tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post1512972772011680958..comments2024-03-28T14:53:38.827-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: You Had Been Swinging Restlessly Between the Appearance of Spontaneity and the Appearance of Serious ThoughtUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-2401316489445477282020-12-22T11:47:14.818-05:002020-12-22T11:47:14.818-05:00BINGO!!!BINGO!!!Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-62927610606605681342020-12-22T11:39:48.392-05:002020-12-22T11:39:48.392-05:001)grid line 7 column d here is Dear Ra - the epist...1)grid line 7 column d here is <i>Dear Ra</i> - the epistolary novel by johannes goransson<br /><br />2)a study guide for that book is available at <br /><br />https://theaccomplices.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/DEARRA-Teaching-Guide.pdf<br /><br />3)among the possible assignments listed in the study guide<br /><br />What's your favorite painter? What's your favorite drink? What's your favorite body part? Write poems about them. Write poems that are them. Write poems to them. Write poems that use them as props. <br /><br /><br /><br />4)there is a 2016 'revised, expanded' edition of this book - however, although it is half an inch taller than the first edition from 2008, it is also ten pages shorter<br /><br />when we do the arithmetic<br /><br /><br /><br />5)<b>ra </b>reminds me of the egyptian god of the sun - and this grid was published on the date of the winter solstice - the 20th century band utopia (roger powell, todd rundgren, kasim sulton, willie wilcox) had an album titled named for the sun god released in 1977<br /><br />it began with "Overture: Mountaintop and Sunrise" composed by Bernard Herrmann for the film Journey to the Center of the Earth<br /><br />without a break this continued into Communion with the Sun<br /><br /><i>Ra, climbing the horizon<br />Rising up the mountain, lighting up the valley below<br />Ra, giver without measure<br />Beacon of compassion, shining through the spectrum of life<br />Day is born, night is gone<br />One in all, all is one<br />Communion with the sun</i><br /><br />the last song on the side is Sunburst Finish - the name is sort of a pun, as it could refer to a particular style of guitar decoration<br /><br /><i>Eye of the sphinx now winks at you<br />What is he thinking? Wish that I knew<br />Wonder of wisdom<br />Far beyond this mortal comedy</i><br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL_nwUWhD1Q<br /><br /><br />mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.com