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Dante Alighieri got us like: (Me and @lucifertears during Italian literature classes )
Love it when women dunk on their political opponents and get their favorite poets to crush on them in their wildly popular Bible fanfic. It's what they deserve
I'm writing about Night in the Woods
Why is the dante story called the divine comedy... it’s not funny
Poet, I beg you by that God whom you did not know…
jean “mœbius” giraud (1938-2012)
illustrations (1999) for ‘paradiso’ in dante’s ‘the divine comedy’ (1320)
read the start of dante’s inferno
Wait why is he crying
read the start of dante’s inferno
Guarda "Divine Comedy Perfect Lovesong (live @ Mod Lang)" su YouTube
Give
Me your love
And I'll give you
The perfect lovesong.
With
A divine
Beatles bassline
And a big old Beach Boys sound.
I'll match you pound for pound.
Like heavy-weights in the final round,
We'll hold on to each other
So we don't fall down.
Well, give
Me a wink
And I'll give you
What I think you're after.
With
Just one kiss
I will whisk you away
To where angels often tread.
We'll paint this planet red.
We'll stumble back to our hotel bed
And we'll make love to each other
'Till we're half dead.
Maybe now
You can see
Just what you
Mean to me....
So tell me what the hell is normal and who the hell is sane? And why the hell care anyway? All the dreams that we have had are gonna prove that we're all mad and that's OK....
source - http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/14th-century-illuminations-for-dantes-divine-comedy/
just seen someone criticize the divine comedy by saying that it's not relatable which is of course incommensurably stupid because relatability should never be the only criterion through which one can judge the validity and quality of a piece of work &c but also. just because you tedious unimaginative losers have never been on a journey to hell and purgatory with your long dead favorite writer doesn't mean others haven't. happened to me
francesca by hozier is easily one of the best love songs out there.
the fact that she is suffering an eternity of torture which includes being stuck in a hurricane but still loves paolo just as much as she loved him when they were alive
the fact that hozier said in an interview: "there's no punishment in spending an eternity arm in arm with the person you'd die for"
the fact that she admits that she would do it all again (go through a terrible death and then litreal hell and torture) just to hold him for a single minute
the fact that the song ends with the lyrics "heaven is not fit to house a love like you and i" and were the song played on repeat the end would flow perfectly with the beginning in order to mimic the hurricane
Christianity is actually really cool
I just got done binging Wendigoon's old series on Dante's Divine Comedy, and I have to say, it really gave me an appreciation for just how awesome Christian writings, and by extent the bible really are. It's so hard to appreciate the cool aspects of Christianity these days because so many people in Gen Z associate it with right-wing politics and annoying preachers. It's much easier when you are allowed to take in these ideas without people pressuring you to believe a certain thing about it.
And sure, there are still many ideas I disagree with, but the ideals of virtue in helping others and the way it's explained in the Christian cannon are really inspiring to me. The reputation of Christianity would be so much better with secular people if there were more Christians willing to explain Christianity in a manner that wasn't so pushy and judgmental.
Anyways, I just felt inspired to write this post and put my thoughts out there. Check out Wendigoons videos on Dante's Divine Comedy if you ever get the chance.