tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post116684238920111171..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: I have been reading ...Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-1167694397966524472007-01-01T18:33:00.000-05:002007-01-01T18:33:00.000-05:00I agree that Keats had a beautiful way with words ...I agree that Keats had a beautiful way with words and a beautiful way of looking at the world. I read that he was unhappy with Newton for explaining what a rainbow is. He felt Newton had taken all of the mystery and romance out of it by reducing it to its prismatic colors. I wish you could have seen the look on my children's faces when they came to understand that the colorful rainbow in the sky is a giant prism, magnificently created by little drops of moisture in the air, no less beautiful for being the truth.<BR/><BR/>In artistic circles plenty of people live in fantasy worlds. Fantasy and illusion are often where ideas spring from ("Beam me up, Scotty"), but when it comes to conversations concerning the nature of the universe, perhaps it is better not to be satisfied with anything less than the truth even if it is the truth that we don't have all of the answers. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes I wonder if as a species we choose to avoid looking too closely at the ingredients for fear of finding out that our tourtière is just a plain old meat pie afterall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-1166940134528760782006-12-24T01:02:00.000-05:002006-12-24T01:02:00.000-05:00I love "Nightingale", but when I taught it I'd des...I love "Nightingale", but when I taught it I'd describe "To Autumn" as a perfect poem.scavellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18210830693679186251noreply@blogger.com