Tag Archives: Dante Alighieri

The inferno on a cold January night: air conditioned pure essence

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Dave

“The Divine Comedy” is one of the great imaginative creations that have been put onto paper. It is sometimes considered the greatest Catholic poem as “Paradise Lost” by Milton is the great Protestant poem. It forms the basis of Italian … Continue reading →

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MANNERIST GARDEN: Dreams, Spirits and Sacred Wood

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Dave

The Garden of Bomarzo…. The artists that the garden has inspired include Niki de Saint Phalle and the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali, who incorporated some of its images into his paintings and who was once photographed holding a candle and … Continue reading →

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CELESTIAL TINKERING: IF IT AIN'T BROKEN DON'T FIX IT

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Dave

Today, it is difficult for us to believe that as recently as the time of Shakespeare no one knew that other world’s existed. Though the Greeks had surmised it, there was no direct proof until the invention of the telescope … Continue reading →

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A LANGUAGE OF TRICKS & TREATS: Sea of Universal Myth

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Dave

“A still further step can and must be taken, however, before we still have reached the bounds of the problem. Myth, as the psychoanalysts declare, is not a mess of errors; myth is a picture language. But the language has … Continue reading →

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WASTELAND:THE EARTH IS FIXED AT THE CENTER OF THE EGO

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Dave

In this decayed hole among the mountains, In the faint moonlight, the grass is singing Over the tumbled graves, about the chapel There is the empty chapel, only the wind’s home. It has no windows, and the door swings, Dry … Continue reading →

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MAKING OF A HERETIC: The Superfluous Trinity

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Dave

Heretics ‘R Us. For eight years Church authorities searched for a reson not to burn the quarrelsome, opinionated, and altogether brilliant troublemaker. In the end he left them no choice… …The Renaissance, as an age of transition, was not conducive … Continue reading →

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DIONYSIAN: WINE,FRENZY & the TORTURED AESTHETIC

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Dave

In more recent years, even those who admire Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” , realize the book challenges traditional values.For example, observers compare the Greek gods Apollo and Dionysus. In the same manner the wily economic behavior of modern Greeks … Continue reading →

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REAL REAL GONE: ITS A MAD MAD UNDERWORLD

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Dave

The main claim is that the Romantics turned the agenda of the Enlightenment on its head with a vengeance; it was crisis in an age of reason, the somewhat logical and not unexpected reaction to a scientific age. It was … Continue reading →

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THE ROUTING OF SAN ROMANO:PERSPECTIVE ON “RESTORING HONOR”

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Dave

“Of course, there are significant differences between the two writers: Klein imagines that the problem with the world is too much focus on capitalism at the expense of progressive values and social welfare. Beck, on the other hand, loves capitalism, … Continue reading →

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AESTHETICS OF APPETITE:SHE PLUCK'D, SHE EAT

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Dave

IIts the ontology of the appetite. Food as a metaphysical concept. And its consumption to the point of gluttony as an aesthetic. It is an emotionally charged symbol that dates from the Biblical Genesis and humanity’s fall from grace. Heck, … Continue reading →