Month: October 2016
Soft and Strong: Notes on Water
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I. โWater 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 anโฆ
Source: Soft and Strong: Notes on Water
โบGreek Mythology: โAndromeda and Perseusโ / Poetry: โOn The Sonnetโ, by John Keats ๐ซ.-
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โPerseus 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 Andromedaโs 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 Medusaโs 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 wearingHadesโsย helm, whichโฆ
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Poetry / Poesรญa: William Shakespeare: โSonnet CXVI” / “Soneto CXVI”.-
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โ Poetry / Poesรญa:
William Shakespeare: โSonnet ย CXVIโ / โSoneto CXVIโ:
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โ Poesรญa: William Shakespeare: โSoneto CXVIโ:
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โ William Shakespeare:ย โSonnet 116โ:
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โ William Shakespeare: โSonnet 116โ: ย โLet me not to the marriage of true mindsโ:
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โ William Shakespeareยดs Sonnet 116:
โSummary & 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 theโฆ
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Cine: “Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont” / Poesรญa: “Daffodils” de William Wordsworth.-
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William Wordsworth: โI Wandered Lonely as a Cloudโ / โDaffodilsโ:
I Wanderโ dย lonely as a cloud/ That floats on high oโer 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 stretchโd 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 eyeโฆWhich is the bliss of solitude;
And thenโฆ
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โบGreek Mythology: โMetamorphosesโ by Ovid / “Flowers and Plants in some Greek Myths II” ๐น.-
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โThe Tree of Forgiveness.โ by Edward Burne-Jones. 19th century.
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โโMetamorphosesโ by Ovid:
โMetamorphosesโ by Ovid. Illustration by George Sandys. 1632.
In my previous post, I have mentioned Ovidยดs book โMetamorphosesโas a key source of Greek Mythology.ย
โMetamorphosesโย is a narrative poem in fifteen books by the Roman poetย Ovid, completed in 8ย CE.
It is a โmock-epicโ poem, writtenย in dactylic hexameter, the form of the great epic poems of the ancient tradition, such asย โThe Iliadโย andย ย โThe Odyssey.
This poemย describes the creation and history of the world, incorporating many classical myths.
Love and hubrisย are main topics inย Ovidยดs โMetamorphosesโ.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 Ovidโs time, major attempts were made to regulate morality by creating legal and illegal forms of love, by encouraging marriageโฆ
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Carl Jung: Hitler himself (from what I heard) is more than half crazy.
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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.
StandardCarl Jung: If they [England & France] should lose the war, we also shall not escape the reign of the Antichrist.
StandardTo 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 includinโฆ







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