From 75f8818d024e42eff67983284221aef147ddbefa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tomislav Medak Date: Sun, 19 May 2024 12:17:18 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update content/shard/exuberance.md --- content/shard/exuberance.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/shard/exuberance.md b/content/shard/exuberance.md index 44582e8..348f217 100644 --- a/content/shard/exuberance.md +++ b/content/shard/exuberance.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title = "Exuberance" glassblowers = ["cristobalsciutto.md"] +++ -In the ![Proverbs from Hell](bib:ab1b95b7-6787-4e6d-8900-4f1282022270) from *The Marriage of Heaven and Hell*, William Blake offers us aphoristically: "Exuberance is beauty". It is an ambiguous proverb, gesturing towards indulgence and opulence as damned sins, in contrast to prudence and measuredness. Is Blake exalting decadence, foreshadowing the glimmer of Des Esseintes' bejeweled tortoise in the dining room's shadows? (![(bib:c00d21dd-9013-4cd6-b282-93694044dfdf)]) +In the ![Proverbs from Hell](bib:ab1b95b7-6787-4e6d-8900-4f1282022270) from *The Marriage of Heaven and Hell*, William Blake offers us aphoristically: "Exuberance is beauty". It is an ambiguous proverb, gesturing towards indulgence and opulence as damned sins, in contrast to prudence and measuredness. Is Blake exalting decadence, foreshadowing the glimmer of Des Esseintes' bejeweled tortoise in the dining room's shadows? (![](bib:c00d21dd-9013-4cd6-b282-93694044dfdf)]) > He finally decided on minerals whose reflections vary; for the Compostelle > hyacinth, mahogany red; the beryl, glaucous green; the balas ruby, vinegar