tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post1460594827054457836..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: Cryptography / quinto evangelioJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-48369935177137129692014-03-24T08:23:18.512-05:002014-03-24T08:23:18.512-05:00I wasn't aware that Christ was eaten by cows. ...I wasn't aware that Christ was eaten by cows. <br /><br />Seriously, though, you are right that Christological elements persist throughout his work. That doesn't mean that this is the one key to understanding all of his mature work, though. It doesn't mean he saw his major aim as writing a "fifth gospel." As you say, it's something that remains present in "some Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-72149536357701703992014-03-24T08:12:27.871-05:002014-03-24T08:12:27.871-05:00You misunderstand me. I'm not talking about i...You misunderstand me. I'm not talking about interpreting the figure of the Desnudo Rojo or that line from <i>Poeta en Nueva York</i>. I'm simply saying that Christological elements do indeed endure in some works from the 1930s, and don't disappear after the juvenilia. I'm as much against a book like Carlos Ramos Gil's <i>Claves líricas</i> as you are.el curioso impertinentehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06015557020840066635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-19806865241013023892014-03-24T07:22:14.798-05:002014-03-24T07:22:14.798-05:00By looking them up in the Lorca code book where al...By looking them up in the Lorca code book where all symbols are explained. <br /><br />Obviously meaning is not transparent, but do you think there is a secret, encoded meaning to everything? Maybe opacity itself serves a purpose. <br /><br />Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-62550984475541656882014-03-24T06:54:21.043-05:002014-03-24T06:54:21.043-05:00So how do you explain the Desnudo Rojo (Hombre I) ...So how do you explain the Desnudo Rojo (Hombre I) in <i>El público</i>? Or “New York. Oficina y denuncia” (“me ofrezco a ser comido por las vacas estrujadas”)?el curioso impertinentehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06015557020840066635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-20199975620599078352014-03-23T13:04:59.628-05:002014-03-23T13:04:59.628-05:00That's the larger point, yes. I think it is a ...That's the larger point, yes. I think it is a dumb way of thinking about literary meaning. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-52728214506567969002014-03-23T10:47:47.699-05:002014-03-23T10:47:47.699-05:00This is a generalizable point: writers very rarely...This is a generalizable point: writers very rarely encode secrets in their work. If ever. It's a waste of time to argue that you've found some secret code that was put their by the author. More likely, you've been fooled by randomness.Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.com