November 22, 2006

• Joyce's nightmare continues...

  Windmill and Diamond

  From "Today in History,"
  by The Associated Press:

  On this date:

  In 1965, the musical
  "Man of La Mancha"
  opened in New York.

  In 1975, Juan Carlos
  was proclaimed
  King of Spain.

  Today's birthdays:

  ... Movie director
  Arthur Hiller is 83....

  Hiller directed the 1972 film
  of "Man of La Mancha."

  A quotation from that film:

  "When life itself seems lunatic,
  who knows where madness lies?"

  Adapted from Log24 entries of
  Jan. 5, 2003, and Feb. 1, 2003:

  

  One can approach these symbols in either a
  mathematical or a literary fashion. For a mathematical
  discussion of the symbols' structure, see Theme and Variations. Those who prefer literary discussions may make up their own stories.

   

  "Plato is wary of all forms of rapture other than
  reason's. He is most deeply leery of, because himself so susceptible
  to, the literary imagination. He speaks of it as a kind of holy madness
  or intoxication and goes on to link it to Eros, another derangement
  that joins us, but very dangerously, with the gods."

   

  -- Rebecca Goldstein in
      The New York Times,
      December 16, 2002 

   

  "It's all in Plato, all in Plato;
  bless me, what do they
  teach them at these schools?"

   

  -- C. S. Lewis in

  The Narnia Chronicles

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