By the one hand is the descend from our own nature.
That's to say, from sublime to grotesque, this is the platform
of action; on the other, is the ascend from the grotesque
to sublime. In this second movement is the hateful acting
of the clumsy that believe to be sublimes.
To know, for one sublime, means descend to the world."
-Hans Giébe, Soliloquios.
in Chapter 7 of the Book of Daniel.
That's to say, from sublime to grotesque, this is the platform
of action; on the other, is the ascend from the grotesque
to sublime. In this second movement is the hateful acting
of the clumsy that believe to be sublimes.
To know, for one sublime, means descend to the world."
-Hans Giébe, Soliloquios.
Blake's Ancient of Days.
The "Ancient of Days" is described in Chapter 7 of the Book of Daniel.
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