Book of Songs, "White Moonrise"

[the_grynne]

from the Book of Songs (Shi Jing)

WHITE MOONRISEThe white rising moon

Comments

[calculare]

I wonder why the idea of love (if that is what this is about) is so often tied to the idea of consuming things?

[the_grynne]

I think it's...carnal. Like that telling phrase: sexual appetite. Eating something is to make it yours, make it part of you.

[calculare]

Hrm. Seems selfish. Or predatory. But mostly selfish. And fodder for art. *writes*

[the_grynne]

Well, it's not the chivalrous, idealised love, that's for certain.