{"id":19688,"date":"2024-02-28T18:17:58","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T00:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=19688"},"modified":"2024-02-28T18:17:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T00:17:58","slug":"mirrors-daffodils-and-conspirare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=19688","title":{"rendered":"Mirrors, Daffodils, and Conspirare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Spiegel im Spiegel&#8221; seemed like an appropriate start to a gray day in central Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This led to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yumpu.com\/en\/document\/read\/39473039\/bach-plus-elegant-craft-ardent-expression-conspirare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">program notes<\/a> for a concert given by Austin&#8217;s own <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conspirare.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Conspirare<\/a><\/strong> back in 2013 that featured, in addition to &#8220;Spiegel im Spiegel&#8221;. &#8220;daffodils, lilacs, roses&#8221;, and &#8220;Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen&#8221;.<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"454\" class=\"wp-image-19694\" style=\"width: 350px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/irl_240228_0052.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/irl_240228_0052.jpg 489w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/irl_240228_0052-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"582\" height=\"747\" data-id=\"19690\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/irl_240228_0053-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/irl_240228_0053-Copy.jpg 582w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/irl_240228_0053-Copy-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"430\" data-id=\"19691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/irl_240228_0055.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/irl_240228_0055.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/irl_240228_0055-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"611\" height=\"337\" data-id=\"19692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/irl_240228_0056.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/irl_240228_0056.jpg 611w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/irl_240228_0056-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">\r\n\r<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"379\" class=\"wp-image-19696\" style=\"width: 550px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Clipboard02-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Clipboard02-3.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Clipboard02-3-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Clipboard02-3-1024x706.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Clipboard02-3-768x530.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>\n<strong>in time of daffodils<\/strong>\nby e.e. cummings\n\nin time of daffodils (who know\r\nthe goal of living is to grow)\r\nforgetting why, remember how\r\n\r\nin time of lilacs who proclaim\r\nthe aim of waking is to dream,\r\nremember so (forgetting seem)\r\n\r\nin time of roses (who amaze\r\nour now and here with paradise)\r\nforgetting if, remember yes\r\n\r\nin time of all sweet things beyond\r\nwhatever mind may comprehend,\r\nremember seek (forgetting find)\r\n\r\nand in a mystery to be\r\n(when time from time shall set us free)\r\nforgetting me, remember me<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0001.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"19700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0001.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0001-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0001-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0011.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"19698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0011.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0011.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0011-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0011-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0016.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"19702\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0016.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0016.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0016-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0016-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0006.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"19699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0006.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0006.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0006-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0006-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0018.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"19701\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0018.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0018.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0018-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0018-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0018-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This poem is put to song by Chantaclear and is an astounding piece of music and performance. I think e.e. is telling us what is important to focus on while we live, and that at time of death when time \u201cfrom time will shall set us free\u201d we will face the mystery of beyond. We hope we will be remembered, but think of it, most of us will be forgotten. Fans of e.e. find the Chanteclear recording, you will not be disappointed.<\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanpoems.com\/poets\/eecummings\/in-time-of-daffodils\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mary Weddig<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PriMS_xGXmg?si=P4LcJhqj04s3Q-nz\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0005.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"19704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0005.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0005.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0005-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0005-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0005-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0013.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"19703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0013.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0013.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0013-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0013-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils_0013-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><strong>Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen<\/strong>\r\n by Friedrich R\u00fcckert (1788 - 1866),\r\n\r\nIch bin der Welt abhanden gekommen\r\nMit der ich sonst viele Zeit verdorben\r\nSie hat so lange nichts von mir vernommen\r\nSie mag wohl glauben, ich sei gestorben!\r\n\r\nEs ist mir auch gar nichts daran gelegen\r\nOb sie mich f\u00fcr gestorben h\u00e4lt\r\nIch kann auch gar nichts sagen dagegen\r\nDenn wirklich bin ich gestorben der Welt!\r\n\r\nIch bin gestorben dem Weltget\u00fcmmel\r\nUnd ruh' in einem stillen Gebiet!\r\nIch leb' allein in meinem Himmel\r\nIn meinem Lieben, in meinem Lied!\n\n\r\r\n<strong>I am lost to the world<\/strong>\r\nIch bin der Welt abhanden gekommen\r\n\r\nWith which I otherwise spoiled a lot of time\r\nMit der ich sonst viele Zeit verdorben\r\n\r\nShe hasn't heard from me for so long\r\nSie hat so lange nichts von mir vernommen\r\n\r\nShe may well think I died!\r\nSie mag wohl glauben, ich sei gestorben!\r\n\r\nI don't even care about it\r\nEs ist mir auch gar nichts daran gelegen\r\n\r\nWhether she thinks I'm dead\r\nOb sie mich f\u00fcr gestorben h\u00e4lt\r\n\r\nI can't say anything against it either\r\nIch kann auch gar nichts sagen dagegen\r\n\r\nFor I have truly died to the world!\r\nDenn wirklich bin ich gestorben der Welt!\r\n\r\nI died to the turmoil of the world\r\nIch bin gestorben dem Weltget\u00fcmmel\n\r\r\nAnd rest in a quiet area!\r\nUnd ruh' in einem stillen Gebiet!\r\n\r\nI live alone in my heaven\r\nIch leb' allein in meinem Himmel\r\n\r\nIn my love, in my song!\r\nIn meinem Lieben, in meinem Lied!<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen<\/strong> (\u201cI Am Lost to the World\u201d) is the dreamy soliloquy of the solitary artist, which concludes with the lines, \u201cI live alone in my heaven, In my love and in my song.\u201d The poet withdraws from the mundane, everyday world to enter a deeper, transcendent reality. Mahler\u2019s music is filled with serene, distant lament.<\/p>\n<cite>Timothy Judd from <a href=\"https:\/\/thelistenersclub.com\/2021\/04\/30\/the-artistry-of-christa-ludwig-two-songs-from-mahlers-ruckert-lieder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Listener&#8217;s Club<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lzyEsABnnd8?si=H8fkxiBj2Mp84CEx\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am dead to the world&#8217;s tumult,<br>And I rest in a quiet realm!<br>I live alone in my heaven,<br>In my love and in my song.<\/p>\n<cite>Friedrich R\u00fcckert<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This abstract prompt led to some fascinating AI images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lost_0007.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"19719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lost_0007.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lost_0007.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lost_0007-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lost_0007-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" 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