Dana, I grok your good-natured, light-hearted and soulful desire to get out of the insanity but your preference for a "cooler name" than "Slavianophilists" clearly reflects your status as an Anglophile. I mean no criticism. At some level we are all some version of an "-ophile" and the challenge of transcending self-and-other tension remains.Soul_of_Shu wrote: ↑Thu Apr 28, 2022 4:10 pmSlavianophilists really gotta come up with a cooler name for that fixated separate identity notion if they want anyone to join in
The only '-ophile' I can relate to is being a musicophile, and with that I think I'll chime out of the rhetorical quagmire, with not even one POV I can ponder without feeling despair, and let the pentup woundup windup dressup doll of this politico persona wind down, returning to a state of quietude to the tune of this Warrior ...
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You're imagining this.
Here out of instinct or grace we seek
soulmates in these galleries of hieroglyph and glass,
where mutual longings and sufferings of love
are laid bare in transfigured exhibition of our hearts,
we who crave deep secrets and mysteries,
as elusive as the avatars of our dreams.
soulmates in these galleries of hieroglyph and glass,
where mutual longings and sufferings of love
are laid bare in transfigured exhibition of our hearts,
we who crave deep secrets and mysteries,
as elusive as the avatars of our dreams.
Re: Evil abstraction: the psychology of totalitarianism
For sure, I'm imagining. Got a suggestion for a cooler name not in English?
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Can a joke just be a joke? But hey, I'll see if my poetic sensibilities can be so inspired.
Here out of instinct or grace we seek
soulmates in these galleries of hieroglyph and glass,
where mutual longings and sufferings of love
are laid bare in transfigured exhibition of our hearts,
we who crave deep secrets and mysteries,
as elusive as the avatars of our dreams.
soulmates in these galleries of hieroglyph and glass,
where mutual longings and sufferings of love
are laid bare in transfigured exhibition of our hearts,
we who crave deep secrets and mysteries,
as elusive as the avatars of our dreams.
Re: Evil abstraction: the psychology of totalitarianism
Of course, but I wanted to stimulate your most creative poetic skills.Soul_of_Shu wrote: ↑Fri Apr 29, 2022 2:49 amCan a joke just be a joke? But hey, I'll see if my poetic sensibilities can be so inspired.
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Someone already came up with Slavisimo! As I'm into learning spanish these days, how about amanteslavos, which kinda rolls lovely off the tongue ... Just realized, duhh, that the words slav and slave have the same derivation, sclava, meaning captive. Rather speaks volumes about why those folks might feel some very deep grievances, and crave a more superior self view.Lou Gold wrote: ↑Fri Apr 29, 2022 3:01 amOf course, but I wanted to stimulate your most creative poetic skills.Soul_of_Shu wrote: ↑Fri Apr 29, 2022 2:49 amCan a joke just be a joke? But hey, I'll see if my poetic sensibilities can be so inspired.
Here out of instinct or grace we seek
soulmates in these galleries of hieroglyph and glass,
where mutual longings and sufferings of love
are laid bare in transfigured exhibition of our hearts,
we who crave deep secrets and mysteries,
as elusive as the avatars of our dreams.
soulmates in these galleries of hieroglyph and glass,
where mutual longings and sufferings of love
are laid bare in transfigured exhibition of our hearts,
we who crave deep secrets and mysteries,
as elusive as the avatars of our dreams.
Re: Evil abstraction: the psychology of totalitarianism
Soul_of_Shu wrote: ↑Fri Apr 29, 2022 8:28 amSomeone already came up with Slavisimo! As I'm into learning spanish these days, how about amanteslavos, which kinda rolls lovely off the tongue ... Just realized, duhh, that the words slav and slave have the same derivation, sclava, meaning captive. Rather speaks volumes about why those folks might feel some very deep grievances, and crave a more superior self view.Lou Gold wrote: ↑Fri Apr 29, 2022 3:01 amOf course, but I wanted to stimulate your most creative poetic skills.Soul_of_Shu wrote: ↑Fri Apr 29, 2022 2:49 am
Can a joke just be a joke? But hey, I'll see if my poetic sensibilities can be so inspired.
