor of Electric Wires: Field Thoughts from an Electric Guitar Maker
Liu Yicheng
Wire is a wonderful wire, it not only transmits internal signals, but also blocks external noise, so that a closed circuit system can operate.
The photo is a Fender Stratocaster electric guitar circuit. The white and red wires are the signal wires that transmit electronic signals; the black ground wire is what encloses the circuit system. The plucking of the strings disturbs the magnetic field of the pickup coil, and the weak electrical signals generated are transmitted through the white and red wires to the knobs that control the volume and tone, and then to the amplifier. The black wire is to connect all the electronic components in series to form a closed loop. If there is any metal part (bridge or potentiometer) that is not grounded, it will cause an open circuit, and the electric guitar will not be able to make sound; if it is heavy, it will receive the signal of the radio station, and then you will hear the radio station in the speaker. sound. The characteristics of wires that transmit and isolate information may be a bit like society. We connect, communicate, and transmit information with other people through the Internet; on the other hand, we use the Internet to isolate unfamiliar and unwanted noises from outside. Seemingly open communication is actually isolated from the world by an invisible grounding wire. Occasionally, we accidentally open the closed system to contact the outside information, maybe we will be excited about the sound outside the closed system, but immediately worry about the inoperability of the closed system, and want to return to the closed world.
No matter how excited we are, I am afraid that no guitarist wants his electric guitar to become a radio, and it is likely that the same is true of our attitude towards the noise of different cultures.
The picture comes from the author, it is the circuit diagram of the electric guitarAmber thread
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I don’t wear Hajib on weekdays (Note 1), I seldom pray but never eat pork, I can recite halal mantras and testify, and I don’t forget to wash my ghusl before my grave. Typical “pseudo-back”
A golden blood amber is wrapped around the left wrist. It was originally beaded with a red nylon thread. The red-orange particles are light, translucent and warm. The skin and blood vessels that are close to it are always reflected in its refreshing luster
I used to be confined to the rocking chair of literature, indulged in breathtaking poetic words and turned a deaf ear until I went to the land of Yunnan. After several field experiences, I touched the folds of ethnicity, religion, borders and social life. Even issues related to drugs and AIDS, until love is questioned and manipulated by age or ethnic identity, talking to hippie youth and sexual minorities, and swooning over some corporations that make profitable products under the guise of public welfare until the funeral of the elder In-depth Islamic rituals, at the moment of Bangmuda (Note 2), the full and heavy Taisbiha (Note 3) is moved.
I learned from the hot search that an old friend was killed in an accident in July, and the deep connection with the social situation and events of the language violence game on the Internet today made me start to think—
National identity, religious belief, collective memory, boundaries, risk society, gender shaping, consumerism, individuation, instrumental rationality, and value rationality are all drawn by invisible ropes, just as each bead on this amber bracelet is independent and connected
At the end of last year, the slender nylon red thread was finally completely worn and broken under the pressure of time, so I had to replace it with a transparent crystal elastic thread to restring the scattered amber particles. like-
I am planning how to reshuffle my life. With anthropology as the spear and literature as the shield, at this moment when academia is becoming more and more powerful fans, I can have a space for multiple discussions to pursue truth and beauty.
*This text is not accompanied by pictures. It is an attempt to use Guy Debord’s ideological spirit as a reference, reduce the dominant role of images, fight against the visual system and media landscape technology, and let the text itself convey its inner voice.
Note 1: Hijab, the headscarf used by Muslim women to cover the hair, ears and neck, is different from the veil that covers the entire face and body in other Islamic regions.
Note 2: Persian transliteration, meaning Chenli.
Note 3: Tasbih, bead of praise, a string of beads used for counting when Muslims praise the Lord, often made of precious stones, agate, amber, ivory, etc.
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I lived with my grandparents as a child. From as far back as I can remember, my grandfather looked very weak, his legs and feet were unsteady, and his reaction was slow for several beats. When watching TV, he was like a sculpture, and his clothes were stained with tea and oil. The family did not sympathize with him, but despised him because they said that he was selfish and domineering when he was young, and now he deserves it.
The older grandfather became obsessed with “health products”. In the summer, he was only wearing a worn-out vest, with the boss’s “gold medal” hanging on his chest—probably the so-called life-saving charm. Every time he got up from the sofa, he had to go through a struggle, with his head forward, his arms on the armrests, and repeated force. And the “gold medal” on his chest was swayed back and forth by the long rope. The weight of “Gold Medal” made the rope buried in the folds leave marks on his neck, but it was not obvious because his skin was already mottled.
Later, grandfather got up and fell down, and he was paralyzed in bed. This “gold medal”, which he regarded as a treasure but was criticized by his family, did not save his life in the end.
After his death, the family rarely mentioned it. And I always think of the scene where the “gold medal” swayed back and forth around his neck. The seemingly gentle rope, like the impermanent chains of the underworld, strangled a weak body and finally released him. fall.
However, after a long time, I accidentally discovered that this “life-saving gold medal”, which had been spurned by the whole family, was held by the soft rope and lay quietly in the drawer next to my grandma’s bed.
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