Jul
21
Foreshadowings, etc.
July 21, 2008 | 2 Comments
So today’s talk of typology was hugely interesting and now I sort of feel like I should go read the Bible through a couple times and try and catch some of this stuff myself. But seeing as I am, like everyone else I think, being swallowed up by a paper at the moment, that doesn’t [...]
Jul
15
Book eiiiiiight!
July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Gearing up for presentation; checking stuff over, making sure I’m not putting my foot in my mouth, etc.
If there’s a moment of enfolded sublimity for my presentation, it’s definitely “sweet reluctant amorous delay.” But more about that later. Hopefully. For no reason, here is a poem–
“To Me He Seems Like a God”
Sappho (610-580BC)
To me [...]
Jun
30
Self-doubt & Responsibility
June 30, 2008 | 3 Comments
The discussion today about Milton’s consideration of self-doubt and self-esteem really caught my attention. Milton knows he has a gift, and he knows that God has given him this gift in order for him to use it; he sees that there’s no point in denying this. Denying it would, in fact, be a refutation of [...]
Jun
24
This has a title now.
June 24, 2008 | 2 Comments
What do you do with an imagination that can bring a vision before your eyes that you cannot inhabit?
For reference, the five Milton fascinations: beginnings, loss, delay, ambition and choice.
We can all imagine things. Even the sadly unimaginative can see the ways the future might go. When you’re trying to figure out what [...]