Sunday, August 29, 2004
Root and Foundationstone
Yes, Eric has a blog now.
Hey, it's a meme. But also a very good way to communicate... Star and I agree that it's one of the best implementations of the 'net for the improvement of real human lives, of understanding. One another and ourselves, come to that.
For reference, to those who would ask about the site name... the hellequin is an old Breton myth-form, a precursor to the Italianate harlequin, clad in motley like that latter-day version, but no jester. The hellequin was a damned king, captain of a troop of the Devil's horsemen. The Wild Hunt, in an earlier and less Celtic incarnation than the one we think of today. I'm still tracing out the connections which led this figure of awe and fear to star in the Commedia del'Arte; if any reader happens to have references they can give, that would be cool.
How the hellequin connects to my heart? Tricky. Those who know me best can probably guess much of it; I can guess some of the rest.
Hey, it's a meme. But also a very good way to communicate... Star and I agree that it's one of the best implementations of the 'net for the improvement of real human lives, of understanding. One another and ourselves, come to that.
For reference, to those who would ask about the site name... the hellequin is an old Breton myth-form, a precursor to the Italianate harlequin, clad in motley like that latter-day version, but no jester. The hellequin was a damned king, captain of a troop of the Devil's horsemen. The Wild Hunt, in an earlier and less Celtic incarnation than the one we think of today. I'm still tracing out the connections which led this figure of awe and fear to star in the Commedia del'Arte; if any reader happens to have references they can give, that would be cool.
How the hellequin connects to my heart? Tricky. Those who know me best can probably guess much of it; I can guess some of the rest.
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