Post by Rowenna on Aug 9, 2007 16:31:54 GMT -5
Well, for a brief spurt, my keyboard is working for me. So, I'll make the most of it.
So, generally, when I give ideas that have to do with a distant future, you guys tell me "wait till we get to that future". Sorry, I couldn't help myself. You're stuck with me.
I had two different title ideas. I figure, in the end, we could put it to a vote (so when something comes to you, post it under; if you're really awesome, you can even number them for me). These are mine.
1. A Live Nest On A Dead Tree: I was thinking this title because I have a poem that goes with it, and we could have a title that makes little sense till the end, where the poem symbolically explains it. The poem should be elsewhere on the site. The poem itself deals with two different things: one, survival in the face of adversity, and two, the impossibility of the older generations keeping up with the newer ones. Both seem to apply. I was thinking of you guys when I wrote it ;D
2. Arete: Arete is a Greek word, its closest english translation being "Excellence". To the Greeks, it meant "the utmost perfection possible, the very best and highest a man could attain to" or the "dominating ideal which everyone would want to pursue if they caught sight of it". I thought it would be fitting, given that each of the characters (I feel) are trying to achieve their ultimate in different ways. If that title looks good, I or somebody could write a verse in the end about Arete. There are some verses out there, but I thought it would be more original to come up with something ourselves.
Here are some verses said on Arete:
Not seen in visible presence by the eyes of men
Is Excellence, save his from whom in utmost toil
Heart-racking sweat comes, at his manhood's height.--Simonides of Ceos
Before the gates of Excellence the high gods have placed sweat,
Long is the road thereto and steep and rough at the first.
But when the height is won, then there is ease,
Though grievously hard in the winning.--Hesiod
(More on Arete): Beyond all that, I believe these characters have truly lived, and that their lives are, in a word, excellent. Also, to the Greeks, while Arete was a revered ideal, it was also viewed as a religious concept, therefore addressing some subtle nuance of spirituality.
So, generally, when I give ideas that have to do with a distant future, you guys tell me "wait till we get to that future". Sorry, I couldn't help myself. You're stuck with me.
I had two different title ideas. I figure, in the end, we could put it to a vote (so when something comes to you, post it under; if you're really awesome, you can even number them for me). These are mine.
1. A Live Nest On A Dead Tree: I was thinking this title because I have a poem that goes with it, and we could have a title that makes little sense till the end, where the poem symbolically explains it. The poem should be elsewhere on the site. The poem itself deals with two different things: one, survival in the face of adversity, and two, the impossibility of the older generations keeping up with the newer ones. Both seem to apply. I was thinking of you guys when I wrote it ;D
2. Arete: Arete is a Greek word, its closest english translation being "Excellence". To the Greeks, it meant "the utmost perfection possible, the very best and highest a man could attain to" or the "dominating ideal which everyone would want to pursue if they caught sight of it". I thought it would be fitting, given that each of the characters (I feel) are trying to achieve their ultimate in different ways. If that title looks good, I or somebody could write a verse in the end about Arete. There are some verses out there, but I thought it would be more original to come up with something ourselves.
Here are some verses said on Arete:
Not seen in visible presence by the eyes of men
Is Excellence, save his from whom in utmost toil
Heart-racking sweat comes, at his manhood's height.--Simonides of Ceos
Before the gates of Excellence the high gods have placed sweat,
Long is the road thereto and steep and rough at the first.
But when the height is won, then there is ease,
Though grievously hard in the winning.--Hesiod
(More on Arete): Beyond all that, I believe these characters have truly lived, and that their lives are, in a word, excellent. Also, to the Greeks, while Arete was a revered ideal, it was also viewed as a religious concept, therefore addressing some subtle nuance of spirituality.