#whitstone

[retrokid616]

recap time and i missed this last time did laudna spot andy or nah?

[anoaktrea]

Forgot to ever share this

Whitstone's for lovers

And Zephrah is for fuckers

I do not remember why I made this, but yeah

[nintresh]

Wait. Did they leave Lieve'tel alone in the middle of a war zone with the Beacon? Or did she come with them to Whitstone WITH the Beacon?

[iiitsnotbase]

I KNOW Cassandra has already been running whitstone BUT she was always doing it with her brother behind her, with the knowledeg thqat he wouls take the throne one day.

SHE DOES NOT HAVE THAT ANY MORE.

[fakemovieposters]

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[tladb]

Inexact style transformations with Midjourney SREFs

This is a step by step process in changing the style of an existing image into an image created from an SREF. The style is more accurately imprinted onto the original image with style words extracted from the SREF image generation.

The intactness comes from the die roll that is with Midjourney successive generation.

The Source image ("part f my Finnagan's Wake" project)

Prompt : A 1930s photograph using a Leica III camera with Kodak Panchromatic film in natural light of Our cubehouse still rocks as earwitness to the thunder of his arafatas but we hear also through successive ages that shebby choruyysh of unkaillified muzzlemissilchims that would blackguardise the whitstone over hurtleturtled out of heaven --p ggczbpx

Step 1 : Generate a test image with an SREF. It can help that the SREF image is of a similar type to the image you want to stylise.

Prompt : Australian landscape with farm house --sref 1000

2. Use /describe to get key style words rom the image

Blue and yellow, a woodblock print of an Australian farmhouse with a large tree in front of it, surrounded by fields of grain, in the style of Matisse. A color block painting depicting a clear blue sky, bold lines, and high contrast. --ar 128:85

Blue and yellow woodblock print of an Australian farmhouse in the background, trees with leaves in the foreground, grassy field below, blue sky, bright, sunny day, high contrast, vibrant colors. --ar 128:85 ...

Words extracted : colourful woodblock, print, Matisse, high contrast

These words are used to reinforce the style to the image for conversion.

Prompt : a colourful woodblock print of https://s.mj.run/sG7Wv0qFoCI --sref 1000 --ar 3:2

Other transformations

Prompt : detailed high contrast black and white digital art drawing https://s.mj.run/sG7Wv0qFoCI ::2 Our cubehouse still rocks as earwitness to the thunder of his arafatas but we hear also through successive ages that shebby choruyysh of unkaillified muzzlemissilchims that would blackguardise the whitstone over hurtleturtled out of heaven --ar 3:2 --style raw

In this example the original text subject words and --style raw however the photograph is now an illustration.

Prompt : bright semi geometric illustration of https://s.mj.run/sG7Wv0qFoCI Our cubehouse still rocks as earwitness to the thunder of his arafatas but we hear also through successive ages that shebby choruyysh of unkaillified muzzlemissilchims that would blackguardise the whitstone over hurtleturtled out of heaven - --sref 1010 --ar 3:2

Original image prompt text with the SREF and related style words.

Prompt : A vibrant pastel digital art cartoon-style illustration with high definition of https://s.mj.run/sG7Wv0qFoCI --sref 1014

With just the derived style words, the original image and the sref code.

[imaginefinneganswake]

Our cubehouse still rocks as earwitness to the thunder of his arafatas but we hear also through successive ages that shebby choruyysh of unkaillified muzzlemissilchims that would blackguardise the whitstone over hurtleturtled out of heaven

Finnegan’s Wake - James Joyce

ChatGPT40 literary report:

This passage from Finnegans Wake (FW 4.17–20) is a dense and multilayered sentence, typical of Joyce's style, incorporating wordplay, historical and mythological allusions, and phonetic experimentation. Let's break it down and explore some key critical interpretations:

1. The "cubehouse"

The phrase "Our cubehouse still rocks" is one of the first points of interest. "Cubehouse" suggests a stable, geometric structure, possibly alluding to a house or dwelling of permanence. Scholars often connect this to the Tower of Babel, one of the recurring motifs in Finnegans Wake—the house of humanity that endures despite being rocked by the thunder (possibly a divine or cosmic force). It also recalls the architectural solidity of civilization, which, though shaken, remains.

However, "cube" also conjures esoteric symbolism: a cube has six sides, often associated with physical reality, and it could be referencing a structure like the Kaaba in Mecca or Platonic solids, implying something more metaphysical. The house may represent more than a literal structure—it may be the human mind, consciousness, or even the Wake’s text itself, which endures through the ages.

2. "Earwitness to the thunder of his arafatas"

The term "earwitness" is crucial here: it emphasizes a passive reception of history, as opposed to an "eyewitness" (the seen vs. the heard). "Thunder" evokes divine or authoritative proclamation, perhaps a reference to the voice of gods or kings.

