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From the nuts we shell time and we teach it to walk:
then time returns to the shell. Paul Celan – Corona
then time returns to the shell. Paul Celan – Corona
A surreal image of the human life cycle?
May be obliquely related to Hamlet’s pronouncement: “Oh God, I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams.”
Might refer to the wine-red color inside conch shells, or else to some real or imagined pagan ritual in which shells are actually used as wine cups.
Humanitarian organization that provides disaster relief and other emergency services. The U.S. affiliate of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
The communion plate.
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Awesome! Is this an original translation??
Who’s Mike Zimmerman? Can you provide a link?
Aaron — love the additions but I’m confused by those final 2 paragraphs…can you link to where Eliot argued all that, and explain how it ties in with these particular lines?
Really interesting thesis! Is there anything you can find to support it, e.g. scholarly research or a demonstrated interest by Hayden in Afrofuturism? In general, the more you can back up your interpretations with linked citations, the better!
Not sure about second para…did they ever have that level of sophistication to lose?
Can you provide specific refs or links to the Rap Genius Bible? :)
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No love for “anal-horological”?
I changed your original — wasn’t quite sure of the connection you were drawing. Any way you could tease this out a little more?
Could you clarify this sentence?