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One thing that was kind of annoying me was the virgin captures stories because obviously they resulted from a mix of old fables and heavy misogyny and religious views, but— this man truly has some words to say. He is peeling back the layers of a dense thicket and sometimes I get tired but he gets back to his point eventually and I suddenly see the landscape beyond, the beauty— his last words of the chapter
— Jul 10, 2026 04:07PM
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Okay. So I’ve only read the introduction and WOW this man is an artist as well as a scholar. He is SO painfully aware of how stiff and factual books like this can be, and at first, I misjudged him for being just that and bemoaning that he wasn’t enchanting me. But man. Two pages in an he’s slinging a Michael Angelo style brush in this book. I have to put the line that made me slam the book close and—
— Feb 05, 2026 02:25PM
“The conclusion at which we arrive is a surprising one. On the one hand we have the rich and mystical beauty of the Holy Hunt comprising in one packed symbol the conception, life, and death of Christ—a symbol branching out into literature, flowering profusely in the arts, entangled with the central religious passion of the Middle Ages. On the other hand we have a ludicrous tale about the antics of a she-monkey trained to decoy the rhinoceros by scratching his belly and back. Our inference that the religious symbol is derived from the gross hunter's tale may be repugnant to some sensibilities, but the apparent contrast is exactly of the kind that confronts us everywhere in our probing toward the bases of life, of beauty, even of love. Ultimately we have to decide whether we shall think less highly of the flower or contrive to think somewhat better of the earth from which it grows…”
Gorgeous. Period. He SAID that. Anyway. I’m PLODDING through this book, but I don’t really mind because I JUST GOT TO A PICTURE!!! JAJAJA. And I’m enjoying plodding through it. No need to truck of course. We’re in a wilderness right now and being a little parched and annoyed and a bit thirsty is expected. Bye!!! Time to read Haymitch’s stupid, degenerate book.