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.The building we had just passed was anextremely old building.Many in Ar were not sure of its age.It may have datedto the first ubarate of Titus Honorious.Many of the functions originallydischarged within its precincts had long ago been assumed by the newerCylinder of Justice, located in the vicinity of the Central Cylinder.Page 71ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlIncidentally, many buildings, particularly public buildings, in this part ofthe city, which was an older part of the city, were quite old.Many smallerbuildings, dwellings, shops, insulae, and such, on the other hand, were relatively new.I might also mention, inpassing, if only to make the controversy concerning the  Auborbion marblesmore understandable, that many Gorean artists do not sign or otherwiseidentify their works.The rationale for this seems to be a conviction thatwhat is important is the art, its power, its beauty, and so on, and now whoformed it.Indeed many Gorean artists seem to regard themselves as little morethan vessels or instruments, the channels or means, the tools, say, thechisels or brushes, so to speak, by means of diversities, in its beauties andpowers, its flowers and storms, its laughters and rages, its delicacy andawesomeness, its subtlety and grandeur, expresses itself, and rejoices.Accordingly the Gorean artist tends not so much to be proud of his work as,oddly enough perhaps, to be grateful to it, that it consented to (pg.108)speak through him.As the hunters of the north, the singers of the ice packand of the long night have it,  No one knows from whence songs come. It isenough, and more than enough, that they come.They dispel the cold, theyilluminate the darkness.They are welcomed, in the darkness and cold, likefire, and friendship and love.The focus of the Gorean artist then, at least on the whole, tends to be on thework of art itself, not on himself as artist.Accordingly this attitude towardhis art is less likely to be one of pride than one of gratitude.This makessense as, in his view, it is not so much he who speaks as the world, in itsmany wonders, great and small, which speaks through him.He is thusly commonlymore concerned to express the world, and truth, than himself. Let us turn right here, I said.We then left the Avenue of Turia and were once again on a side street.ManyGorean streets, incidentally, do not have specific names, particularly fromone end to the other, some being known by one designation here and anotherthere.Indeed, sometimes a long, winding street will have several names,depending on its turns and so on.Others may have no names really, inthemselves, but are referred to, for example, as the street on whichSabor has his smithy, and so on.This becomes more intelligible if one thinksof  alleys. For example, alleys seldom have names.So, too, many Goreanstreets, particularly those that are smaller and much like alleys, may nothave names.One may usually hire a lad from the district to direct inquiriesof fellows in the area.In such inquiries, the male will normally speak to amale, and the female to a female.This has to do not only with matters ofpropriety, enshrined in Gorean custom, but also with common-sense securitymeasures.For example, a woman would not wish to seem forward, nor, in effect,to be calling herself to the attention of a strange male, which can bedangerous on Gor, and a woman, a free woman, might be well advised not torespond to the accostings of a strange male.He might even be a slaver, or aslaver s man, interested in seeing if she had a pleasing voice, one suitablefor a slave.Similarly if she responds to a strange male this may be taken asMagicians of Gor evidence that she is eager to please a man and obey, twoattributes which suggest her readiness, even immediately, for his collar.Onemay, of course, make such inquiries of slave girls.In such a case they areexpected to kneel immediately, being in the presence of a free man, or person,and be as helpful as possible.It is desirable, incidentally, for the girls ofa district to know the district well, in case they are asked (pg.109) fordirections and such.If they do not know the information desired, it issensible on their part to keep their head very low, even to the stones, oreven to belly to the interlocutor.This may save them a cuffing or kick.Thisstreet, however, had a name.It was Harness Street, apparently so called fromlong ago when it was once a locale of several harness makers.The  harnessmakers on Gor, provide not just harnesses but an entire line of associatedPage 72ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlproducts, such as saddles, bridles, reins, hobblings and tethers.Presumablythe harness makers on this street would not have dealt in slave harnesses.That product would have been more likely to have been, as it still was,available on the  Street of Brands, a district in which are found many of thehouses of slavers, sales barns, sales arenas, holding areas, boardingaccommodations, training facilities, and shops dealing with product linespertinent to slaves, such as collars, cosmetics, jewelry, perfumes, slavegarb, chains, binding fiber and disciplinary devices.In such a district onemay have a girl s septum or ears pierced.There are many varieties of slaveharness, incidentally, with various purposes, such as discipline, display andsecurity.Many of them are extremely lovely on a woman, and many, by suchadjustments as cinching, tightening, and buckling, may be fitted closely andexquisitely to the individual slave. Look, I said,  there is a woman in garments of Cosian cut. I wonder how she would look on her knees, in a slave rag, said Marcus. I do not know, I said [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]