AtD translation: a field of bells emerged into flower

[Mike Jing]

By the end of the chapter, there is no doubt what it all meant:

P259.28-25   Meanwhile, like a form of architectural prayer, civic plans
had been set in motion to rebuild the Campanile dov’era, com’era, as if the
dilapidations of time and entropy could be reversed.  The texture of the
choir of city bells had changed—without the deepest, La Marangona, to
anchor them, the skyfarers felt that much closer to the pull of the sky and
imminent departure. As if a significant polarity had been reversed and they
were no longer held but summoned. Or as Miles put it one evening just at
sunset, “Bells are the most ancient objects. They call to us out of
eternity.”


On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 1:33 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> As if it matters to anyone now, having learned that Venice is famous for
> having lots of bell--towers---I, not knowing the city
> at all but only that it was those islands, all that water, and good-sized,
> did not think there were as many bell--towers as there are
> that could easily make that image work. ....and 'emerged into flower'
> seemed awkward not a perfect metaphor.
>
>
> https://www.myveniceapartment.com/bell-towers-you-shouldnt-overlook-in-venice/
>
> More research leads to it being hard to find the famous flowers referred
> to, in linguistic shorthand, as 'bells' esp 100 years ago.
>
> I now think I was wrong and Jochen right.
>
> Mike Jing probably thought that all along and so it goes.
>
> Thanks, Jochen.
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 2:44 AM Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Right, Mike, there surely is no field of bellflowers in Venice, especially
>> not one that emerges at noontide into flower and could be seen from a
>> balloon.
>>
>> Am Mo., 18. Feb. 2019 um 06:42 Uhr schrieb Mike Jing <
>> gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>:
>>
>> > This sound/image did cross my mind, but I wasn't sure. Is there place
>> for
>> > a field of bellflowers in Murano/Venice? That's noticeable from a
>> balloon?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 4:07 AM Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> What about the bells of Venice, the city, ringing at noontide with all
>> >> their might, and the flower being a metaphor for just this?
>> >>
>> >> J
>> >>
>> >> Am Sa., 16. Feb. 2019 um 04:46 Uhr schrieb David Morris <
>> >> fqmorris at gmail.com
>> >> >:
>> >>
>> >> > My take:
>> >> >
>> >> > Island Murano's fame is its glass monopoly.  The objects, chimneys,
>> that
>> >> > rise, "emerge," above the red clay roofs, are from glass furnaces.
>> Maybe
>> >> > the flower imagery is from smoke plumes, but that's pretty weak. But
>> >> might
>> >> > that smoke be blue, like the bell flower?
>> >> >
>> >> > David Morris
>> >> >
>> >> > On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 8:22 PM Mike Weaver <mike.weaver at zen.co.uk>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > > campanula's are known as bell flowers as here
>> >> > > <
>> https://www.123rf.com/photo_55855915_field-with-wild-bellflower.html
>> >> >
>> >> > >
>> >> > > On 16/02/2019 00:49, Mike Jing wrote:
>> >> > > > P243.1-6   Across the city noontide a field of bells emerged into
>> >> > flower,
>> >> > > > as the boys came swooping in over Murano, above wide-topped
>> red-clay
>> >> > > > chimneys the size of smokestacks, known as fumaioli, according to
>> >> the
>> >> > > local
>> >> > > > pilot, Zanni. “Very dangerous, the sparks, they could blow up the
>> >> > > balloon,
>> >> > > > certo,” drops of perspiration flying off his face at all angles,
>> as
>> >> if
>> >> > > > self-propelled.
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > What does "a field of bells emerged into flower" mean here?
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