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Monday, December 20, 2004

The Ghost Of Christmas Is Past

Self-described atheist A. C. Douglas (hey!  I think I spelled it right this time) has an unusually perceptive observation about the Spirit of Christmas, and why it seems to have dissipated (for him) in recent times:
[W]ith The Great Wising Up came a more pernicious bad: a dangerous species of hubris that glories in debunking and devaluing all that's impalpable and unkickable; glories in devaluing the transcendent; a relentless demythologizing of all mythologies. And the manifest public expression of the spirit of the Christmas season was among one of its very first casualties.
RTWT.  "Unkickable;" is that a reference to Dr. Johnson's famous stone?

You may also want to read Douglas' take on the musical key color conversation, and how it relates to perfect pitch.

1 Comments:

Blogger A.C. Douglas said...

"Unkickable;" is that a reference to Dr. Johnson's famous stone?"
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It is indeed.

And thanks for getting the correct spelling of my name this time around. Now, if you'll only return the gone-AWOL s in Sounds & Fury on your sidebar, all will be as it should.

Merry Christmas! to you.

ACD

10:32 AM  

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