Ande/EJFR (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} andeejfr) wrote,@ 2007-02-16 21:09:00 |
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"Stairs, staircase, stairway, stairwell, and flight of stairs are all names for a construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances, called steps."
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stairway)
I haven't been as on top of record keeping: number of stairs run, weights worn (yes I have been working with the weight vest), laps sprinted, weights lifted. I am finding that the desire for the endorphin rush appears to be motivation enough. If anyone is truly interested in the details, please feel free to write.
In the meantime, said endorphins inspire a completely different poetic and visual reflection: Dante' with his long steady descents and ascents. The line has been crossed.
And the good Sordello rubbed his finger on the ground, E ’l buon Sordello in terra fregò ’l dito,
saying: "You see? You couldn’t cross dicendo: "Vedi? sola questa riga
this line after the sunset: non varcheresti dopo ’l sol partito:
but that would be the only obstacle non però ch’altra cosa desse briga,
to your ascending this hill; che la notturna tenebra, ad ir suso;
the darkness weakens your will to continue" quella col nonpoder la voglia intriga.
Purgatorio, Canto 7th, vv. 52-57
Salvator Dali’ (1904-1989)Sordello da Goito
becomes.....
Now you can see how the skies work: Questi organi del mondo così vanno,
they’re ordered like stairs come tu vedi omai, di grado in grado,
and each is moved from the one above che di sù prendono e di sotto fanno.
and moves the one below. Paradiso, Canto 2nd, vv- 121-123
they’re ordered like stairs come tu vedi omai, di grado in grado,
and each is moved from the one above che di sù prendono e di sotto fanno.
and moves the one below. Paradiso, Canto 2nd, vv- 121-123
Sandro Botticelli (1444-1510): Dante and Beatrice in the sphere of the Moon
give way to visions more relative:
or even these
