tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post5253443947164535764..comments2023-10-17T08:19:58.196-04:00Comments on FreeThinke: FreeThinkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-59439238034634334892012-12-15T19:15:09.514-05:002012-12-15T19:15:09.514-05:00"Isn't life a terrible thing -- thank God...<i>"Isn't life a terrible thing -- thank God?!"</i><br /><br />~ Dylan Thomas speaking through the character Polly Garter in "Under Milkwood"FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-64618143891890674942012-12-15T16:43:23.015-05:002012-12-15T16:43:23.015-05:00Indeed.Indeed.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-39790825380934112542012-12-15T16:08:35.726-05:002012-12-15T16:08:35.726-05:00What could I possibly say to that?
Love demands c...What could I possibly say to that?<br /><br />Love demands continual sacrifice. There can be no Yin with Yang -- no Eros without Thanatos. <br /><br /><br /><b><i>For each ecstatic instant<br />We must an anguish pay<br />In keen and quivering ratio<br />To the ecstasy.<br /><br />For each beloved hour<br />Shap pittances of years --<br />bitter contested farthings --<br />And coffers heaped with tears.</i></b><br /><br />~ Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-64838395131778993872012-12-15T12:32:44.906-05:002012-12-15T12:32:44.906-05:00Now return my manhood to me, you castrating b*star...Now return my manhood to me, you castrating b*stardo! ;)<br /><br />My leon needs his cour.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-46562639079740397472012-12-15T12:31:16.541-05:002012-12-15T12:31:16.541-05:00Hesiod, "Theogony"...
And Earth first b...Hesiod, "Theogony"...<br /><br /><i>And Earth first bare starry Heaven, equal to herself, to cover her on every side, and to be an ever-sure abiding-place for the blessed gods. And she brought forth long Hills, graceful haunts of the goddess-Nymphs who dwell amongst the glens of the hills. She bare also the fruitless deep with his raging swell, Pontus, without sweet union of love.</i><br /><br />---<br /><br /><i> (ll. 176-206) And Heaven came, bringing on night and longing for love, and he lay about Earth spreading himself full upon her (7).<br /><br />Then the son (Kronos) from his ambush stretched forth his left hand and in his right took the great long sickle with jagged teeth, and swiftly lopped off his own father's members and cast them away to fall behind him. And not vainly did they fall from his hand; for all the bloody drops that gushed forth Earth received, and as the seasons moved round she bare the strong Erinyes and the great Giants with gleaming armour, holding long spears in their hands and the Nymphs whom they call Meliae (8) all over the boundless earth. And so soon as he had cut off the members with flint and cast them from the land into the surging sea, they were swept away over the main a long time: and a white foam spread around them from the immortal flesh, and in it there grew a maiden. First she drew near holy Cythera, and from there, afterwards, she came to sea-girt Cyprus, and came forth an awful and lovely goddess, and grass grew up about her beneath her shapely feet. Her gods and men call Aphrodite, and the foam-born goddess and rich-crowned Cytherea, because she grew amid the foam, and Cytherea because she reached Cythera, and Cyprogenes because she was born in billowy Cyprus, and Philommedes (9) because sprang from the members. And with her went Eros, and comely Desire followed her at her birth at the first and as she went into the assembly of the gods. This honour she has from the beginning, and this is the portion allotted to her amongst men and undying gods, -- the whisperings of maidens and smiles and deceits with sweet delight and love and graciousness. </i>Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-72426630365678393182012-12-15T12:13:57.968-05:002012-12-15T12:13:57.968-05:00from the fear of losing love, passion is born. Fo...from the fear of losing love, <a href="http://youtu.be/PR4ruLv-xW0" rel="nofollow">passion</a> is born. For fear lies at the <a href="http://farmersletters.blogspot.com/2011/10/is-fear-heart-of-love.html" rel="nofollow">"heart" of love</a>.<br /><br />Although much like the prospect of attaining "Sappho" for a man's love, she is "unattainable. She is the objet petit 'a arising from manque (lack).Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-88329303050486231162012-12-15T11:04:04.820-05:002012-12-15T11:04:04.820-05:00And what of the clearly erotic relationship betwee...And what of the clearly erotic relationship between man an beast?FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-84821578089613633082012-12-14T21:35:54.626-05:002012-12-14T21:35:54.626-05:00Unless you can hear an echo...Unless you can hear an echo...Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-21986525290372337522012-12-14T21:11:05.120-05:002012-12-14T21:11:05.120-05:00Here's what it means. If there's anything ...Here's what it means. If there's anything better than a little pussy it's a big pussy.<br /><br />Dick WildeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-9806947235220945582012-12-14T19:47:24.572-05:002012-12-14T19:47:24.572-05:00Failure to trust sufficiently in Love leads to dis...Failure to trust sufficiently in Love leads to disenchantment, betrayal, destruction and death.<br /><br />Perhaps a little too pat, but plausible certainly.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-20186597504560924072012-12-14T12:37:23.444-05:002012-12-14T12:37:23.444-05:00Fear over love.Fear over love.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-62443265497875481872012-12-14T12:35:32.505-05:002012-12-14T12:35:32.505-05:00Hence the "regret" of protagonist of the...Hence the "regret" of protagonist of the Balzac tale, for in this case, a form of the world of "G_d w/o mankind" triumphed.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-34941434385081143902012-12-14T12:25:21.884-05:002012-12-14T12:25:21.884-05:00Actually, I've been thinking about this more a...Actually, I've been thinking about this more and more, and I believe that ALL the 'cats" in the stories represent different "forms" of power.<br /><br />And so, perhaps the selection of the "cat" represents the manner in which the "power" is exercised, be it "stealthily" at night, or "in broad daylight".<br /><br />And I think that the "genders" selected may represent the male/female principles, be they "active-male" or "passive-female", depending on whether the protagonist chooses to "fight" or "co-exist" with the power in question. IMO, the choice of THIS protagonist to "kill" the panther represents a "weakness" of character, whereas in the case of the Life of Pi, a great strength.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-85138219109402890462012-12-14T10:11:52.266-05:002012-12-14T10:11:52.266-05:00Curious that Balzac very clearly describes a femal...Curious that Balzac very clearly describes a female<i>leopard</i> but Dowson, his translator, persistently refers to her as a <i>panther.</i> Then the painter, Henri Rousseau, who obviously seems to have been inspired by Balzac's tale, depicts a <i>male</i> LION.<br /><br />Then the fierce jungle cat in The Life of Pi is represented as a <i>tiger.</i><br /><br />Could there be any special significance in the use of these differing types of jungle felines -- or is that just the result of "artistic license?"<br /><br />Or does it simply mean the story, the painting and The Life of Pi have no true relationship to one another at all. Could the feline metaphor be nothing more than a coincidence?<br /><br />Thersites provided links the other day showing the use of jungle cat images -- particularly the leopard -- in ancient Greek mythology.<br /><br />Could Balzac's tale possibly be read as allegory? Is it mere fantasy with no more significance than a psychedelic "trip" and no meaning applicable to ordinary existence whatsoever?<br /><br />It seems more like a LOVE STORY to me -- but one that explores the tragic consequences of harboring the kind of suspicion and distrust that inevitably leads to betrayal and the dissolution of affection and devotion.<br /><br />Possibly an exploration of the adage <b>"Each man kills the thing he loves, the coward with a kiss, the brave man with a sword."</b><br /><br />Whatever it may mean this is a compelling, thought-provoking tale. It has haunted me ever since I first read it -- FIFTY-SEVEN years ago.<br /><br />~ FTFreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.com