{"id":139,"date":"2007-01-22T01:39:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-22T05:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=139"},"modified":"2007-01-22T01:39:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-22T05:39:00","slug":"the-wells-of-abraham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=139","title":{"rendered":"The Wells of Abraham"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I saw a documentary on Middle Eastern wells. A well is a big deal there. Everything happens because of water.<\/p>\n

Some of them are quite old, even supposedly dating back to the days of Abraham. A well is so important that there are men who dive down into these narrow tunnels and remove debris when they’re plugged. It’s the ultimate claustrophobic experience.<\/p>\n

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Abraham named his children and he named his wells. Political deals were associated with wells. From the well flowed water, and from the water grew a city. Beersheba flowed out of a well.<\/p>\n

In the desert, life is a plug and the well is the socket. Sheep, goats, men; they all orbit the well. Our eyes see the stars, and by them you can navigate the sea, but your feet travel from well to well, in the desert.<\/p>\n

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There were many tribes and clans, but they all drank water. If a well can be dug, and water can be found, then a well can be plugged, and the strangers move on.<\/p>\n

In the Australian movie, Mad Max, they coveted the stockpiles of gasoline that ran their cars. In Abraham’s day they coveted the wells that watered their camels and livestock.<\/p>\n


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To find water, to dig a well that has water, is to re-write the land, to redraw the map. Water runs like a cable, deep below the ground. Every well is a node, a network in a world that ebbs and flows according to the water protocol.<\/p>\n

You dial-up, there’s a handshake. When they connected, they washed their guests feet. No ID? Wrong password? Your sheep will not drink at this well. <\/p>\n

Tim Hodkinson<\/a>
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