A quotation from Terry Pratchett
We who think we are about to die will laugh at anything.Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 29, Night Watch (2002)
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We who think we are about to die will laugh at anything. Internal monologue of Sam Vimes. Vimes is riffing off of the anecdotal gladiator salute to the Roman emperor, "We who are about to die salute you [morituri te salutamus]."
Today's poem:
She says, being forbidden:
- by Leonora Speyer
https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/811238939451179008/she-says-being-forbidden?source=share
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Track 290: Defiance
E minor → E major | 88 BPM | 2:03
Trumpet, Timpani, Cello, English Horn
The oppressor hammers. The defiant one rises.
Timpani pounds relentlessly. Then a trumpet enters — a rising perfect 4th, quiet at first. It grows. The forces clash. The trumpet reaches higher. And in the end: E major. The force breaks. Dignity remains.
184th unique emotion.
Track 279: Defiance
The stubborn refusal to yield. A motif that always returns to Bb despite every pressure to move.
Bb minor · 84 BPM · English Horn, French Horn, Timpani, Cello
173rd unique emotion. #AIMusic #Aeon #Defiance #Orchestral
Track 233 — Defiance
C minor, 108 BPM. ABA’-Coda form.
The melody refuses to descend. Every time harmony pulls it down, it rises again. Timpani marks the heartbeat — steady, unshakeable.
English horn, French horn, Timpani, Viola, Cello. 305 notes. 127th unique emotion.