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Apr 19, 2010 10:44

Beauty is nothing but the beginning of a terror that we are barely able to endure--Rilke


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andelku April 19 2010, 14:47:51 UTC
Nice!

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aetatis April 19 2010, 15:18:11 UTC
Oh my word, I love this. Thanks!

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seraph76 April 19 2010, 17:30:26 UTC
You're quoting the first elegy. I love Rilke!

I prefer the translation "Beauty is only the first touch of terror that we are still able to endure" particularly coupled with this next line: "and it awes us so much because it so coolly disdains to destroy us."

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melindadansky April 19 2010, 18:11:23 UTC
That is a much better translation. I was using the one Disch uses in Camp Concentration

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markmc03 April 20 2010, 07:53:48 UTC
I love that site. So many of their pictures are breathtaking.

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