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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Soul and Spirit

Filed under: General,Geometry — Tags: , , — m759 @ 9:29 pm

This morning's post, "Shining," gave James Hillman's 1976 remarks
on the distinction between soul  and spirit .

The following images may help illustrate these concepts.

http://www.log24.com/log/pix11/110111-BlockDesignsAndGeometry.jpg

The distinction as illustrated by Jeff Bridges —

Soul

http://www.log24.com/log/pix11/110110-CrazyHeart225.jpg

Spirit

http://www.log24.com/log/pix11/110111-BridgesObadiahSm.jpg

The mirror has two faces (at least).

Postscript from a story, "The Zahir," in the Borges manner,
  by Mark Jason Dominus (programmer of the quilt designs above)—

"I  left that madhouse gratefully."

Dominus is also the author of…

http://www.log24.com/log/pix11/110111-HigherOrderPerl.gif

Click for details.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Big Time*

Filed under: General — Tags: — m759 @ 12:00 pm

(True Grid continued)

"They're gonna put me in the movies,
They're gonna make a big star out of me…"

http://www.log24.com/log/pix11/110110-CrazyHeart.jpg

“Thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges.”  
Twelfth Night ,
Act V, Sc. I  [text]

See also this journal on Twelfth Night, 2011.

* Background:

   The Changewar stories of Fritz Leiber, including Big Time  and "Damnation Morning."

   The Shakespearean fool of Dec. 30 is also not without relevance.

Friday, March 12, 2010

Group Characters

Filed under: General,Geometry — Tags: , , — m759 @ 11:07 am

Steve Pond on “Crazy Heart”

“… this gentle little movie… is, after all, a character study– and in an alcoholic country singer named Bad Blake, we’ve got one hell of a character.”

And then there’s Baaad Blake–

Group Characters, from 'Symmetry,' Pergamon Press, 1963

Related material:

This journal on the president of
London’s Blake Society
and
Wikipedia on the founder of
Pergamon Press

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