tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post1371094933059563176..comments2024-03-18T22:21:01.033-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: The Rose AbidesGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-21379193414206693282011-10-02T15:31:20.839-04:002011-10-02T15:31:20.839-04:00Like Slaughterhouse Five, where the hero Billy Pil...Like Slaughterhouse Five, where the hero Billy Pilgrim learns how to coast back and forth through his timeline from birth to death. John Varley and Robert Heinlein also like to use the image of the 4-D worm that included our bodies from youth to age, with branches for clones or possible fates.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-16107226293883333302011-09-23T16:10:49.369-04:002011-09-23T16:10:49.369-04:00Thanks for the link. T,S.Eliot wrote about this m...Thanks for the link. T,S.Eliot wrote about this metaphysical puzzle in Burnt Norton, I think it was (will send the verse when I am home and at a real computer again). Also, the medieval imagery of the Risee is so rich (as you could expound with more learning than I could). Viewing late roses and early apples and meditating upon their spiritual resonance across the centuries. An incarnate God insisting on our attention, giving us a message, whether we see, digest and treasure it--or not.Retrieverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036341287285545932noreply@blogger.com