GR translation: virgin-blue

[Mike Jing]

Thanks all for responding.


On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 11:03 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Not to mention that robes have soft folds like...
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> On Thursday, October 17, 2013, Bekah wrote:
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>> Perfect.   :-)
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>> Bekah
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>> On Oct 17, 2013, at 7:06 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> 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
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>> > On Oct 17, 2013, at 6:06 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > >
>> 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>
>> > > 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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