"the predicate* of bright origin"
— A phrase of Wallace Stevens quoted here yesterday
One origin, noted here on January 25—
This commemorated the death of noted discographer Brian Rust.
Rust appears in today's New York Times obituary index—
Also in today's obituaries: artist Alan Uglow, who reportedly died on January 20.
A link ("Noland") from this journal on that date leads to… a geometric origin.
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“At the still point, |
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What Stevens's "predicate" is, I do not know.
Eliot's predicate would seem to be "still."
Related material— The dance from "Pulp Fiction"** illustrated here
on the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels last year.
* Some background for the Hall of Philosophy (yesterday's post)—
"Unity of the Proposition" at Wikipedia and at Oxford University Press.
** A flickr.com page gives examples. (The link is thanks to The Ghost Light).