Mastodawn

Those of us with a bardic bent may be interested in this article regarding increasing (western) literary attention to mental states accompanying printing tech:
http://nautil.us/issue/47/consciousness/why-doesnt-ancient-fiction-talk-about-feelings

Why Doesn’t Ancient Fiction Talk About Feelings? - Issue 47: Consciousness - Nautilus

Reading medieval literature, it’s hard not to be impressed with how much the characters get done—as when we read about King Harold…

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AspiringLuddite Apr 30, 2019

@MarahaKahanikar

I've been saying for years that the main failing of a lot of 'classical' (eg Shakespeare) theatre companies is that they don't actually trust their audiences. They cut out anything they think is too 'difficult' and thereby do their audiences a disservice.

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Lilli System Apr 30, 2019

@AspiringLuddite @MarahaKahanikar

I HATE when theatre companies cut Shakespeare. I learned the plays from the scripts, and I want to hear all the lines, and learn all the nuances of the language.

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Hinduismo Para Todos Jan 25, 2024

@MarahaKahanikar be careful with Hindu sacred scriptures in English and languages other than Sanskrit and Hindi, as the scriptures in English, for example, are very divergent from each other, incomplete.in addition to people with bad intentions, like Max Muller, who mistranslated the scriptures, so that Indians are no longer interested in Hinduism. becayse that , I am rebuilding my blog, translating the scriptures from Hindi to English.