#objective correlative

[infinitesofnought]

"['Leaving the City'] has the rhyme at the end of each line and the internal rhymes that follow one meter, and a secondary set of internal rhymes that sort of quietly annunciate a contrary meter that's overlaid on the first meter." She also said she "overlaid a contrary musical meter" on top of all that, and that I had to be "conscious of the sublimated contrary meter in order to trace the rhyme." The rhyme scheme for that song was so complicated that she had to create a chart to trace it: "I had a little key," she said. "So there was like a crescent moon and a square and a heart and a diamond representing the different considerations. The heart represents this one particular consideration of rhyme, the diamond represents a different consideration of rhythm, and here's the secondary rhyme and here's the tertiary rhyme. Sometimes they would overlap, and that was a fun little puzzle. I'd have to go back and change what led up to it for all the different imperatives to agree." ...I asked Newsom why she goes to the trouble of constructing such elaborate musical structures. "The thing is, I don't know why," she said. "But... I do have a real belief that the exact right word—in terms of conveying meaning as efficiently and correctly and concisely as possible—will also be the word that agrees in terms of rhyme, musical weight, syllabic weight, beauty, and elegance. I think that words are magical. All of that effort is all about uncovering the word that is just sitting there waiting for you, and when you find it, it's like the equivalent of watching your team get a touchdown. It's just like WHOA. And you run in circles and say, 'Fuck yeah!'"

– Rich Smith, from "The Deeper You Dive, the More There Is to Joanna Newsom's Music" (x)

[resurrectedwarrior76]

Dog

The first time I read Dog, it was about a dog wandering the streets enjoying the surroundings and taking in sights and smells of the city. Reading the poem, a second and third time led me to believe that there are some political connotations. The dog talks about a police officer that may not taste good, and that he would rather eat beef but then says that he does “not hate policemen but has no use for them” and proceeds to say that between a cow and the “policeman either might do.” Maybe he really does hate policemen enough to eat them should the opportunity present itself. Shortly after those statements he walks past Congressman Doyle who he states he is “not afraid of but that he is just another fire hydrant” to him. The irony and objective correlative of it is that dogs do pee on fire hydrants, but many humans might like to do the same to some congressmen if they were not taking the chance of being imprisoned for it. But this dog does not have time to pee on the congressman because he is free regardless of the “discouraging, depressing, and absurd” comments he hears. He goes on to say that he is free and cannot perjure himself and will tell the truth because of democracy and the right to be honest and or have free speech if you will. He does not want to be just another “dog” that is told what to do and to follow the normalcies of life without putting his perspective into things. He does not want to be another puppet “with his head cocked sideways, like a living question mark” not knowing anything about his existence or purpose in life. 

Dog 

BY LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI 

The dog trots freely in the street   

and sees reality   

and the things he sees   

are bigger than himself   

and the things he sees   

are his reality   

Drunks in doorways   

Moons on trees   

The dog trots freely thru the street   

and the things he sees   

are smaller than himself   

Fish on newsprint   

Ants in holes   

Chickens in Chinatown windows   

their heads a block away   

The dog trots freely in the street   

and the things he smells   

smell something like himself   

The dog trots freely in the street   

past puddles and babies   

cats and cigars   

poolrooms and policemen   

He doesn’t hate cops   

He merely has no use for them   

and he goes past them   

and past the dead cows hung up whole   

in front of the San Francisco Meat Market   

He would rather eat a tender cow   

than a tough policeman   

though either might do   

And he goes past the Romeo Ravioli Factory   

and past Coit’s Tower   

and past Congressman Doyle   

He’s afraid of Coit’s Tower   

but he’s not afraid of Congressman Doyle   

although what he hears is very discouraging   

very depressing   

very absurd   

to a sad young dog like himself   

to a serious dog like himself   

But he has his own free world to live in   

His own fleas to eat   

He will not be muzzled   

Congressman Doyle is just another   

fire hydrant   

to him   

The dog trots freely in the street   

and has his own dog’s life to live   

and to think about   

and to reflect upon   

touching and tasting and testing everything   

investigating everything   

without benefit of perjury   

a real realist   

with a real tale to tell   

and a real tail to tell it with   

a real live   

              barking   

                         democratic dog   

engaged in real   

                      free enterprise   

with something to say   

                             about ontology   

something to say   

                        about reality   

                                        and how to see it   

                                                               and how to hear it   

with his head cocked sideways   

                                       at streetcorners   

as if he is just about to have   

                                       his picture taken   

                                                             for Victor Records   

                                  listening for   

                                                   His Master’s Voice   

                      and looking   

                                       like a living questionmark   

                                                                 into the   

                                                              great gramaphone   

                                                           of puzzling existence   

                 with its wondrous hollow horn   

                         which always seems   

                     just about to spout forth   

                                                      some Victorious answer   

                                                              to everything   

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, “Dog” from A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems. Copyright © 1958 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corporation. 

