Okay, to beef up my vocab, I googled Stendahl's, so now I am all smart and know what it means:
"I was in a sort of ecstasy, from the idea of being in Florence, close to the great men whose tombs I had seen. Absorbed in the contemplation of sublime beauty ... I reached the point where one encounters celestial sensations ... Everything spoke so vividly to my soul. Ah, if I could only forget. I had palpitations of the heart, what in Berlin they call 'nerves.' Life was drained from me. I walked with the fear of falling.''
Okay, so I can definately identify with that quote. Especially that bit about falling. Not that *I* was going to fall, but... it was all so monumental! tall! iconic! RAPTUROUS! that i was worried the floor might give way beneath my feet, like when you jolt awake from falling in a dream... I think it was probably worse that I got so caught up in it I forgot to drink any water. It was only have I stepped off the bus an hour ago did I have a "holy crap, this dizziness might be caused by my perpetual dehydration" moment and I bought a bottle of water, and felt alot better.
Bellie, methinks I'll be a bit less exhibitionist that normal and recall sunday night within the confines of a friends-only post, at some point. Though I have no desire to relive it now. Blech. Now that I know that no-one was hurt, I just want to never think of it again!
"I was in a sort of ecstasy, from the idea of being in Florence, close to the great men whose tombs I had seen. Absorbed in the contemplation of sublime beauty ... I reached the point where one encounters celestial sensations ... Everything spoke so vividly to my soul. Ah, if I could only forget. I had palpitations of the heart, what in Berlin they call 'nerves.' Life was drained from me. I walked with the fear of falling.''
Okay, so I can definately identify with that quote. Especially that bit about falling. Not that *I* was going to fall, but... it was all so monumental! tall! iconic! RAPTUROUS! that i was worried the floor might give way beneath my feet, like when you jolt awake from falling in a dream...
I think it was probably worse that I got so caught up in it I forgot to drink any water. It was only have I stepped off the bus an hour ago did I have a "holy crap, this dizziness might be caused by my perpetual dehydration" moment and I bought a bottle of water, and felt alot better.
Bellie, methinks I'll be a bit less exhibitionist that normal and recall sunday night within the confines of a friends-only post, at some point. Though I have no desire to relive it now. Blech. Now that I know that no-one was hurt, I just want to never think of it again!
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xoxo,
t.
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