Bloomsday Musings

[princenarcissus]

My copy of Ulysses is unfortunately out of reach, so we'll have to settle with a delightfully Joycean excerpt from (chosen at random) from Finnegan's Wake, which manages to allude to Vergil, Paracelsus, Oscar Wilde, Gertrude Stein, and the American censorship of Ulysses (and oh so much more)in a *single* scatalogical sentence:

Then, pious Eneas,

Comments

[vilhem]

I hope you can excuse my breaking in. My doriangrayer mood pushed me to dare knock at your door and introduce myself. My name is Vilhelm. I think I need to know you better, if you don´t feel the same please kick my bum quickly before I harvest more hope, but do it with a quote, so I can nod and close my eyes for the forth time this morning.

Welcome Aboard

[princenarcissus]

After a quick glance at your journal and finding that we share an interest in such things as Oscar Wilde and Mark Ryden and the island of Mykonos, I am certainly glad to add such a refined soul as yourself to my friends list.

Re: Welcome Aboard

[vilhem]

We share some other things...but let´s make this piano piano si?
Thank you for your kindness. I am adding you as well this minute.

[lelian]

Oh divine Mr.Joyce.This passage reminded me of what orgasm feels like.Oh those wonderful,never-ending sentences!I can't understand how some people find them boring.I find Joyce's writings absolutely electrifying.
-Lelian

[princenarcissus]

As always, we completely agree, my friend. Finnegan's Wake in particular is a continual mind-thrill for me . . .

[anam_moon]

Hello. I'm trying to start up a LJ community in honor of Susan Seddon Boulet and I saw that you had her listed as an interest. Susan Boulet

[princenarcissus]

I've long been an admirer of Boulet's work. She's probably my favorite late-twentieth century painter - I'll certainly join!