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Antonio Cejunior · 18th July 2005, 08:45 PM

Hi Jim,
Thank you for your kind words.

I often recall and bear in mind that once, a stone was hit with another stone and sharp edges appeared on it. Then some kind of heavenly metal was sharpened the same way until bronze casting was used, only again to be replaced by iron, then steel, shape after shape.
If we bear this in mind we come to the inevitable conclusion that the history of mankind is that of successive oblivions or replacements. Hence that the Past of our Present can be seen with different eyes. Before we had the Migration Era. People are migrating nowadays at incredible rates. In China alone, at least 400 million migrated from the poorer interior to the more developped coastal cities. The USA is a nation of immigrants. We all have immigrated from truth to truth in history, in objects, in beliefs. What we today cherish as an ethnic antique may be replaced for another type of ethnic concept, for a Han dha surely suffered the shape influence of the Chinese, eventually. I am sorry for not being learned enough to know the evolution of ethnic weapons as we call them today, for they are beautiful.
But somehow, at any given moment, everyone is making history happen.

Very best regards

18th July 2005, 08:45 PM	#5
Antonio Cejunior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Macau Posts: 294	Hi Jim, Thank you for your kind words. I often recall and bear in mind that once, a stone was hit with another stone and sharp edges appeared on it. Then some kind of heavenly metal was sharpened the same way until bronze casting was used, only again to be replaced by iron, then steel, shape after shape. If we bear this in mind we come to the inevitable conclusion that the history of mankind is that of successive oblivions or replacements. Hence that the Past of our Present can be seen with different eyes. Before we had the Migration Era. People are migrating nowadays at incredible rates. In China alone, at least 400 million migrated from the poorer interior to the more developped coastal cities. The USA is a nation of immigrants. We all have immigrated from truth to truth in history, in objects, in beliefs. What we today cherish as an ethnic antique may be replaced for another type of ethnic concept, for a Han dha surely suffered the shape influence of the Chinese, eventually. I am sorry for not being learned enough to know the evolution of ethnic weapons as we call them today, for they are beautiful. But somehow, at any given moment, everyone is making history happen. Very best regards