[UA] Eternity

[Timothy Ferguson]

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Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 12:36 AM
Subject: [UA] Eternity


>
>
> I am a little disappointed with the Aussies on this list;  particularly
the ones
> from Sydney.  How come I had to hear from the commentators at the Olympic
> opening ceremony about the nutter who wrote the word 'Eternity' all over
Sydney
> in yellow chalk?

Because to us he's sacred, bub.  Why haven't we heard from you that Kennedy
was a fleshcrawler whoshot -his own head- off?

> Arthur Stace was a drunkard whose sisters ran brothels.  One
> day he finds religion and feels called by God to write the word 'Eternity'
in
> yellow chalk or crayon on the sidewalks and buildings of  Sydney, in the
places
> God tells him to go.

Not quite so.

> He manages to do this anonymously for twenty years or so,
> until outed in a newspaper article on June 21st, 1956.  During the
millennium
> celebration this year, 'Eternity' is written in glowing letters on the
harbor
> bridge.  I quote the organisor:  "It's incredibly Sydney.  It symbolised
for me
> the madness, mystery and magic of the city."  It then shows up in the
Olympic
> opening ceremony.

It'salso inset in an inconspicuous bronze plaque near Sydney's town hall.
The plaque is -deliberately- inconspicuous.

> I found a good article here:
> http://www.jesus.com.au/library/profiles/arthur-stace/index.html, though
I'm
> sure there are others.
>
> Ben Brighoff
>
>
>
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