#kazimierz wierzyński

[claymotif]

orpheus but he's sisyphus

Ovid’s The Story of Orpheus and Eurydice (tr. Rolfe Humphries) / Spirited Away dir. Hayao Miyazaki / @mag200 / Jenny Diski, “Housewife” / Franz Wright, God's Silence / Adrianne Kalfopoulou, “Poem in Pieces, a Log” / Jon Ware, I am in Eskew / Kazimierz Wierzyński, “A Word of Orphists” (tr. Czeslaw Milosz) / @prisonhannibal / Aeschylus, The Oresteia / Ocean Vuong, Eurydice

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image 1: a quote from Ovid that reads: "And Orpheus received her, but one term was set: he must not, till he passed Avernus, turn back his gaze, or the gift would be in vain."

image 2: excerpt from the script of the film Spirited Away that reads: "Haku: But I can't go any farther. Just go back the way you came, you'll be fine. [highlighted] But you have to promise not to look back, not until you've passed through the tunnel."

image 3: a drawing, labeled in all-caps handwriting "a venn diagram of love vs. grief:". the drawing is a single circle.

image 4: an excerpt, highlighted and italicized, from Jenny Diski that reads: "People don't understand about repetition, do they? How it is at the heart (thump, thump, thump) of obsession; at the erotic centre (drip, drip, drip) of desire. You do, of course. Repetition is insatiability spelt sideways."

image 5: a quote from Franz Wright reading, "And let me ask you this: the dead, where aren't they?"

image 6: a quote from Adrianne Kalfopoulou in red text, reading, "Grief will keep you reaching back / for what is not there"

image 7: an excerpt from Jon Ware that reads, "Here's my question. If the ghost wants nothing more than to be witnessed, why would it appear behind you, not in front of you? The only answer I can think of is this: [underlined] it appears behind you because it already knows, to an absolute certainty, that you will have no choice but to look back."

image 8: a quote from Kazimierz Wierzyński that reads: "I understood the true fate of Orpheus, that [highlighted] love is a constant terror of loss."

image 9: a screenshot of a tumblr ask from an anonymous user who says, "What's the point?" user prisonhannibal responds, "of what? it's love though".

image 10: two lines from aeschylus reading, "Orestes: This was always going to happen. She's been dead since the beginning."

image 11: an excerpt from Ocean Vuong that reads, "Your absence has gone through me // Like thread through a needle. / Everything I do is stitched with its color."

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[ineffablelvrs]

was this the xx-lecie miedzywojenne equivalent of one direction breaking up

[merlinemryspendragon]

"Then I understood the true fate of Orpheus, that love is a constant terror of loss." - Kazimierz Wierzyński, “A Word to Orphists,” translated by Czeslaw Milosz, Postwar Polish Poetry, 3rd Ed. [insp.]

[capinejghafa]

anon request | kaz + quote

"Then I understood the true fate of Orpheus, that love is a constant terror of loss." - Kazimierz Wierzyński

[jackietaylorsghost]

jackie + shauna, yellowjackets / emily l, marguerite duras / just above my head, james baldwin / the affliction, marie howe / aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe, bejamin alire sáenz / a word to orphists, kazimierz wierzyński, tr. czeslaw milos

[llovelymoonn]

hi.. could u possibly do a webweave about losing a mother // death? my mom’s going to die soon from cancer and i just think i need some poetry to cope a little

jane wong after preparing the altar, the ghosts feat feverishly \\ hinnah mian to build a home: poetry and prose (via @godsopenwound) \\ cathy linh che split: "my mother upon hearing news of her mother's death" \\ hanif abdurraqib 'claws in your back' - julien baker / the deconsolation of a song about what it would feel like to die \\ dana gioia 99 poems: "finding a box of family letters" \\ lidia yuknavitch the chronology of water \\ dana gioia 99 poems: "finding a box of family letters" \\ kazimierz wierzyński a word of orphists (tr. czeslaw milosz) \\ hilton als carolyn forché's education in looking \\ rainer maria rilke the book of images (via @faunary)

kofi

[chronicowboy]

Kazimierz Wierzyński

[slaviclore]

Examples of Slavophobia in Chopin's history: (1) during his lifetime to discredit him, (2) after his death to praise him for distinguishing himself from uncontrolled Slavic musicians, and (3) during the early 20th century to deny his ethnicity altogether as part of Nazi dehumanization of Slavic people.

