From b2b784f1cc7e111d4a3492692d8f63f4b1cf9087 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tomislav Medak Date: Sun, 19 May 2024 12:18:07 -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 348f217..788fc54 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? (See: ![](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