I've been listening to a CD of Tolkein reading his own stuff. I've always been fascinated with hearing artists read their own work, nut there's another aspect as well- voices from beyond.
When I studied latin in high school, we read Horace, Ovid, Ceasar and various other dead folk's stuff.
I know, they're all dead white guys (though those definitions were not extant they way they are today, and some of these guys were just about as white as christ -)
and Ceaser was a freaking sociopath, but he was a sociopath over two thousand years ago. and he had a lot to say about those blue painted gauls..
For an interesting non-white- non male dead person's work, a voice from the past full of life, try the tale of genji by murasaki shikibu.
When I studied latin in high school, we read Horace, Ovid, Ceasar and various other dead folk's stuff.
I know, they're all dead white guys (though those definitions were not extant they way they are today, and some of these guys were just about as white as christ -)
and Ceaser was a freaking sociopath, but he was a sociopath over two thousand years ago. and he had a lot to say about those blue painted gauls..
For an interesting non-white- non male dead person's work, a voice from the past full of life, try the tale of genji by murasaki shikibu.
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Have you heard Neil Gaiman read his stuff? He has such a lovely storyteller's voice. *sighs* Some authors just have the perfect voices for their stories, ya know?
Thank you for the "feel betters". I always appreciate them. The lovely seaside did wonders for my sniffles and my mood. Yay sea! I even discovered a few of Cthulu's cousins, if you check the pics. Teehee!
If you get that lesbian strip club gig, call me up! I would totally do a dance off with you.
It was Knsna and Radha in my journal. That picture just fills me with joy. Such a vision of love endless and devoted. Sometimes I feel like I'm on that swing, soaring with all the beauty of divinity.
While I was at the beach, I thought of the Issa haiku about the fly when we were having our picnic. It made me smile. How I love sharing such wonderful things with such wonderful people. (You and Welntaod make me glow.)
Do you ever think that education is wasted on the young? There are so many things that I am FINALLY getting. If only I was there with all my past experiences and perspective now.
Teehee! I was so shy when I met Flux. I was all, like, is she going to be creeped out if I say "hi". *giggles* Dune is one of my favorite sets too. Mmmmmm . . . yummy!