naarmamo, day 2

[capri0mni]

Yesterday's art was a quickie; today's was an all-day project (granted, I didn't get started until around 1 pm, but even then, it took a good 5 hours, not including breaks for laundry and food).

I've been wanting to do a poster of this for ages, and when I woke this morning, I decided to get it out of my system. The image is a mix of pencil, wax crayon, washable marker and pixels. The words are from Friedrich Schiller's 1785 version of The Ode to Joy (lines 39-44), translated from the German by Babelfish, and translated from the Babelfish by yours truly.

Going to try and do a picture link, now:



For those with slow modems, here is my translation of the translation:

Joy, joy, drives the gears of the Cosmic Clock. It calls flowers from their buds, and stars from the ether, guiding planets beyond the reach of our telescopes.

Comments

[jekesta]

Gorgeous! Love the wording, and the idea and all of it:):):):):) :dances:

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

thankee! Yes, I love the idea, too. Years before I ever knew these lines, I'd come to the conclusion that all life exists so that living things could find joy... It's not always easy to find joy, but we're here for the search, and help each other find it.

:::nods:::

BTW, did this show up in today's comment thread? My 'puter keeps freezing when I try to read the comments (my landline does not like the heat we're in).

[jekesta]

Yes, it showed up, I think. I remember the e-mail at least. Alas my internet is as evil as yours, and when I try to look at day two it does not give me pictures. Yes.

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Yes. I did find it, eventually. I need to remember that the times posted are in your zone, not mine. :-)

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

Ooh, nice!:)

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Thank you. On the website where I found the origial German 1785 version, some native speaker translated the first likes as "Joy moves the wheels the universal Time Machine," and I couldn't help thinking of the TARDIS. ;-)