Source: A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems (New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1958) 

[schroedingerscryptid]

yk as your local golden ratio enjoyer, i thought most of my brainrot from this event would be from the re-use of the daring wager consumable, or the fact that there's two decorations for ratio and aventurine

but i think i wanna bring something else to light

this ducky. it showed up next to dr ratio's notebook, so obviously there's a double confirmation that the ducky is related to him too.

we know that dr ratio loves baths because they clear his mind of clutter and filth...but does that cleaning and peace of mind make it all too quiet for him? does the quiet remind him of how quiet his surroundings are? does the crushing pain of not fitting in eat at him? does the reminder that no one truly understands him hurt that bad? does he regret the distance between him and the world?

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

Random question from my sleepy morning brain: If a Yeerk, but not it's human host, is nervous, does the host's heart beat faster? Without the Yeerk doing it on purpose, I mean. (Specifying human because who knows how aliens react to being nervous even when they aren't Controlled).

I think the answer is "yes," that a yeerk's nervousness would make the host's heart speed up, mostly based on things Jake describes Tom's body doing at various points in the series:

He was making no effort to pretend to actually be Tom... His fists were clenched at his side, his jaw seemed to tighten so that the words could barely force their way past bared teeth. I'd seen Tom this way once, just once, when he'd been wrongly accused of cheating on a test. — #53

"What?" Tom's eyes bulged in shock. "Tuesday? Dad, no way! Four days? I can't stay away for four days!" "You can and you will," my father said, losing his patience. "We're going as a family and that's final." Tom's throat worked. — #31

I heard a sound that was strange because it was so normal. It was laughter. Human laughter. The humans... the Human-Controllers — because that's what they were — were laughing, like they were at some kind of a show [Elfangor's death]. For a moment it seemed to me that one of those laughing voices was familiar... —#1

[Temrash 114 implies that if Jake joins the Sharing, then he'll get out of having to do homework. Jake points out that that makes no sense.] Tom considered for a moment. He blinked and kind of looked away, almost like he was embarrassed. "No. I don't want you thinking that," he admitted. "Tell you what, though, come to the meeting and I'll help you do the homework when we get home." — MM4

So that's not absolute proof of the autonomic nervous system responding to the yeerk, but I'd say there's evidence that Tom's body shows automatic responses that are clearly yeerk-origin. Like, that has to be the yeerk flinching in MM4 because Jake called out his mistake in pretending to be human — Tom has no reason to flinch like that. And it has to be the yeerk being visibly shocked and afraid at the idea of a four-day vacation in #31 — again, there's no reason for Tom to feel that way, and there's no reason to fake that reaction because it makes no sense for Tom to be scared of four days away from civilization.

[inkyantace7]

Why is the Henry Stickmin to Object Shows/Object Shows to Henry Stickmin pipeline real actually

[rorydrawsandwrites]

Heyy, just wanted to inform you date everything isn't free and the pre-orders are already out! There's a pre-purchase promo with an early bird dlc. Anyway I followed you for tadc so I got a bit jumpscared when you started posting about my newest obsession omg

HAHAH as a formerly selfshipping aroace, of course a game about dating all the objects around your house (with amazing designs and voices) would catch my attention

Plus two selfshippers I follow were already posting about it

But that's quite alright. There is TONS of stuff in this game and it seems like it'll be top quality too, so I totally understand

[max1461]

Similarities between Japanese and Persian:

SOV word order

closed class of true verbs + heavy use of light verbs

-o as an accusative marker

lots of phonetic [ʃt] or [ɕt]

[hawkmothsss]

The new Final destination is kinda like miraculous if you think about it

[lastweeksshirttonight]

How am I always dealing with severe chronic illness when John comes back to The Bugle

[idl3dr3ams]

was tidying up some old stuff in my room and found the decorative ballet shoes that I used to hang by my door

Immediately made me think of Val 🥺

[learningtogirl]

Okay, weekend of moping is over, time to begin the week of self improvement!

[pantasticjae]

Objectober 2024 Day 13 - "Headcanon"

The most non-cannon post of objectober, because it's basically how I came up with Koi Fish. Because of this today's is just a doodle.

When you're the creator you control everything, except for the control you give to others.

<< Day 1 + Info < Day 12 | Day 14 >

[pozaba]

1. Catherine of Sien - Book of the teachings of God

(early 15th century)

2. Skylabs - NANOboc onboard computer (2020)

[teatitty]

Aizawa canonically getting so blackout drunk that he doesn't even remember drinking when he wakes up the next day, and has thus convinced himself that he just Never Gets Drunk Ever is by far the funniest thing the light novels ever gave us by the way because it implies his friends have either never bothered to tell him what he's like when he's drunk or that they have tried to tell him and Aizawa just refuses to listen/believe them

[4lbon]

thinking abt how uh. i've struggled to feel like i fit in sapphic spaces my whole life and i always thought it was bc i'm aro. always v defensive that men can be attracted to women without romantic desires w/o it being evil.........interesting call coming from inside the house there

[doggogills]

another curiosity poll