I'm on TheBus. The idea of religion and TheBus is really stuck in my head right now, in connection with your poem and the Raymond WIlliams essay. RITUAL keeps coming up in the readings I'm doing in my cultural studies class--culture acted out and affirmed through "material practices governed by material rituals" (Althuesser).
I was thinking about this also because I was reading "Aching For Mango Friends," and there is a beautiful poem in which Sa'ili explains to her haole friend that the flight attendant thanks the Lord each time the airplane reaches Samoa. I think it would be interesting to explore the similiraties and differences between TheBus and the airplane (commercial jet)--they are similar in that both are so important to Hawaii and that they are modes of transportation, yet their functions are so different. Or maybe they should be explored in seperate chapbooks? Anyways, I love Jacinta's poem, and maybe I'm just thinking of ways to include it.
I'll make sure to give you the chapbook the next time I see you.
Ryan
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De bus and de plane seem more different than similar to me. Functions, money, atmosphere, clientele are all way dissimilar.
I do like the sound of "material ritual" though.
Catching TheBus yesterday made me think of TheBus as meditation. As a philosophy of patience and waiting and letting go of the journey. It felt really good to be just "along for the ride" for a change. What would TheBus Religion be like? =)
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