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#Songs of Innocence and of Experience
salstini · 2 years
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today’s little book haul! i got these two super cute bookmarks for free too
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veryslowreader · 11 months
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Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake
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acciomylove · 2 months
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i was in lit today & we were analyzing the sick rose - williams blake. my teacher was explaining how the line: "the invisible worm" and similar descriptions in literature can be used as phallic symbols.
i immediately started giggling. i was the only person who laughed ... i was incredibly flustered by my apparent immaturity, but also confused because my class is definitely not comprised of anyone too mature to laugh at a dick joke.
i was right. as soon as my teacher explained that "phallic" was basically synonymous with penis, the entire room burst out with laughter. so then i realized that i wasn't immature, i was just the only person who knew what "phallic" meant ...
is the meaning of "phallic" not common knowledge?
i've always loved studying greek and roman mythology, especially art depicting or related to the myths. whenever i read up on the histories of various sculptures, stories and architecture, terms like "phallus" had always shown up quite commonly to describe symbolic themes.
anyways im clearly still embarassed because i haven't stopped thinking about today's lesson for the past 9 hours ...
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blackhyena · 9 months
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William Blake, plates from Songs of Innocence and of Experience.
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mercuriiai · 4 months
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12. Faust, Midas and Myself -- Switchfoot
I've seen you here before, I know your name Yeah, you could have your pick of pretty things You could have it all, everything at once Everything you've seen, everything you'll need Everything you've ever had in fantasies
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hanzajesthanza · 1 year
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the short stories are actually really provocative and profound, heartrending and disturbing and thought-provoking and funny all at the same time and in such a short amount of space.
but i feel like when n*tflix touched them, they were the first victim of a withering away and soul sapping for me, in which i couldn't bear to be around the kinds of discussions and jokes and everything which were coming up at that time as fundamental misunderstandings of them so it just became very painful and very banal because they were all, in essence, forgotten.
however, that damage is not irreversable.
particularly in the case of a good adaptation, the musical, i have begun to remember all of why i love the short stories so much, just how good and painful to my heart they are, as well as thinking more deeply about some aspects which i had not previously considered or paid a lot of attention to (in lieu of other things which excited me more).
i think the biggest strength of a "good" adaptation and a "good" fandom is that they make you realize things you hadn't, interested in parts that weren't your 'favorite,' and generally expanding your mind and love of the source material. in contrast, a "bad" adaptation or "bad" fandom is that which makes you wish to forget and eventually end up forgetting your love and leaving it behind yourself. "good" is to remember, "bad" is to forget.
#txt#the witcher books#the witcher musical#what i mean here is that sometimes there are things you KNOW but you don't think deeply about and you don't consider the ramifications of#for instance i knew that the waters of brokilon erased your memories to make you a dryad but did i care all that much? not really#because i was so focused on geralt and ciri's relationship that the waters were just something i didn't want to happen to ciri#but hearing braenn's song from the musical made my jaw drop with emotion and horror realizing how impactful that experience would be#similarly ciri's song about the nature in brokilon made me realize that her wonder at all of these beauties is something so rare and#impossible in every single other part of the world because brokilon is The Last Place.#literally no other child - no other HUMAN - will ever see these sights she saw. and she's singing to geralt that she wishes he could see it#but really she is singing to all humans of the continent and therefore the entire audience#because also ciri is such a character as that she is innocent and believes in goodness and justice at this point#such as when she says that calanthe says elves and dryads are good and when she asks yennefer about drawing too much Power#so she's singing: i wish the world could be beautiful and i wish humans were not so cruel (the message of the song not her intention)#i won't even mention what waters of brokilon (song) brings to the table in terms of character understanding rn bc i'm procrastinating#ALSO THE STORY OF THE CAT AND THE FOX....... JAZZY TUNE.... GERALT DAD MOMENTS.... CIRI DANCING.... OK#twn critical#um and considering i just named three sword of destiny songs. the n*tflix series did NOT EVEN HAVE SWORD OF DESTINY.
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hayleylovesjessica · 5 months
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that-mangy-mutt · 2 months
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Did he who made the lamb make me?
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this is based of the poems by William Blake in Songs of Innocence and of Experience (specifically “The Lamb” and “The Tyger”)
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cha-cha-cheer · 1 year
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nicoscheer · 7 months
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01 Sep '23
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Uhm that clip of sculptures Jesus on a speed boat help me
Also “im staying in my canoe and calling it a writing tool” while rowing with his guitar
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lisamarie-vee · 1 year
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salstini · 2 years
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I got asked to choose (and share) some of the prettiest books that I own ✨📚
For more “regular” books, my pick was my copy of Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin (published by Everyman’s Library) and two poetry books from the Clothbound Penguin Classics series: Song of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake and Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St Agnes and Other Poems by John Keats. For Giovanni’s Room in particular, I both really love the cover and what the book looks like without the cover, with the gold lettering on the spine, and how elegant the endpapers look!
And finally, two honorable mentions: Useless Magic by Florence Welch, and Love Is Enough by Andrea Zanatelli. I love that together they form a sort of set, with the heart imagery framed in the front. Both are beautiful books filled with lots of artistic imagery.
And finally, two honorable mentions: Useless Magic by Florence Welch, and Love Is Enough by Andrea Zanatelli. I love that together they form a sort of set, with the heart imagery framed in the front. Both are beautiful books filled with lots of artistic imagery.
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emiel2d · 9 months
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william blake is becoming a huge inspiration to me. i was always obsessed with the chimney sweeper but i just got a copy of songs of innocence and experience and i am so enamored.
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godofsmallthings · 1 year
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As someone who likes gaylor but but became detached, it really turned me off how mainstream Gaylor views required you to disregard excessive amounts of what Taylor has said to be true. Particularly with ATWTMV it really bugged me how some high profile Gaylors accused her of making it up as age gap relationships were topical. Same with people denying she was with John. Like that man is abusive and you’ll aid his agenda because she couldn’t possibly be bi or your ~sources~ couldn’t be wrong
yep! i think the rigidity of opinions and absolute refusal to acknowledge that anything else could possibly be true is really what turned me off in the past couple years. fwiw i know i and a lot of other gaylors had the belief that jm was like The One Real Guy, but i think atw10 was actually a huge catalyst in my shifting mindset even if i didn't realize it at the time. it's frustrating to never be able to take taylor at her word, and i think operating under the guise that someone is lying every time they say anything can pretty easily turn into victim-blaming and just generally getting unreasonably angry at them over things you essentially invented (i've seen this happen countless times and definitely used to get caught up in the cycle). and it's like...i think if this woman is saying she was in these traumatizing and earth-shattering relationships with these men, it feels a little reductive not to be able to take her at her word and believe what she's saying. unfortunately, the way a lot of gaylor rhetoric manifests sort of lends itself to crossing over into these kinds of reductive implications if taken too far (this is true of the antisemitism and biphobia as well). but i also want to caveat that i really hate when everyone who thinks taylor could be queer is painted out to be this way because that's just as bad, not to mention objectively incorrect (not a specific dig at you, anon, just a general point of nuance i think it's important to reiterate).
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blackhyena · 9 months
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William Blake, plates from Songs of Innocence and of Experience.
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wyrm-in-the-apple · 2 years
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Listen/purchase: A Poison Tree - Words by William Blake by Unwoman
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Mare vibes
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