"Arafatas" could be interpreted as a blend of "Arafat" and "fates." Mount Arafat is a significant site in Islam, associated with the pilgrimage (Hajj) and symbolizing revelation and divine judgment. In Joyce's wordplay, it could blend religious, mythological, and historical references into a singular notion of fate and conflict.

3. "Shebby choruyysh"

This phrase carries significant historical and linguistic layering. "Shebby" seems to play on "Sheba," evoking the Queen of Sheba or biblical echoes. "Choruyysh" could be parsed as an imitation of the sounds of chaos or religious chantings, but it might also contain traces of "chorus" or "cry," suggesting communal or historical lamentation.

Some scholars argue this phrase is indicative of the repeated voices of the oppressed, marginalized, or forgotten—an echoing, chaotic cry across generations. The play on the sounds, with double "y" letters, adds a layer of oral texture, as if Joyce is making the language of his text resonate through multiple phonetic channels.

4. "Unkaillified muzzlemissilchims"

This term is one of Joyce's more extravagant portmanteaus. "Unkaillified" (uncertified, unqualified) might indicate a sense of being unworthy or unlicensed, perhaps in relation to spiritual or social authority. "Muzzlemissilchims" appears to blend "muzzle" (silencing, restraint) with "missile" (projectile or weapon) and possibly "chim" (chimera, an illusion or fantastical being). Taken together, it suggests chaotic, destructive voices or ideologies—forces that aim to silence or distort truth, sending ideological or religious missiles.

This could also refer to political or religious propagandists or agitators, whose "missiles" are words and beliefs that seek to dominate, harm, or suppress. The phonetic confusion echoes the themes of war, conflict, and ideological strife that pervade Finnegans Wake.

5. "Blackguardise the whitstone"

The verb "blackguardise" means to vilify or degrade, while "whitstone" seems to refer to something pure or holy. A "whitstone" might symbolize truth, purity, or sanctity—possibly connected to religious or moral ideals. The idea here could be the degradation of something once considered pure or sacred, possibly through these "muzzlemissilchims" who hurl their ideological or religious attacks.

Critically, this phrase could reference the desecration of moral or religious ideals by those who misuse power, with the "whitstone" standing for truth or divine authority that has been tarnished by those who attack it. This blackguarding might also reference Joyce's own critique of organized religion or political power structures that corrupt purity.

6. "Hurtleturtled out of heaven"

This final image blends "hurtled" and "turtled" (likely invoking both speed and awkwardness) and echoes the fall of something or someone from heaven. It could allude to Lucifer’s fall, the casting down of divine or sacred beings from the heavens, or, more abstractly, the decline of spiritual or moral authority.

Some scholars argue this might symbolize the fall of religious figures or institutions from grace, while others suggest it could represent the expulsion of truth, or even the fate of history itself—tumbling awkwardly and violently from its divine or original source.

Thematic Interpretations:

Historical Cyclicality and Conflict: This passage encapsulates one of Finnegans Wake’s central themes—history as a cyclical, repetitive process marked by both conflict and continuity. The "thunder" of past ages resounds through the present, while new voices and ideologies ("muzzlemissilchims") rise to blackguard what was once sacred or pure. Joyce portrays the constant struggle between competing forces—civilization and destruction, truth and propaganda, divine authority and human ambition.

Corruption of Purity: The whitstone, representing purity, truth, or divinity, is blackguarded by destructive and chaotic forces. Joyce may be offering a critique of how religion, politics, or even language itself is corrupted by those who seek power. The fall from heaven might signify a loss of innocence, truth, or original purity.

Wordplay and Phonetic Complexity: On a more technical level, Joyce's dense language here, filled with portmanteaus and phonetic play, reflects his fascination with the fluidity of meaning. The sounds of words—especially "choruyysh" and "muzzlemissilchims"—mimic the chaos they describe, blurring the line between sense and nonsense, meaning and sound.

Conclusion:

This passage from Finnegans Wake brims with Joyce's characteristic complexity, invoking themes of history, religious symbolism, ideological conflict, and the corruption of purity. Critically, it is seen as a microcosm of the Wake's broader concerns with the cyclical nature of time, the rise and fall of civilizations, and the way language itself is implicated in the ongoing struggle between chaos and order.

[dubmill]

Dunkery Hill, Somerset; 25.9.2021

[tea-nblankets]

Get in bitch we're going to Whitestone

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[canaanwhitston]

there are over 100 billion stars in our galaxy (chapbook)

[retrokid616]

critical role episode 76 pregame

so ashton was in lava

FUCKING LUDINUS SHOWED UP!

and laudna did the most clutch counter spell ever now normally i do the zoolander bit

thank you zane but i feel like the short it self say it

so lets see how many more clutch plays the bells got left in them this week on critcal rol-OH FUCK THERE GOING BACK TO WHITSTONE!

see y'all in the liveblogs

[allthecanadianpolitics]

​Brydon Whitstone was not armed when he was shot by an RCMP officer, but he had reached for his waist as police repeatedly ordered him to surrender, according to testimony at the inquest into his death.

