In Wagner, Wotan,
all the villains,
all the hyper-
bolic heroes
(pure of race and
red of face),
gods galore and
dwarves and dragons
carry their cards with them,
constantly swapping them.
"Hi, I'm Alberich, I'm
in product development."
Leitmotiven
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I just opened my eyes this morning and went straight to PG. Of course, it doesn't matter what I am searching on the web for...if I am tired enough my fingers take over and I type poetgraves.co.uk... and when I got to this one, I raised up a weary eyelid, woke up and laughed! I live in the business world and know "Alberich" firsthand!
David, I wouldn't change a thing about this one.
Cheers,
Kimberly
P.S. I am hardly a hyperbolic hero...but a goddess galore? MMMMmmmmm...?
David, I wouldn't change a thing about this one.
Cheers,
Kimberly
P.S. I am hardly a hyperbolic hero...but a goddess galore? MMMMmmmmm...?
"Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you."
Well, I've read this a few times. Partly because I like the language, in a physical sense, but mostly because I know there is a relevance to be found. Know because the poem says so.
I'm thinking Nazi Germany but since Kims interpretation am looking for correlations between the two! uncomfortably, I am finding them.
Certainly shows a returning to form.
Minst.
I'm thinking Nazi Germany but since Kims interpretation am looking for correlations between the two! uncomfortably, I am finding them.
Certainly shows a returning to form.
Minst.
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David,
Howzabout
"I'm Vice President of Product Development" ?
(Sounds even more pretentious)
Geoff
Howzabout
"I'm Vice President of Product Development" ?
(Sounds even more pretentious)
Geoff
Thanks for comments, folks.
Minst, I'm not sure there is any relevance to be found, although of course Nazi Germany can never be far away when we're talking about Wagner.
It just came from something I read about him and his leitmotifs: "Debussy later was to jibe that 'the leitmotif system suggests a world of harmless lunatics who present their visiting cards and shout their names in song.'"
All I did was add a bit of heavy alliteration, which is what Wagner liked, apparently, turn the calling cards into business cards, and make what I thought was rather a good joke about Alberich. (Product development? No? Ah well.)
Cheers
David
Minst, I'm not sure there is any relevance to be found, although of course Nazi Germany can never be far away when we're talking about Wagner.
It just came from something I read about him and his leitmotifs: "Debussy later was to jibe that 'the leitmotif system suggests a world of harmless lunatics who present their visiting cards and shout their names in song.'"
All I did was add a bit of heavy alliteration, which is what Wagner liked, apparently, turn the calling cards into business cards, and make what I thought was rather a good joke about Alberich. (Product development? No? Ah well.)
Cheers
David