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A review by ghostluvr2000
Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera by Anne Carson
maybe i shld have tried some other anne carsons before jumping into this lol
'this is the condition called ekstasis, literally "standing outside oneself", a condition regarded by the greeks as typical of mad persons, geniuses and lovers, and ascribed to by aristotle' 'as simone weil says longingly: if only i could see a landscape as it is when i am not there. but when i am in any place i disturb the silence of heaven by the beating of my heart.'
'this is the condition called ekstasis, literally "standing outside oneself", a condition regarded by the greeks as typical of mad persons, geniuses and lovers, and ascribed to by aristotle' 'as simone weil says longingly: if only i could see a landscape as it is when i am not there. but when i am in any place i disturb the silence of heaven by the beating of my heart.'