Yeah, the scars and scares run so deep. One understandably seeks refuge in music. With the pull of events drawing one toward Europe, I'm immersed in Spiegel im Spiegel of Arvo Pärt, which somehow goes very deep into my heart. May its peace spread.
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Now wondering what the russian term for 'slavic' folks is, what they call themselves, as opposed to a name imposed upon them. Google translate comes up with славянский, which when pronounced comes out as slavyanskiy, so seemingly still the same derivation. But perhaps Eugene knows another more colloquial term?Lou Gold wrote: ↑Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:54 amSoul_of_Shu wrote: ↑Fri Apr 29, 2022 8:28 amSomeone already came up with Slavisimo! As I'm into learning spanish these days, how about amanteslavos, which kinda rolls lovely off the tongue ... Just realized, duhh, that the words slav and slave have the same derivation, sclava, meaning captive. Rather speaks volumes about why those folks might feel some very deep grievances, and crave a more superior self view.
Yeah, the scars and scares run so deep. One understandably seeks refuge in music. With the pull of events drawing one toward Europe, I'm immersed in Spiegel im Spiegel of Arvo Pärt, which somehow goes very deep into my heart. May its peace spread.
Here out of instinct or grace we seek
soulmates in these galleries of hieroglyph and glass,
where mutual longings and sufferings of love
are laid bare in transfigured exhibition of our hearts,
we who crave deep secrets and mysteries,
as elusive as the avatars of our dreams.
soulmates in these galleries of hieroglyph and glass,
where mutual longings and sufferings of love
are laid bare in transfigured exhibition of our hearts,
we who crave deep secrets and mysteries,
as elusive as the avatars of our dreams.
Re: Evil abstraction: the psychology of totalitarianism
славянский is the only term I'm aware of, or another grammatic form of it is славянeSoul_of_Shu wrote: ↑Fri Apr 29, 2022 12:13 pm Now wondering what the russian term for 'slavic' folks is, what they call themselves, as opposed to a name imposed upon them. Google translate comes up with славянский, which when pronounced comes out as slavyanskiy, so seemingly still the same derivation. But perhaps Eugene knows another more colloquial term?
It's not a coincidence that "slavic" and "slave" has the same root, slavery is in our genes and culture, as Anton Chekhov said “Write about this man who, drop by drop, squeezes the slave's blood out of himself until he wakes one day to find the blood of a real human being--not a slave's--coursing through his veins.” All history of Russia is attempting to rebel against slavery once in a while only to quickly snap back into some other form of it.
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Great quote ... благодарю васEugene I. wrote: ↑Fri Apr 29, 2022 1:54 pmславянский is the only term I'm aware of, or another grammatic form of it is славянeSoul_of_Shu wrote: ↑Fri Apr 29, 2022 12:13 pm Now wondering what the russian term for 'slavic' folks is, what they call themselves, as opposed to a name imposed upon them. Google translate comes up with славянский, which when pronounced comes out as slavyanskiy, so seemingly still the same derivation. But perhaps Eugene knows another more colloquial term?
It's not a coincidence that "slavic" and "slave" has the same root, slavery is in our genes and culture, as Anton Chekhov said “Write about this man who, drop by drop, squeezes the slave's blood out of himself until he wakes one day to find the blood of a real human being--not a slave's--coursing through his veins.”
Here out of instinct or grace we seek
soulmates in these galleries of hieroglyph and glass,
where mutual longings and sufferings of love
are laid bare in transfigured exhibition of our hearts,
we who crave deep secrets and mysteries,
as elusive as the avatars of our dreams.
soulmates in these galleries of hieroglyph and glass,
where mutual longings and sufferings of love
are laid bare in transfigured exhibition of our hearts,
we who crave deep secrets and mysteries,
as elusive as the avatars of our dreams.