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sparkleflit 76F
10271 posts
6/27/2017 12:21 am

That time of day has been referred to as having special, inspirational qualities.......known as "Poet's Hour" or Artist's Hour", "Lover's Hour".........twilight is when the fairies come out, when magic happens.......The light of the setting sun becomes horizontal and golden or rose........the very natural quality of the horizontal rays has been imbued with supernatural mythology.........but one does'nt require the supernatural myths in order to appreciate twilight.


Rocketship 79F
18518 posts
6/27/2017 5:31 am

I've always found the setting of the sun and dusk, to be a quiet time for reflection.

I used to sit in the sun room with a glass of wine and exhale.


MrsJoe 76F
17280 posts
6/27/2017 5:50 am

Oh my, Liszt, in you old age, thou dost wax poetic, eh?
As I read your blog, it brought to mind Longfellow's poem, "The Children's Hour"..............
"Between the dark and the daylight,
When the night is beginning to lower,
Comes a pause in the day’s occupations,
That is known as the Children’s Hour."
I just had to go read it once again. What a nice way to start my once again hectic day.


Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.


sparkleflit 76F
10271 posts
6/28/2017 9:23 pm

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Being aware of the existence of mythology and appreciating how ancient Humans who didn't know the causes of natural phenomena explained it in terms of supernatural phenomena, admiring their imagination and even some of their imagery, is very different from actually believing that the mythology is a factual representation of reality.


sparkleflit 76F
10271 posts
6/29/2017 10:08 am

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Dear man, did you not read the title of your blog?........You thank a mythological figure for creating what we now know is a very natural phenomena.........Your comment bout Marx illustrates your lack of knowledge.......or can you quote me a passage of Marx where he imbues the sunset with a supernatural cause?.........You say "we all draw on some set of myths or another to help us understand the ineffable".......That's far from true......many of us don't require an understanding or explanation of every occurrence or phenomena......We find the scientific explanation and then let the rest go......or if you're a scientist, keep looking. Everyone doesn't automatically insert a supernatural cause into every gap in knowledge.

However, that does not preclude creativity or imagination.....metaphor and poetry, music and art.....all can exist without supernatural interference. The lack of a supernatural cause in no way lessens the wonder or appreciation of a natural phenomena.