reading from the Golden Ass by Lucius Apuleius, Robert Graves' translation
first romance cf. Cervantes' Quixote
only known source for Cupid & Psyche
Google Cupid & Psyche images
cf. Cupid <--> Eros
Mr. Ed <-- Francis the Talking Mule <-- Midsummer Night's Dream
storytellers as entertainers -- the responsibility of the teller
beauty
jealousy
ill-mannered
Soul | butterfly
invisible lover
"the cruel power of fate made a virago of her"
falling in love with love...
(Rodgers & Hart: The Boys from Syracuse 1938, Shakepeare's The Comedy of Errors)
Falling in love with love is falling for make believe.
Falling in love with love is playing the fool;
Caring too much in such a juvenile fancy.
Learning to trust is just for children in school.
two children searching
are you the reader, the character, the writer
Venus | mother-in-law
the impossible tasks
the helpers
Cerberus
the descent
the tower
sleep
Voluptas/Hedone/pleasure/bliss/joy
Cinderella cf. endings of Perrault and Grimms
Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!
How I wonder what you're at!
Up above the world you fly,
Like a teatray in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle little bat!
How I wonder what you're at!
Jack Ross
Spoonerisms
Dulac: Beauty and Beast
O'Keeffe: Lawrence Tree
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