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Marginalia

Poems, passages and notes in the margin.

My own poems, short passages that stayed with me, and notes on ideas met in books — some obvious, some legible mainly to people who have read the same thing. Commentary that gives a plot away sits behind a warning.

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Conventions

  • Quoted passages stay short and always carry their source. My annotation is the point of the entry.
  • Anything that gives a plot away sits behind a disclosure marked with a warning. Nothing opens on its own.

M-01

Note

Reserved

Lord of the Mysteries

Lord of the Mysteries — Cuttlefish That Loves Diving

Spoilers for Lord of the Mysteries. Reveal commentary

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M-02

Note

The School of Athens

The School of Athens — Raphael · 1509–1511

Detail of Raphael's fresco The School of Athens: a bearded man in a pink robe, traditionally identified as Pythagoras, writes in a book on his knee while an older bald man beside him takes notes and others lean in to watch.

The School of Athens is a fresco by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino), painted between 1509 and 1511 as part of a commission from Pope Julius II to decorate the Stanza della Segnatura in the Apostolic Palace, Vatican City. It depicts a gathering of ancient philosophers, mathematicians and scientists, with Plato and Aristotle at its centre. This detail, from the lower left of the fresco, shows the figure traditionally identified as Pythagoras writing in a book, with others gathered around him.

Raphael, The School of Athens (detail), 1509–1511. Fresco, Apostolic Palace, Vatican City. Image: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.

My note

“it reminds of a small escapade with Koded, had a good laugh”