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It really shoulld have been "unrelated to anything"--apologies. Jacek ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacek Niecko" <[log in to unmask]> To: "T. S. Eliot Discussion forum." <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 4:17 PM Subject: Re: OT : Idiomatic usage of the word 'blinding' > Unrelated to nothing in particular, I spent the past week reading Durrell, > Graves, and Roethke--encountering, in the process, a batch of letters from > Durrell to TSE, 1937-1950, published in TWENTIETH CENTURY LITERATURE. > > [If someone wd like a more specific reference, I could look this stuff up in > the MLA Bibliography at the LoC next week--] > > It seems to me that, of the three, so arbitrarily chosen, Roethke was the > "strongest" poet, whatever that term stands for--but I admit to having been > moved by two lines in Durrell's "Conan in Alexandria": > > "Partings like these are lucky. At least they wound." > and "Music is only love, looking for words." > > This, for reasons I can't quite explain, connects in my head with a > statement made by Borges in his "This Craft of Verse": > " ...books are only occasions for poetry." > > Regards to all, > > Jacek > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Montgomery" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 3:26 PM > Subject: Re: OT : Idiomatic usage of the word 'blinding' > > > > In Hebrew culture/literature there is a saying > > to the effect that if one sees God one will die. > > That is why only Moses went up the mountain to see God, > > and Moses, or Moshe as he is sometimes called, was so > > radiant when he returned, people were afraid to look > > at him. The sun's light is very creative (photosynthesis) > > but one is blinded if one looks at the sun. > > It is a paradox. > > > > See Dylan Thomas' poem "Do not go gentle into that good night" > > He has a line in there that goes something like, > > "Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight..." > > > > Cheers, > > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vishvesh Obla > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Sent: 10/18/03 7:30 AM > > Subject: OT : Idiomatic usage of the word 'blinding' > > > > "There are a few lamentable misses. XXX is undoubtedly > > one of brightest stars of the Tamil firmament. His > > creative energy is blinding and his versatility > > astounding. To top them, he has this irrepressible > > urge to tell the reader what he has stumbled upon. And > > he usually stumbles upon interesting things..." > > > > I am curious about the usage of the word 'blinding' in > > the above passage. I see from dictionaries that it is > > occasionally used for referring to anything dazzling > > (and so seems to have a positive connotation), but > > this word has always carried a negative connotation to > > me. I would appreciate if someone can let me know the > > exact idiomatic usage of the word 'blinding'. > > > > Thank you, > > > > vishvesh > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > > http://shopping.yahoo.com >