Male |
July 21 1963 |
Fort Wayne, IN |
Paki lowered his lyre. “Some things are an outrage. You did not answer. He asked if you loved. We have spent time together. I have wondered. To be honest, I thought you enjoyed being with other men. Over time, I saw this was not the case. Still I have never seen you lust. You know my loves. I have many, sometimes two, three at a time. I easily fall. I could name many. A man of passion, I will probably be in love before the week is through.” Paki began playing the flute. Legion. |
Actaeon entered. Nymphs cried, covering Artemis, hiding. Artemis, standing, cursed Actaeon to a stag, a meal for his hounds. |
I write this as one who lost his freedom at 16, then lost his country at 24. Consequently, I have lived in exile for 50 plus years during which Tibetans have dedicated ourselves to keeping Tibetan identity alive, preserving our culture and values. DL |
librivox.org; Hulu Plus The Criterion Collection; Rabbi Nachman www.azamra.org/essential.shtml Jewish writer Rodger Kamenentz: rodgerkamenetz.com |
Hulu Criterion Favs: Lost Honor of Katharina Blum. Seven Seals. Rossellini Cartsius (Descartes), War Trilogy, La Strada |
Homer (wrath), The Bible, Mythology, Catholic Saints, Monastic life, Greco-Roman history, Greek Tragedies, Dacian culture. Count of Monte Cristo (futility of wrath) |
Hermann Hesse, Albert Camus, Franz Kafka, Nikos Kazantzakis, Romano Guardini, St Augustine, Thomas Merton, Larry McMurtry, Hienrich Boll, Fyodor D, Michael Dibdin, Cormac McCarthy, Flannery O'Connor, Frank Miller, Dumas |
Hindu chariot=human. Horses=senses: taste, touch, sight, smell, hearing. Strong horses. Reins held. Not too tight or loose. Socrates charioteer=soul. “…human charioteer drives a pair; one noble, other ignoble. Misery outweighs mastering trouble.” |
We are thy children, we alone of all On earth‘s broad ways that wander to and fro Bearing thine image wheresoe‘r we go. Cleanthers ‘Hymn to Zeus‘” |
Poor little rose beaten by the rain. In the wind and the gail thunder and the hail Sometimes I feel like I'm goin' insane Without the numbness of the pain so intense to feel, especially now when added up through the years. Ryan Adams, a favorite. |
Cleopatra, true intellect, a unique gifted mind. A child, neglected, needy. Possessing pure intellect, seeking the library. What a presence, a child amongst scrolls. Her innocent voice, open energy, beckoning. The child a wizard with languages. |