Måneskin Teaches 'The Morning Mash Up' Crew The Correct Pronunciation of Italian Foods [X] (posted on 13.09.2022)

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when albert camus said "the sea; i didnt lose myself in it. i found myself in it" and when sylvia plath said "if i lived by the sea i would never be really sad" and when hozier said "love, when the sea rises to meet us" and when an anonymous writer said "and yet my heart wanders away, my soul roams with the sea" and when homer said "I’d rather die at sea"

and when marguerite duras said “there is one thing i am good at, and that’s looking at the sea” and when agnès varda said “it’s important to always be by the sea. the sea is the element of love”

and when hermann broch said “those who live by the sea can hardly form a single thought of which the sea would not be part,” and when keri hulme said “I know about me. I am the moons sister, a tidal child stranded on land. the sea always in my ear, a surf of eternal discontent in my blood,” and iain pears said “being by the sea is like a permanent baptism; the light and air hypnotizes, and your soul is washed by vastness.”

and when julia de burgos said “the sea, the true sea, almost mine now” and when saadi youssef said “but to the sea, to this sea, i return” and derek walcott said “you want to know my history? ask the sea.”

Via

[image id: the sculpture “box n°1 - amore rapito” finished in 2015 by daniele accossato. it depicts a side view of the roman god of love, bound and shoved into a wooden shipping crate. the empty space around the god is filled with bubble wrap, as if to protect him from travel damage.

he’s sitting on his heels, with his calves and thighs touching and his ankles bound together with rope. one of his knees is pressed into the bottom of the crate, while the other is almost horizontal and nearly touching his chest, which has been pushed down.

his wings are bound together with rope behind his back, as are his wrists, causing his arms to strain and his fists to clench. his head is turned to face the viewer directly. there is a piece of silver duct tape covering his mouth, although his nose remains free. his brow is slightly furrowed, and his eyes convey an overwhelming sense of despair.

photo credit: james nova photography; sourced through {flickr}

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Enheduanna, the First Writer

Well, the first known writer. She was a Sumerian princess-priestess-poetess.

She lived from 2285-2250 BCE in Ur, Sumeria (modern-day Iraq). Her father was King Sargon the Great of Akkad, who unified many Sumerian city-states and was the first person in recorded history to rule an empire (probably--it depends on your precise definition of 'empire').

It was Sargon who appointed his daughter to High Priestess to help consolidate power in the city of Ur, in the southern part of the kingdom.

She served, and was called the wife of, Nanna, the Sumerian moon god. The name we now know her by reflects this: EN was the role of High Priestess and Nanna was the diety she served. However, many of her writings were for Inanna (later called Ishtar), the Queen goddess of love, beauty, sex, war, justice, and political power.

All told, Enheduanna composed 42 hymns that were spread and copied through the empire. She said,

"My king, something has been created that no one has created before."

She also wrote 'Nin-Me-Sar-Ra' (The Exaltation of Inanna), one of several personal devotions to Inanna that helped connect the goddess to Ishtar. It also details some events of Enheduanna's life. It relates that she was expelled from Ur after a political rebellion against her father; she asked Nanna to intercede..

It's not known how her life ends, but the Akkadian Empire started by her father lasted for a hundred years after her death, and her name and works remain famous across the world.

Temple Hymn 26

The Zabalam Temple Of Inanna

O house    wrapped in beams of light

wearing shining stone jewels    wakening great awe

sanctuary of pure Inanna

(where) divine powers the true me spread wide

Zabalam

shrine of the shining mountain

shrine that welcomes the morning light

she makes resound with desire

the Holy Woman grounds your hallowed chamber

with desire

your queen    Inanna of the sheepfold

that singular woman

the unique one

who speaks hateful words to the wicked

who moves among the bright shining things

who goes against rebel lands

and at twilight makes the firmament beautiful

all on her own

great daughter of Suen

pure Inanna

O house of Zabalam

has built this house on your radiant site

and placed her seat upon your dais

favourite female authors | requested by @shirewalker

— The Exaltation of Inanna, first hymn in the world by the first author in world history, High Priestess Enheduanna, c. 2300 B.C.E.

anyway

my god

how utterly unprofessional and extremely rude

Thats two countries they’ve managed to piss off this weekend

For me it's how they won in the opposing team stadium, with the opposing fans booing at them everytime they even got the ball

Lmao I’m in Germany and literally heard people celebrating outside when Italy scored, this never happens except when Germany plays. Nobody wants England to win 😂

THE NOISE I MADEEEEE

— Tennessee Williams, from The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore (New Directions, 1964)