F: e C: π M: i (oh complex variables, how I miss you. Though, really, I need ALL of these constants for your to be fun.)
You're a sick man, Gris.
He doesn't travel well. He's like fine shrimp.
Anya ,'Touched'
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P.M. Marc - Dec 04, 2005 8:52:12 pm PST #6711 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
DavidS - Dec 04, 2005 8:56:46 pm PST #6712 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
F: Dante (What circle of Hell will THIS put you in, Bitch?!), C: William Blake, M: John Milton (C'Mon John, you know you liked Satan better a LITTLE bit? Right? C'mon, tell me!)
You'd chuck Blake? What, are you nuts? You chuck Milton. You always chuck Milton.
P.M. Marc - Dec 04, 2005 11:23:27 pm PST #6713 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
You'd chuck Blake? What, are you nuts? You chuck Milton. You always chuck Milton.
My copy of Paradise Lost is wee and tiny and belonged to my Great-Grandmother Esme, so Milton is not ALWAYS to be chucked.
Blake, OTOH, is still TOTALLY the M in that grouping.
Now, make it F/C/M Donne, Milton, Blake, and we might have a wee problem. (F Donne? M Blake? F Blake? M Donne? Though I think perhaps I need to swap out poor Milty, who continues to get chucked.)
Sue - Dec 05, 2005 4:01:21 am PST #6714 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I don't know about M- Blake. Can we say crazier than a bag of rubber hammers?
WindSparrow - Dec 05, 2005 4:10:37 am PST #6715 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Gotta at least bang the bag of rubber hammers - with the Scottish accent, it is a biological imperative.
Gris - Dec 05, 2005 5:43:58 am PST #6716 of 10001
Hey. New board.
I've never been a big Blake fan, for some reason. I probably haven't given him enough of a chance. I've never been huge on poetry.
Polter-Cow - Dec 05, 2005 8:39:49 am PST #6717 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I kind of love you guys.
Kat - Dec 05, 2005 5:05:03 pm PST #6718 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I too have to admit that I love Blake. He's totally a Marry. His writing may have been dense and possibly indicating bat-shit-craziness, but his illustrations, particularly the illuminated prints, indicate he was visionary in the truest sense.
Also, his take on divinity, that the true Divinity would never be punitive and malicious (so unlike Dante), is the most sensical of all of them.
And, finally, he's also a Marry because when his wife couldn't conceive and the other Swedenborgians suggested they get a surrogate or concubine as would be acceptable in Swedenborgian rules, he didn't because his wife didn't want him to.
And, he taught her to read and become an illustrator too.
Blake's a keeper.
to me, Dante is always a chucker.
DavidS - Dec 05, 2005 8:55:35 pm PST #6719 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
For the record, Blake was happily married and had lots of lusty sex with his wife.
eta: oops, Kat already updated that record with Blake's M-ness.
Kat - Dec 05, 2005 8:58:06 pm PST #6720 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
And, with that list, there are plenty of problems (Dante was a bitter exile, Milton's blindness) that might be deciding factors.