Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Icarus' Sister


                                     ... climbing hay bales through the skylight to the roof of the barn

                       ... wanting to get a little closer to the sun / Icarus' timid sister





Painting by Winslow Homer

8 comments:

  1. Timid sister. You?? I think of you as almost fearless, with the possible exception of the federales who come around from time to time.

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    1. I'm very happy to know you think of me this way ... I suppose I have demonstrated fearlessness more than I have felt it at times ...

      Darn federales. :)

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  2. This fits in sensibly with the escape of Daedalus and Icarus from captivity. Hay bales are more reliable if one is working without a net.

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    1. Indeed, they are. I have all too often worked without a net. It might well be a metaphor for my life ... :)

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  3. Perhaps Icarus' prudent sister. Hay bales can be more dependable than feathers.

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  4. We are attracted to things we are not intimately familiar with. Isn't that human nature? Personally I've been burned more than once because of this human trait.

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    1. As have I ... :))

      There was something about being perched up on that roof that just made me feel empowered as a child.

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