tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401220900101695940.post7257757336957106167..comments2023-04-01T04:22:22.567-07:00Comments on PASSAGES: The Shudder and the Otherjacky bowringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01834663623710845854noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401220900101695940.post-91410546114528379582009-06-18T12:46:02.701-07:002009-06-18T12:46:02.701-07:00What a marvellous image, book-as-axe! And the fro...What a marvellous image, book-as-axe! And the frozen sea! <br />Thanks!!jacky bowringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834663623710845854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401220900101695940.post-83566166250781826812009-06-18T05:41:05.430-07:002009-06-18T05:41:05.430-07:00perhaps related?
"Ein Buch muss die Axt sein...perhaps related?<br /><br />"Ein Buch muss die Axt sein für das gefrorene Meer in uns" (Kafka)<br /><br />"A book has to be the axe for the frozen sea inside us" - i think 'frozen sea' could be a good metaphor for the reified consciousness, couldn't it?Roxanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05650840495095863057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401220900101695940.post-39841285634042846212009-06-15T20:26:52.384-07:002009-06-15T20:26:52.384-07:00Excellent - a very vivid and evocative image ....
...Excellent - a very vivid and evocative image ....<br /><br />many thanks (and thanks Roxana ... indeed!)jacky bowringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834663623710845854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401220900101695940.post-85726873603663950962009-06-15T16:26:27.476-07:002009-06-15T16:26:27.476-07:00"life in the subject is nothing but what shud..."life in the subject is nothing but what shudders"... I like this very much. You may be interested in Homer's use of the image of bristling wheat to describe the hair-on-end standing up when "thymos" (anger, passion) evaporates:<br /><br />http://kvond.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/the-bristling-of-wheat-the-warming-of-the-thymos/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401220900101695940.post-9262068560442100202009-06-15T06:33:40.880-07:002009-06-15T06:33:40.880-07:00i think that only shudder can be the response to t...i think that only shudder can be the response to this post, Jacky -Roxanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05650840495095863057noreply@blogger.com