On the benefits of The Arts, two passages come to mind:
In Book 1 of "The Aenead", Aeneas and his band of refugees have landed on the Libyan coast. He’s seen a city in the distance, so he goes off to sneak around that city and see if there’s a chance they can get help there. He sees a lot of signs of prosperity, but nothing that would indicate they’d be welcome or even safe there.
He wanders into a grove near where a temple is being built. As it happens, there are plenty of murals / relief sculptures there, depicting the very war that Aeneas has fled from. Aeneas sighs, and says (to himself) that it means they can expect to be treated fairly and with compassion.
The exact text reads:
Sunt hic etiam sua praemia laudi;
sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt.
Solve metus; feret haec aliquam tibi fama salutem.
“Lacrimae rerum” can be translated as either “tears for things” or “tears of things”. In one sense, it implies that “the universe feels our suffering”, in another, “suffering is a part of what we are”. The next line hints at how it’s supposed to be interpreted. It translates approximately as “Release (your) fear; this fame will bring you some deliverance.” In other words, “They’ve heard of our war, we can trade on that fame.” I think the best translation of the “lacrimae rerum” line is that of Kenneth Clarke: “These men know the pathos of life, and mortal things touch their hearts.”
This happens to be the first time in the city that any sort of artwork or decoration is mentioned. When Aeneas sees it, he finally feels that he and his people have nothing to fear from the city dwellers. He takes it as a clear sign that he is not among barbarians.
A society that prizes art is one that is civilized, and can at least be reasoned with. A society that cares about Art also cares for *people* – and can be counted among the civilized nations.
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Second, On April 17, 1969, Robert R. Wilson was testifying before the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy as part of the AEC Authorizing Legislation for FY 1970 (the Atomic Energy Commission’s budget for the next year). As the Director of the National Accelerator Laboratory (eventually known as Fermilab), he was being grilled on the matter of the lab’s $250 million price tag. That would be around $2 billion today.
Beautiful the gougeres and the writing.
On the benefits of The Arts, two passages come to mind:
In Book 1 of "The Aenead", Aeneas and his band of refugees have landed on the Libyan coast. He’s seen a city in the distance, so he goes off to sneak around that city and see if there’s a chance they can get help there. He sees a lot of signs of prosperity, but nothing that would indicate they’d be welcome or even safe there.
He wanders into a grove near where a temple is being built. As it happens, there are plenty of murals / relief sculptures there, depicting the very war that Aeneas has fled from. Aeneas sighs, and says (to himself) that it means they can expect to be treated fairly and with compassion.
The exact text reads:
Sunt hic etiam sua praemia laudi;
sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt.
Solve metus; feret haec aliquam tibi fama salutem.
“Lacrimae rerum” can be translated as either “tears for things” or “tears of things”. In one sense, it implies that “the universe feels our suffering”, in another, “suffering is a part of what we are”. The next line hints at how it’s supposed to be interpreted. It translates approximately as “Release (your) fear; this fame will bring you some deliverance.” In other words, “They’ve heard of our war, we can trade on that fame.” I think the best translation of the “lacrimae rerum” line is that of Kenneth Clarke: “These men know the pathos of life, and mortal things touch their hearts.”
This happens to be the first time in the city that any sort of artwork or decoration is mentioned. When Aeneas sees it, he finally feels that he and his people have nothing to fear from the city dwellers. He takes it as a clear sign that he is not among barbarians.
A society that prizes art is one that is civilized, and can at least be reasoned with. A society that cares about Art also cares for *people* – and can be counted among the civilized nations.
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Second, On April 17, 1969, Robert R. Wilson was testifying before the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy as part of the AEC Authorizing Legislation for FY 1970 (the Atomic Energy Commission’s budget for the next year). As the Director of the National Accelerator Laboratory (eventually known as Fermilab), he was being grilled on the matter of the lab’s $250 million price tag. That would be around $2 billion today.
Senator John Pastore (D-RI) led the questioning:
𝘚𝘌𝘕𝘈𝘛𝘖𝘙 𝘗𝘈𝘚𝘛𝘖𝘙𝘌. 𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺?
𝘋𝘙. 𝘞𝘐𝘓𝘚𝘖𝘕. 𝘕𝘰, 𝘴𝘪𝘳; 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰.
𝘚𝘌𝘕𝘈𝘛𝘖𝘙 𝘗𝘈𝘚𝘛𝘖𝘙𝘌. 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭?
𝘋𝘙. 𝘞𝘐𝘓𝘚𝘖𝘕. 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭.
𝘚𝘌𝘕𝘈𝘛𝘖𝘙 𝘗𝘈𝘚𝘛𝘖𝘙𝘌. 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵?
𝘋𝘙. 𝘞𝘐𝘓𝘚𝘖𝘕. 𝘐𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘯, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.
𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺.
𝘚𝘌𝘕𝘈𝘛𝘖𝘙 𝘗𝘈𝘚𝘛𝘖𝘙𝘌. 𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵.
𝘋𝘙. 𝘞𝘐𝘓𝘚𝘖𝘕. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
𝘚𝘌𝘕𝘈𝘛𝘖𝘙 𝘗𝘈𝘚𝘛𝘖𝘙𝘌. 𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦?
𝘋𝘙. 𝘞𝘐𝘓𝘚𝘖𝘕. 𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨-𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸, 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺. 𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦, 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩: 𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒑𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔, 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒔? 𝑰 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕.
𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈.
(emphasis mine)
C'est toujours trop bon à manger!
How wonderful.
“Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.”
Beautiful writing and gorgeous recipe. Thank you.
Is it possible to make this recipe with gluten free flour?