誠者,天之道也;誠之者,人之道也。
( Chéng zhě, tiān zhī dào yě; chéngzhī zhě, rén zhī dào yě. )
---- 子思 《禮記·中庸》22:7
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Der bestirnte Himmel über mir, und das moralische Gesetz in mir. ---- Immanuel Kant (KpV: AA 05: 161.33–36)
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ἃ γὰρ δεῖ μαθόντας ποιεῖν, ταῦτα ποιοῦντες μανθάνομεν (What we have to learn to do we learn by doing.)
---- Ἀριστοτέλης (Nic. Eth. 1103a33)
Pablo: Here on the island, the sea... so much sea. It spills over from time to time. It says yes, then no... then no. In blue, in foam, in a gallop... it says no, then no. It cannot be still. My name is sea, it repeats... striking a stone but not convincing it. Then with the seven green tongues of seven green tigers... of seven green seas... it caresses it, kisses it, wets it... and pounds on its chest, repeating its own name. Well? What do you think?
Mario: It's weird.
Pablo: What do you mean, weird? You're a severe critic.
Mario: No, not your poem. Weird... Weird... how I felt while you were saying it.
Pablo: How was that?
Mario: I don't know. The words went back and forth.
Pablo: Like the sea then?
Mario: Exactly. Like the sea.
Pablo: There, that's the rhythm.
Mario: I felt seasick, in fact.
Pablo: Seasick!
Mario: Because ... I can’t explain it. I felt like ... like a boat tossing around on those words.
Pablo: Like a boat tossing around on my words? Do you know what you’ve done, Mario?
Mario: No, what?
Pablo: You’ve invented a metaphor. Yes, you have!
Mario: Really? But it doesn’t count because I didn’t mean to.
Pablo: Meaning to is not important. Images arise spontaneously.
Mario: You mean then that... for example, I don't know if you follow me... that the whole world... the whole world, with the sea, the sky... with the rain, the clouds...
Pablo: Now you can say etc., etc.
Mario: Etc., etc. The whole world is the metaphor for something else? I'm talking crap.
Pablo: No, not at all. Not at all.
Mario: You pulled a strange face.
Pablo: Mario, let's make a pact. I'll have a nice swim... and ponder your question. Then I'll give you an answer tomorrow.
그래도 교수님께 이메일 쓰는 게 더 어렵다. 그런 느낌이 좀 안 묻어나도록 하려니 더욱. 차라리 논문을 쓰고 말지. 날 샜다. 이런 존재가 내 인생에 언제 있었어야 해 본 거라도 있지. 유딩 된 것 같다. 하는 말도 그때보다 못한 수준이네. 여섯 살 때 도도하단 말 여러 번 들었는데. 도도하다가 무슨 뜻인지 모를 때. 웃픔. 쾌적한 지구를 위해 그만둬야 하나...
니체가 이 곡을 들었을 때 만약 침대가 붙잡지만 않는다면 스르르 일어나 스트립쇼를 수행했을 것만 같다. 본인 인증을 위한 의지가 있다면 말이다. 또, 만약 그랬더라면 다른 방면으로도 루의 선택을 받지 않았을까? 별로 읽어 본 게 없어서 니체 스타일을 잘 모르겠지만, 대강 이런 이미지가 어떨지?
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Alan Price Set (1966)
Them (1966) with Van Morrison
Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
Arthur Brown (1968)
Bryan Ferry (1993)
Bette Midler (1993) in Hocus Pocus by Kenny Ortega
Marilyn Manson (1995)
Sonique (1998)
Bonnie Tyler (1998)
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Cora: Yes, go ahead. I want you to go.
You've done everything you can do. Save yourself.
If the worst happens, and only one of us survives, something of the other does, too.
Hawkeye: No. You stay alive!
If they don't kill you, they'll take you north up to the Huron lands.
You submit. Do you hear? You be strong, you survive...
You stay alive, no matter what occurs! I will find you.
No matter how long it takes, no matter how far, I will find you."