Anglo-Saxon sensibilities
I reread "The Wanderer" this morning. I've been intending to do so for rather a while, and just not getting around to it. (But there, now I've done it.) And I realized (remembered?) that I rather like Anglo-Saxon ideology. It is, in some places, incredibly depressing, but the stuff behind it does make some sense. (We're talking stuff like Cain killing Abel = Original Sin \neq eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, or the sparrow thing, which I cannot find the actual quote for in any obvious location (although perhaps I am not looking hard enough--it's a metaphor appearing in Bede's account of the conversion of Northumbria (I think. Based on my internet searches for the quote)).)
(Also, "The Wanderer" is just one of my favorite poems ever.)
I like to think I used to echo some of that in my writing. I don't know if I did. But there, I have THEMES and IDEAS to think about, yes? I should THINK about them!
If this results in It's Still Desertion becoming a wild west paladin story expressing Anglo-Saxon ideology, well, you've been warned?
There was going to be further discussion of writing, and actually finishing things (and how the last thing I finished was Pilgrimage, and that was a year ago last summer), but since at this point I don't recall how I was going to have it connect, and kadharonon is demanding plot again (and there's a potluck tonight that I said I'd go to, so it's not just like I can hide in here and type all evening), I think I'll just post this entry now, before I fill it with any more parentheses, and go cook or do Nano or something.
(Also, "The Wanderer" is just one of my favorite poems ever.)
I like to think I used to echo some of that in my writing. I don't know if I did. But there, I have THEMES and IDEAS to think about, yes? I should THINK about them!
If this results in It's Still Desertion becoming a wild west paladin story expressing Anglo-Saxon ideology, well, you've been warned?
There was going to be further discussion of writing, and actually finishing things (and how the last thing I finished was Pilgrimage, and that was a year ago last summer), but since at this point I don't recall how I was going to have it connect, and kadharonon is demanding plot again (and there's a potluck tonight that I said I'd go to, so it's not just like I can hide in here and type all evening), I think I'll just post this entry now, before I fill it with any more parentheses, and go cook or do Nano or something.