AtDTDA 32: Fantasia on a Fantasia of Thomas Tallis Pt. 3

Michael Bailey michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com
Thu May 15 05:41:45 CDT 2008


robinlandseadel
> In case you haven't noticed, I'm searching for a unified field theory

Ruperta levitates during the Tallis piece.

If objective, this is a miracle.
Even if subjective, given her nature as we've seen it,
still something of a miracle.
She doesn't just resolve to change her ways; we're told she does so
(and yet, does her almost-next action, setting up Dally with Crouchmas,
meet this new standard?  It does seem less selfish - but setting
her up with Naunt _before_ her epiphany was also disinterested...)

The power of the Williams Tallis fantasia - does it lie in the words?

Based on Psalm 2, which in its entirety is a rather
jingoistic piece,(not as bad as the one where they break
the skulls on the rocks, but bad enough...they excerpt
enough to interpret differently...

Is this perhaps what you are pointing to?  the embedding of
heresy in officially sponsored utterances?  Like the subtly
altered stamps (potsmaster) of the Tristero?



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