Mastodawn

//mirror///invocation//
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Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 casts the "darling buds of May" as a fleeting reflection of youth that the rough winds of time will inevitably shatter. The poem itself becomes an eternal, unchanging mirror, capturing and preserving the lover’s perfect image long after the real-world reflection has faded into dust.
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#poetry #writing #Shakespeare #literature #may

The Jacaranda 1d ago

//Spectral Suggestions///George Clanton - "Slide"//
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If you are looking for the perfect soundtrack for our Mirror month, look no further than George Clanton’s 2018 album, Slide.

Sonically, the album is a beautiful, loud collision of heavy 90s trip-hop drums and warm, blurry electronic melodies. It feels less like a standard pop record and more like a time capsule from an alternate reality, making it an incredible listen for a month dedicated to reflection.
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#music #fun #alternative

The Jacaranda 2d ago

//mirror///invocation
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In "Confessions," Kathleen Raine treats the poem itself as a confessional mirror where the speaker strips away the curated ego to confront the raw, unpolished truth of the soul. The relationship is one of painful clarity, where looking into the glass forces the self to discard its earthly masks and realize that its true identity exists only in the silent, infinite presence behind the reflection.
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#transcendental #poetry #romanticism #existentialism #writing #literature

The Jacaranda 2d ago

//rebirth///invocation//
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#poetry #existential #modernist #literature #writing

The Jacaranda 3d ago

In Blade Runner (1982), the mirror is found in the eye—the ocular portal that supposedly separates the human from the manufactured.

The relationship between them is one of fundamental misrecognition; the characters look into these "mirrors" of the past to find a soul, only to discover a void of programmed data.

To see oneself in this world is to realize that the "I" is a beautiful, tragic fiction reflected in the eyes of the Other.
#scifi #bladerunner #cyberpunk #psychology #philosophy

The Jacaranda 3d ago

//mirror///invocation//
Whitman’s spider flinging out "gossamer threads" to catch the stars is a mirror of the soul’s desperate attempt to anchor the self within the vast, empty void.

The relationship is one of existential projection, where the self looks out at the abyss and realizes that its only "reflection" is the fragile, geometric web it manages to weave between the known and the unknown.
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#transcendental #waltwhitman #poetry #romanticism #existentialism #writing #literature