Orpheus enters the story before the world has settled. Before cities harden into law.Before heroism becomes labor.Before descent acquires technique. He is born from music, not violence. A son of Calliope, sometimes of Apollo. His power does not break resistance; it rearranges it. Stones move. Trees follow. Animals pause. What yields to Orpheus does notContinue reading “Orpheus”
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KAIROS AND THE GEOMETRY OF TIMING
Book Five of the Iliad contains some of the most outrageous acts of combat in all of Greek myth: a mortal wounds a god. Homer opens the Iliad with the anger of Achilles and his retreat from the field of battle. His mother, Thetis, bargains with Zeus, and the war is no longer a simpleContinue reading “KAIROS AND THE GEOMETRY OF TIMING”
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