Quoted from Kazimierz Wierzyński's The Life and Death of Chopin (refers to Heinrich Friedrich Rellstab's 1830 review of Chopin's Opus 2):

The campaign opened with a review of the Variations (Opus 2), which bore the dedication to Tytus Woyciechowski. Rellstab did not shrink from writing : “Chopin is probably a Pole — at least we may assume this from the fact that his work is dedicated to a Pole — but the vandalism with which he treats a Mozart theme is enough to show that the work stems from the raw Slavic soil.”

2. From "Mr. J. S. Shedlock on Chopin's Mazurkas and Polonaises", The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular (1899):

At the conclusion of the discourse Mr. E. F. Jacques, who occupied the chair, made some suggestive remarks on the restraining influence which Chopin's residence in Paris exercised on his genius. This was pointed out as specially noticeable in Chopin's treatment of the barbaric element, which was always controlled, and accounted for the difference between Chopin's music and that of other Slavonic composers.

3. Musical theorist and white supremacist Heinrich Schenker from his 1935 Free Composition:

For the profundity with which Nature has endowed him, Chopin belongs more to Germany than to Poland. May German musicians at long last turn their attention to him and come to understand him.

(Quote taken from Bent, Ian. “Heinrich Schenker, Chopin and Domenico Scarlatti.” Music Analysis, 1986)

[bitwa-lektur-szkolnych]

Molier – Skąpiec

Kazimierz Wierzyński – wybrane wiersze z okresu emigracyjnego

[katt5673]

author Kazimierz Wierzyński

— a word of orphists (tr. by czeslaw milosz)

[afrodytis]

“I understood the true fate of Orpheus, that love is a constant terror of loss."

— Kazimierz Wierzyński, tr. by Czeslaw Milosz, “A Word of Orphists,”

Artwork: Deborah Bell, Orpheus and Eurydice

[ineffablelvrs]

tamto głosowanie sie skończyło więc czas na nowe :p

[dzismis]

Ciekawe artykuly zebral Adam Mer

Rodzina Ulmów, abp Baraniak, Hłasko i Wierzyński wśród patronów 2024 roku W piątek Sejm wybrał patronów przyszłego roku. Zostali nimi: abp Antoni Baraniak, rodzina Ulmów, Marek Hłasko, Romuald Traugutt, Wincenty Witos, Kazimierz Wierzyński, Melchior Wańkowicz i Zygmunt Miłkowski Wiecej TUTAJ Palestyńskie obozy letnie: szkolenie do mordowania Żydów Podczas gdy dzieci w wieku szkolnym na całym…

[capinejghafa]

hi! idk if you are taking request/suggestions but i loved your kanej+hadestown gifs and i recently came across this quote: "Then I understood the true fate of Orpheus, that love is a constant terror of loss." - Kazimierz Wierzyński & i think it fits kaz really well. have a nice day!

hi!!! i normally do accept request. it's just a little difficult to be motivate to gif, but i saw this ask and i really wanted to gif it so i held off a little bit. for that i am so sorry! and thank you for your kind words. i think kaz would be a great orpheus!

[pol-ski]

Mówi się – double talk, Śni się – double dreams, Żyje się – double life, Ale skacze się z okna tylko raz.

Kazimierz Wierzyński

[polish-poets-blog]

Usta twoje całując

Usta twoje się snują, usta twe się wodzą, Jak dwa ptaki różowe, po mnie lekko chodzą, Jak dwa światła natchnione, oczu dotykają, Usta twe mnie zabrały, usta twe mnie mają.

Jak wyznania wstydliwe, jak szepty szalone, Powtarzam w ustach twoje usta niezliczone, Od uśmiechu w kącikach do smaku języka - Usta twoje całują i świat cały znika.

Kazimierz Wierzyński