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Soft and Strong: Notes on Water

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Water, “Vehicle of Nature”

I. โ€Water nourishes and soothes us. But this same stuff also carved the Grand Canyon out of solid rock over the course of millennia, and every day thunders down with unimaginable fury at Niagara anโ€ฆ

Source: Soft and Strong: Notes on Water

โ–บGreek Mythology: โ€œAndromeda and Perseusโ€ / Poetry: โ€œOn The Sonnetโ€, by John Keats ๐Ÿ’ซ.-

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Perseus and Andromeda by Gustave Moreau. 1869. โ€œPerseus and Andromedaโ€ by Gustave Moreau. 1869.

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Andromedawas theย beautiful daughter of King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeiaย ofย ย Joppa in Palestine (called Ethiopia).

Cassiopeia had offendedthe Nereids by boasting that Andromeda was more beautiful than they, so in revenge Poseidonย sent a sea monster called Cetusย to ravage Cepheusโ€™ kingdomย as divine punishment.

Since only Andromedaโ€™s sacrifice would appease the gods, she was chained to a rock and left to be devoured by the monster.

Meanwhile, Perseus had already killed theย fearsome Gorgon Medusaย .

As heย was riding the winged horse, Pegasus over Africa in his return home, he encountered the Titan Atlas, who challenged him.ย 

In their confrontation, Perseus used Medusaโ€™s head to turn the Titan into stone.ย 

Later on, he came across theย beautifulย chained Andromeda, and as he did, he approached Cetus while being invisible (because he was wearingHadesโ€™sย helm, whichโ€ฆ

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Poetry / Poesรญa: William Shakespeare: โ€œSonnet CXVI” / “Soneto CXVI”.-

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โ™ Poetry / Poesรญa:

William Shakespeare: โ€œSonnet ย CXVIโ€ / โ€œSoneto CXVIโ€:

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โ™ Poesรญa: William Shakespeare: โ€œSoneto CXVIโ€:

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โ™ William Shakespeare:ย โ€œSonnet 116โ€:

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โ™ William Shakespeare: โ€œSonnet 116โ€: ย โ€œLet me not to the marriage of true mindsโ€:

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โ™ William Shakespeareยดs Sonnet 116:

โ€œSummary & Analysisโ€:

Shakespeareยดs Sonnet 116 ย was first published in 1609. Its structure and form are a typical example of the Shakespearean Sonnet

The poet begins by stating he should not stand in the way of true love. Love cannot be true if it changes for any reason. Love is supposed to be constant, through any difficulties. In the sixth line, a nautical reference is made, alluding that love is much like the north star to sailors. Love should also not fade with time; instead, true love lasts forever.

This sonnet attempts to define love, by telling both what it is and is not. In theโ€ฆ

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Cine: “Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont” / Poesรญa: “Daffodils” de William Wordsworth.-

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William Wordsworth: โ€œI Wandered Lonely as a Cloudโ€ / โ€œDaffodilsโ€:

I Wanderโ€™ dย lonely as a cloud/ That floats on high oโ€™er vales and hills/
When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils/Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze/Continuous as the stars that shine/And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretchโ€™d in never-ending line/Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance./The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed โ€” and gazed โ€” but little thought/ What wealth the show to me had brought: or oft, when on my couch I lie/ In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eyeโ€ฆWhich is the bliss of solitude;
And thenโ€ฆ

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โ–บGreek Mythology: โ€œMetamorphosesโ€ by Ovid / “Flowers and Plants in some Greek Myths II” ๐ŸŒน.-

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"The Tree of Forgiveness." by Edward Burne-Jones. 19th century. โ€œThe Tree of Forgiveness.โ€ by Edward Burne-Jones. 19th century.

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โ‡’โ€œMetamorphosesโ€ by Ovid:

"Metamorphoses" by Ovid. Illustration by George Sandys. 1632. โ€œMetamorphosesโ€ by Ovid. Illustration by George Sandys. 1632.

In my previous post, I have mentioned Ovidยดs book โ€œMetamorphosesโ€as a key source of Greek Mythology.ย 

โ€œMetamorphosesโ€ย is a narrative poem in fifteen books by the Roman poetย Ovid, completed in 8ย CE.

It is a โ€œmock-epicโ€ poem, writtenย in dactylic hexameter, the form of the great epic poems of the ancient tradition, such asย โ€œThe Iliadโ€ย andย ย โ€œThe Odyssey.

This poemย describes the creation and history of the world, incorporating many classical myths.

Love and hubrisย are main topics inย Ovidยดs โ€œMetamorphosesโ€.ย 
Unlike the predominantly romantic notions of Love, Ovid considered love more as a dangerous, destabilizing force.
However, there is an explanation for this attitude: during the reign of Augustus, the Roman emperor duringย Ovidโ€™s time, major attempts were made to regulate morality by creating legal and illegal forms of love, by encouraging marriageโ€ฆ

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Carl Jung: Hitler himself (from what I heard) is more than half crazy.

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Anonymousdear Mrs. N., 5 October 1939If there hadnโ€™t been such a throng of things lately I surely would have written to you long ago. It is a curious thing that the closer people are to very โ€ฆ

Source: Carl Jung: Hitler himself (from what I heard) is more than half crazy.

Carl Jung: Hitler himself (from what I heard) is more than half crazy.

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Carl Jung: If they [England & France] should lose the war, we also shall not escape the reign of the Antichrist.

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To Henriette GoodrichMy dear Mrs. Goodrich, 20 May 1940Your very kind letter has touched me profoundly. I hope I have not to avail myself of your most generous proposition. My whole family includinโ€ฆ

Source: Carl Jung: If they [England & France] should lose the war, we also shall not escape the reign of the Antichrist.

Carl Jung: If they [England & France] should lose the war, we also shall not escape the reign of the Antichrist.

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