Anmnesis-Recalling to mind, a preliminary case history of a medical or psychiatric patient. Plato believed we are born knowing everything, when we learn it we are really just remembering. It may cause the shoulders to itch as the vestigal parts of our wings began to regrow.
Most endearing line of literature-I really like "By the pricking of my thumbs something wicked this way comes". I know it is spoken by the witch in Macbeth, this is not where I encountered it. It was from a Bradbury novel titled from the quote and it was the my first meeting with Mr. Ray Bradbury. When I read this novel and read the quote it gave me the chills, and for that reason it remains memorable, and in a sense very endeared to me. It still does give me a slight tingle even as I type this.
Our lives have been scripted, we are the ruled and often victimized by fate. I know that Ol' Oedipus had a hard lesson with this one. His mom tried to abandon him only for him to come back kill his dad, and then get that carnal knowledge of his mom fo sho. All the while he does not realize this until the end. He then, like most reasonable people who may have just been carnal with a relation he stabbed out his eye-balls.
Tiresias-The blind sayer of sooth. The kinda guy that makes you a bit leery of your friends around march 15th of every year. You must be blind to see. Anyways some would say this fellow was blinded by the gods for telling secrets (maybe like when joe pesci puts that guy's head in a vice in casino?), others say it is something to do with a naked god. Story states that T saw Athena naked as she was bathing, so to punish him for this she blinded him (hell hath no fury). T's mother pleaded with Athena to restore his eyesight. Athena declined but did clean out his ears to allow him to understand birdsong, and hence forth granting him a bird brained propensity for augury. What a dude.
Earnest-serious in intention, purpose, or effort; sincerely zealous: an earnest worker
The importance of Bieng Earnest, is a not so serious tale about two not so serious fellows who learn quite literally the importance of being Ernest. This play struck me about the importance about not being earnest, and I don't think Mr. Wilde was very keen on the idea of marriage.
The comedy and the tragedy-You can't have on with out the other. Comedy would not be funny if bad things didn't happen, and likewise if life were all misery and no good then misery would become the norm and in turn become business as usual. As the rapper 50 cent once said in his song "many men" (off the critically acclaimed album, get rich or die trying) "Some days wouldn't be special, if it wasn't for rain Joy wouldn't feel so good, if it wasn't for pain". I agree with Mr. Cent some days just wouldn't be special if it wasn't for rain.
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