Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 19:16:37 +0100
From: "steve.devos" <steve.devos-AT-krokodile.com>
Subject: Re: Hoipefully Seeking Sublime


Hugh

enjoyed this preamble - (glad to be able to communicate again)

sdv

hugh bone wrote:

> To:  All
>
> Preamble:
>
> A case could be made that Internet Fora get heaviest traffic from persons of
> very strong personal interests, who often present them
> on their own sites.
>
> Or that academics who are least busy have most time for chat.
>
> Or that those who can name the most subjects and the largest number of
> authors can't resist the impulse.
>
> Or that quoting what a white male, dead for 100 years, said about
> a white male, dead for 200 years, is what list members are dying to hear -
> remembering that being dead differs from not-being.
>
> Let's move in the direction of the sublime.via personal experience.
>
> Three short verses .....
>
>             I.
>
> A stick, a stone
> It's the end of the road
> It's feeling alone
> It's the weight of your load
>
>             II.
>
> Love is rare
> Life is strange
> Nothing lasts
> People change
>
>        III
>
> The years, like great black oxen tread the Earth
> And God the herdsman goads them on behind
> And I am broken by their passing feet.
> ~~~~~~
>
> For me, each verse has significant resonance, the last being, in some
> degree, sublime.
>
> Other instances,
>
> A certain painting of Rembrandt.
>
> Michelangelo's Pieta
>
> The Winged Victory of Samothrace
>
> Chartres Cathedral
>
> Vanessa Redgrave in "Orpheus Descending"
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> You all must/may have similar extra-ordinary experiences and your own
> concept of what is sublime.
>
> Don't misinterpret these examples of  art as being the only examples of  a
> quest for, and appreciation of, sublime feelings.
>
> On request, I will elaborate/reciprocate on a personal basis.
>
> A possible outcome:  We might or might not agree to post such interpersonal
> results on the List.
>
> Best,
> Hugh