GR translation: virgin-blue

[David Morris]

Not to mention that robes have soft folds like...

On Thursday, October 17, 2013, Bekah wrote:

> Perfect.   :-)
>
> Bekah
>
> On Oct 17, 2013, at 7:06 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
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> > It's "virgin-blue" specifically for the Virgin Mary reference, about to
> be violated by the rocket phallus.
> >
> > On Thursday, October 17, 2013, Bekah wrote:
> > Perhaps it would be like "clean" blue or better yet,  "pure" blue.
> >
> > Bekah
> >
> > On Oct 17, 2013, at 6:06 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> >
> > >
> http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/stories/cumming_pesellino/cumming_pesellino03.html
> > >
> > > Mary is clothed in blue, the colour of the Virgin as the Queen of
> Heaven. The garment is bordered with gold braiding. Our Florentine would
> have appreciated that the robe is painted with lapis lazuli, one of the
> most expensive pigments available. In other words, only the best is good
> enough for the Virgin Mary.
> > >
> > > On Thursday, October 17, 2013, János Széky wrote:
> > > Yes, there is a certain shade of blue associated with Mary, Mother of
> God in Roman Catholic iconography. Practically, it is the sign of the
> Virgin.
> > >
> > >
> > > 2013/10/17 Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> > > V464.35-465.6   But the tour with General Kammler’s rocketeers is what
> Slothrop, perversely, wants—wants?—to know about, “Well I’ve been to that
> Nordhausen, sure, seen the bits and pieces. But never a fully-assembled A4.
> That must really be something, huh?”
> > >        Thanatz is holding out his stein for a refill. The waiter,
> deadpan, dribbles water down a spoon to turn the absinthe milky green while
> Thanatz caresses his buttocks, then moves away. It is not clear if Thanatz
> has been thinking about his answer. “Yes, fueled, alive, ready for firing .
> . . fifty feet high, trembling . . . and then the fantastic, virile roar.
> Your ears nearly burst. Cruel, hard, thrusting into the virgin-blue robes
> of the sky, my friend. Oh, so phallic. Wouldn’t you say?”
> > >        “Uh . . .”
> > >
> > > What is "virgin-blue" exactly?  It appeared twice in the book.  The
> only reference I can find has to do with the colour of the robes of Virgin
> Mary.  Is there anything else I'm missing?
> > >
> >
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