An RCMP officer fatally shot 22-year-old Brydon Whitstone of Onion Lake Cree Nation on Oct. 21, 2017 following a brief police pursuit in North Battleford, Sask.

A coroner's inquest into Whitstone's death began Monday in Battleford, Sask. The inquest jury will rule on how Whitstone died and be asked to make recommendations on how to prevent deaths like his.

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[projectsbymilo]

project: lonely hearts of whitstone u 

“i have a nalgene bottle full of homemade moonshine and an uncomfortably doomful sense of dèjá vu. let’s do this thing.”

talia wells has only been back from her semester abroad for a handful of weeks, and things have already gone to hell in a handbasket. her first mistake was agreeing to ghostwrite the love advice column of the gamma phi newsletter (especially being that she’s not a sorority member and knows very little about love). her second mistake was immediately and inexplicably becoming the right-hand woman of hattie taylor, g-phi president and easily the most terrifying individual ever educated at whitstone university...

[seventeeneightyfine]

talk about your fav character from the lonely hearts one

during her junior year, rachel lancaster was nearly expunged from her high school’s branch of the national honor society. not because she didn’t have enough volunteer hours like everybody else, but because she conducted a sustained and deeply unnecessary campaign to remove the line “i will be loyal to my school” from the induction oath for vague ideological reasons. in bad news, clearly she cannot pick her battles worth a damn. in somewhat better news, that very detail-oriented attitude is what makes her the excellent gamma phi secretary she is today.

[greenlodgecypher]

In The Case Of The Ring, pt. 2/4

Part 1

"As a result, the Martel family holdings slipped into the Whitstones' keeping. All that untimely death, and the subsequent change in fortunes, cemented a legend.

The Devil had enticed the women of the Martel family and eventually won, stealing the Martel family riches away for more infernal purposes. It became quite a specific story over time. The ring was spoken of as a warning, given to Lady Martel to mend her ways; it would prick her finger to remind her. Instead, she cursed the ring, and her daughter completed the Martel ruin. "And the Whitstones, who got the fortune, completed the story as the Devil's beneficiaries. They certainly played that part. Their money was the only thing keeping them in polite society. Even in an era where corporal punishment was common, the Whitstones were spoken of as brutish and violent to each other, their children, and their servants. They once had a stake in the slave trade." “Is the current owner such a gem?” Anne said. I smiled. “Not exactly. The Whitstones came down in the world—as many British families of note did—and necessity finally drove the heir, in time, to South Carolina. That man’s grandson, a rather quiet young man named Jonathan, left home promptly at eighteen and became an architect. The family inheritance meant little to him. He didn’t think he would get much of anything, and in the end, he was mostly right. "It was from him that I learned the story of the ring. His mother wore it often. She herself had told him the story, in fact. From the sound of it, she didn’t believe any of it, and neither did he—except for the part about the Whitstones being rather nasty. She liked to wear it because the witchy aspect of the story appealed to her. Theirs was not a happy home life, you see, and he thought it helped her feel like she had some power in her life. His mother died while he was in ninth grade, and his father grew increasingly abusive towards him. Jonathan was happy to leave his home, and family history, behind him. "Jonathan is in his sixties now. My mother had the ring in a lot of old oddments from him—all hand-me-downs that he'd inherited and didn't care about keeping. All small objects that his father had kept. He told her the story about the ring; said he'd be well rid of it.” "I thought it wasn't for sale?" Sayers said. "I'll come back to that." I settled back in my chair. “With a story like that, of course, Mother was insistent that there must be some evil influence about the thing. I will spare you, of course, the initial run of tests. I found nothing; nothing unusual at all about the object itself. It disrupted no electrical field; it evoked no reaction in my ghost-light; it didn’t respond at all to my circle. It had some stains on the underside of the band; there had been a bad filing-job done to it, too. That was it." “It had something, then?” Eliot asked. “Or you wouldn’t have it still.” I nodded. “I had had the object for a couple of days when it happened. Mother wanted a clean bill of health, and you know I can’t really be sure about something without a couple of days of signal to go on. I’d left it in the monitoring box downstairs and gone to bed. “It was my absolute surprise, then, to wake up in the middle of the night with a companion,” here I paused. “That wasn’t how I meant it. But there was indeed a woman in the room.” I accepted the general round of amusement and continued on after a moment. “She was tallish, and rather unhealthy-looking; but she was furious. She glared at me with absolutely righteous anger. And then I blinked! And she was gone. "Remarkably, I fell back asleep. I wasn't very awake, you see. Well, when I woke up, I saw my warning-glass still standing up. I keep it for dreams, you know, to see whether a dream has significance or not. If she was a dream, she was only a figment of my own mind. But I had been certain I was awake. "The next morning I went straight to the library to get a sense of her clothing. You may not be surprised to learn that she was wearing high-class British clothing, of the decade of Simon Whitstone's death.”

Part 3