{"id":2601,"date":"2016-09-04T18:16:44","date_gmt":"2016-09-04T18:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stuartmillerosborne.co.uk\/?p=2601"},"modified":"2016-09-04T18:20:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-04T18:20:27","slug":"a-bedwyn-fete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/04\/a-bedwyn-fete\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bedwyn Fete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When visiting Spain we were approached by a farmer proud of his golden bales<\/p>\n<p>He spoke of a fete across the waters and the silver rails<\/p>\n<p><i>Tis glorious sir the whole village turns out <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Even drunken Sal <\/i><\/p>\n<p>We adopt his directions<\/p>\n<p><i>The only route to true consciousness lies in the examination of one\u2019s own consciousness <\/i><\/p>\n<p>You say to me<\/p>\n<p>I tell you of my dream of changing next to a waif like girl in a football room whose lack of inhibition surprised me<\/p>\n<p><i>She did not consider herself beautiful you know <\/i><\/p>\n<p>We travel over two bridges and turn into a lane clinging to thatched cottages<\/p>\n<p>Cricket is being played on a damp wicket<\/p>\n<p>After surrendering alms we are embraced by the village fete<\/p>\n<p>We enjoy a cake and a cup of tea<\/p>\n<p><em>I feel guilty<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I say to you<\/p>\n<p>Why should I feel enjoyment?<\/p>\n<p>My surroundings inspire me<\/p>\n<p><i>The only way to escape this is to put an end to desire <\/i><\/p>\n<p>I walk to the corner of the field and place my cake in the long grass<\/p>\n<p>The jackdaws are already aware<\/p>\n<p><i>Well caught sir <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Well bowled <\/i><\/p>\n<p>The cricket match will not reach its conclusion<\/p>\n<p>Rain is close<\/p>\n<p>You join me as I stroll around the fete<\/p>\n<p>I purchase trinkets for you<\/p>\n<p>Which you much admire<\/p>\n<p>In time we leave the fete and cross the waterfields<\/p>\n<p><i>All frogs can swim (Premise)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>This is a frog (Premise)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>I hand you a frog<\/p>\n<p>You shudder<\/p>\n<p><i>Therefore it can swim (Conclusion)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>We release the frog<\/p>\n<p>It swims in the shallow waters<\/p>\n<p>Frogs can swim<\/p>\n<p><i>If I had not seen that frog today then I would not have been able to see the creature swimming <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>I would have not arrived at any conclusion <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Are frogs aware of pleasure? (Question)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Are we aware that we have spent a pleasurable afternoon together? (Question)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Do we feel pleasure? (Question) <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>What is pleasure? (Question) <\/i><\/p>\n<p>We walk towards the railway station<\/p>\n<p>It is beginning to rain<\/p>\n<p>Frogs are mating<\/p>\n<p><i>Why do frogs mate during the late summer months? (<\/i><em>Question) <\/em><\/p>\n<p>In chalk I write the answer on an old wooden noticeboard<\/p>\n<p><i>It is wholly purposeless a kind of impetus which forces all living things to mate breed and die <\/i><\/p>\n<p>I know that the chalk will be washed away within the hour<\/p>\n<p><i>The only way to escape this treadmill is to put an end to desire <\/i><\/p>\n<p>Our train remains stationary for quite a while<\/p>\n<p><i>What is desire? <\/i><\/p>\n<p>You ask me<\/p>\n<p>I do not answer you<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When visiting Spain we were approached by a farmer proud of his golden bales He spoke of a fete across the waters and the silver rails Tis glorious sir the whole village turns out Even drunken Sal We adopt his directions The only route to true consciousness lies in the examination of one\u2019s own consciousness [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}