Tag Archives: Sandro Botticelli

bliss is golden: balancing act of invisible glory

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Dave

A is to B as B is to C. See? But, seeing is not always believing.How does one mediate opposites which appear contradictory and hostile to one another? Jung suggested a transcendent function which is a combination of conscious and … Continue reading →

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the living clocks: navigation by the sun

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Dave

Does the season go off inside of us, like a ringing in the blood? People have always associated the burgeoning of spring with the coming of warmer weather; the spring warmth, we feel, has roused the earth from dormancy. But … Continue reading →

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IDOL GOSSIP: FEED YOUR SLEEPLESS HEAD

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Dave

G.I. Gurdjieff was one of the most important spiritual figures of the 20th century. Controversial and cloaked in mystery, his mythology is as rich as it is questionable. He claimed to have traveled from his native Armenia to the Far … Continue reading →

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BLONDE AMBITION & SEDITION: THE WHITE VEIL

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Dave

The woman’s legs seemed to go on forever. It was hard to tell exactly whom they belonged to, or what she was thinking, but their purpose was clear, dominating a billboard for a new condo…. drawing the eyes of admirers … Continue reading →

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TROY AS MYTHOLOGICAL PLOY & APHRODITE AS TOY

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Dave

”The three goddesses (Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite) asked Zeus to present the apple of discord — a beautiful gold sphere — to the one who deserved the title kallista ‘most beautiful’. I know some of the other gods were surprised … Continue reading →

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CARE & HANDLING OF BARBARIANS

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Dave

Expecting the Barbarians refers to an incident in early Roman history when the barbarians did arrive. The irony is that, in the poem, they do not arrive. The idea being that the ”barbarian” is interior to the individual, representing the … Continue reading →

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SHARPEN YOUR KNIFE & SOFTEN YOUR TONGUE

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Dave

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s final novel was the ”The Marble Faun” and was inspired and strung together from his notebook that he kept in Rome. The intensity of the subject matter and its interplay between the Jewish and Christian themes within a … Continue reading →

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HERESY OF THE FREE SPIRIT

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Dave

“the adepts of the Free Spirit did not form a single church but rather a number of likeminded groups, each with its own messiah and each with its own particular practices, rites and articles of belief.” It is characteristic of … Continue reading →

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PRIMAVERA AND THE HERMETIC OCTAVE

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Dave

Interpreting the mythology of a work of art may fall under the domain of the art sleuth, and an intrepid one at that.Take for example Sandro Botticelli’s masterpiece, ”Primavera”. Those who are willing to settle for a poetical tableau and … Continue reading →