My Daily Banana: 07/19/14

Samstag, 19. Juli 2014

My Daily Banana

Photo of the Day:

Old love never rusts; I couldn't decide which one I preferred so I uploaded both

Event of the Day:

19th July 1983

Michael W. Vannier published the first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head from single slices of a CT in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Birthday of the Day:

19th July 1947

Brian May

Astrophysicist and lead guitarist of the group Queen

Died on this Day:

19th July 1973

Clarence White

The co lead guitarist with Roger McGuinn of the Byrds.

He was hit by the car of a drunken driver while loading equipment into his car after a gig in Palmdale, California; he died at the age of twenty-nine years.

Thoughts:

Yesterday I wrote under a photo this caption, "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose".

That got me thinking: What's the meaning of this line from Gertrude Stein's poem "Sacred Emily"? I came up with two versions:

The girl named Rose is as beautiful as a rose; that she be compared to a rose and a rose is as beautiful as a rose

my second version, quite simple really:

Rose arose (as in rising) and a rose arose (also as in rising)

My preference is the first version; the good old Gertrude liked to play with the English language. I invested some time and read all nine A4 sides of the poem and couldn't help laughing reading some of her rhymes; that do not rhyme.

Try this verse, I wonder if you understand it; I don't, but then it's art and art is made to appease and not to be understood:

Happy happy happy.
All the, chose.
Is a necessity.
Necessity.
Happy happy happy all the.
Happy happy happy all the.
Necessity.
Remain seated.
Come on come on come on on.
All the close.
Remain seated.
Happy.
All the.
Necessity.
Remain seated.
All the, close.