Keats and the Web
From a letter of John Keats on the Web:
“There is the passage in a famous letter of John Keats, 19th February, 1818:
Now it appears to me that almost any Man may like the spider spin from his own inwards his own airy Citadel — the points of leaves and twigs on which the spider begins her work are few, and she fills the air with a beautiful circuiting. Man should be content with as few points to tip with the fine Web of his Soul, and weave a tapestry empyrean full of symbols for his spiritual eye, of softness for his spiritual touch, of space for his wandering, of distinctness for his luxury.”
This seems not unrelated to the observations below on commonplace books and Web logs.