Tintes pildspalva

piektdiena, 2018. gada 10. augusts

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Our bodies; they stretch tall between the lost hours of the past and the ominous moments of the future. They grow tired and weary. Bothered by the winds, they desperately try on our souls, soon to discover that it won't do. Who knows what happened. Did the meat suit get too loose? Did the soul shrink in the cold?

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Raining cats and dogs. For this kind of weather, you could also say it was ‘bucketing it down’. It’s “raining cats and dogs” when it’s raining particularly heavily. The origins of this bizarre phrase are obscure, though it was first recorded in 1651 in the poet Henry Vaughan’s collection Olor Iscanus. Speculation as to its origins ranges from medieval superstition to Norse mythology, but it may even be a reference to dead animals being washed through the streets by floods.

Kafka's writing has inspired the term Kafkaesque, used to describe concepts and situations reminiscent of his work. Examples include instances in which people are overpowered by bureaucracies, often in surreal, nightmarish mileu which evokes feelings of senslessness, disorientation, and helplessness. Kafkaesque elements often appear in existential works, but the term has transcended the literary realm to apply to real-life occurences and situations that are incomprehensibly complex, bizarre, or illogical.

Mea culpa is a latin phrase that translates into English as "my mistake" or "my fault". In the popular vernacuar, the expression "mea culpa" is an admission of having made a mistake by one's own fault (one that could have been avoided if the person had been more diligent).

A deus ex machina (Latin): "god from the machine" is a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem is suddenly and abruptly solved with the contrived and unexpected intervention of some new event, character, ability, or object. Nietzsche argues that the deus ex machina creates a false sense of consolation that ought not to be sought in phenomena and this denigration of the plot device has prevailed in critical opinion. Some 20th-century revisionist criticism suggests that the deus ex machina cannot be viewed in these simplified terms and argues rather that the device allows mortals to "probe" their relationship with the divine.

Après moi, le déluge is a set phrase used to denigrate the attitude of someone who acts irresponsibly, without worrying on the consequences that his/her acts could have. Something like: "I don't care what happens next, I'll be gone", "The world could collapse after I'm gone, no big deal". The phrase may have been coined not by the king himself, but by his most famous lover, Madame de Pompadour.

Tintes pildspalva

piektdiena, 2018. gada 10. augusts

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