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Sunday, November 20, 2022
On the Shoulders of Giants
A once towering god king, an embodiment of strength, frail and brought to its knees, torn apart and consumed, salvaged for parts. A living idea in its moment of death, trapped in time, trapped in its own myth, upon which we reside.
"Living idea in its moment of death" - is there any chance that this was written in conversation with Mesopotamian religion? I think that the mention of god-kings and myth primed me to read the quoted bit as a Tammuz ref. I wish this had gotten an expanded form but it's pretty effective as is, may have lost some of its punch if it was spun out. Great stuff, fam.
I wasn't specifically thinking of any religion, but probably some of those concepts indirectly affected my thinking- basically any mythology that is cyclical in nature (as opposed to linear). We discussed it in a bit more depth on my server, and I appreciated a lot of the ideas that came up, but I wasn't up for synthesizing them into something that would fit in with what I had already written at the time, but I may come back to it down the line.
I've been enjoying these short but ultra-dense little posts!
ReplyDeleteThanks :)! I was on a role with them for a while, still have a handful more I think, not sure how long it'll last.
DeleteWe've talked about this but I like the imagery that this conjures for me
ReplyDeleteYa I almost wondered if I should expand it a bit more, but then decided to just leave it as is, but ya we did go into more detail on the server.
Delete"Living idea in its moment of death" - is there any chance that this was written in conversation with Mesopotamian religion? I think that the mention of god-kings and myth primed me to read the quoted bit as a Tammuz ref. I wish this had gotten an expanded form but it's pretty effective as is, may have lost some of its punch if it was spun out. Great stuff, fam.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't specifically thinking of any religion, but probably some of those concepts indirectly affected my thinking- basically any mythology that is cyclical in nature (as opposed to linear). We discussed it in a bit more depth on my server, and I appreciated a lot of the ideas that came up, but I wasn't up for synthesizing them into something that would fit in with what I had already written at the time, but I may come back to it down the line.
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