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The Poetics of Space
The Poetics of Space | Gaston Bachelard
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Emilymdxn
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Happy Valentine‘s Day litsy! Killing some time in a cafe before meeting my boyfriend for the cinema and im reading this absolutely beautiful bit of philosophy about how we understand space. Im reading it for a masters essay but it‘s so wonderful I‘d absolutely read it for no reason again!

irfee Is it an easy read or too dry and academic? 2y
Emilymdxn @irfee it‘s got really beautiful quotable writing but it‘s not easy easy, I‘d say dry but enjoyable 2y
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Lindy
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I picked up this classic work of philosophy because of a zoom event with Myra Shapiro. She mentioned participating in regular online meetings during the pandemic to discuss each chapter with other poets. It took me 9 weeks to get through it—my brain needed to be fresh to digest the contents—and I loved it. It‘s worth the effort. I have a new way of thinking about what happens internally as we read & daydream. #Translation by Maria Jolas.

Lindy The photo shows my commonplace book, where I record memorable quotes. I filled 11 pages while reading The Poetics of Space. 3y
batsy I've read excerpts and loved it. I know what you mean about the brain needing to be fresh, though :) I should read the whole thing at some point. 3y
Lindy @batsy 🌼🧠👌 3y
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Lindy
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George Sand, dreaming beside a path of yellow sand, saw life flowing by. “What is more beautiful than a road?” she wrote. “It is the symbol and the image of an active life.”

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Lindy
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Poetic revery, unlike somnolent revery, never falls asleep. Starting with the simplest of images, it must always set the waves of the imagination radiating.

kspenmoll So sweet! 4y
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Lindy @kspenmoll @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @FelinesAndFelonies Thanks! She‘s definitely a sweet cat. 4y
Liatrek Awe 😻😻 4y
Lcsmcat 😻😻 4y
Texreader ❤️🐈‍⬛ 4y
rubyslippersreads 😻😻😻 4y
Leftcoastzen When I see kitties sleeping like that always makes me smile!😻 4y
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Lindy
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A tower is a creation of another century. Without a past it is nothing. Indeed, a new tower would be ridiculous. But we still have books, and they give our daydreams countless dwelling-places. Is there one among us who has not spent romantic moments in the tower of a book they have read?

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Lindy
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Such an attitude could hardly be achieved on first reading, which remains too passive. For here the reader is still something of a child, a child who is entertained by reading. But every good book should be reread as soon as it is finished. After the sketchiness of the first reading comes the creative work of reading. We must then know *the problem* that confronted the author.

Suet624 Great quote. I just finished a 560 page book and while I know it would benefit me to start again I just can't. :) But I completely agree with the concept. 4y
Lindy @Suet624 👍👯‍♂️ I‘m a deep reader, even on first reading. Maybe that‘s why there‘s no such thing as spoilers for me. An important criterion for what I consider a 5-star book is that it is worthy of rereading. 4y
Suet624 Agreed. 4y
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Lindy
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Indeed, in our houses we have nooks and corners in which we like to curl up comfortably. To curl up belongs to the phenomenology of the verb “to inhabit,” and only those who have learned to do so can inhabit with intensity.

saresmoore I love this phrase: inhabit with intensity! 4y
Lindy @saresmoore I believe you know how to do this 😊 4y
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Lindy
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If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters daydreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.

Nutmegnc Amazing quote! 4y
Cathythoughts Beautiful quote, Lindy 4y
Cathythoughts Being homeless is desperate 4y
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Lindy @Nutmegnc @Cathythoughts My progress through this book is very slow, but there are so many great lines. 4y
batsy I haven't read this fully yet but have read some excerpts and I love this quote. 4y
Palimpsest I own it but haven‘t read it yet. 4y
Palimpsest I do love this quote. 4y
Lindy @batsy @Palimpsest I picked it up because of an online poetry event with Myra Shapiro. She‘s 83 and said a benefit of the pandemic is doing more things with distant people, such as participating in a regular online study group that is making their way through the Poetics of Space. I can see why buddy reading it would be helpful. 4y
Palimpsest @Lindy I tend to read more at night and from what I can tell one needs to be alert and yes, probably having a buddy to help unpack everything would be helpful. (edited) 4y
Lindy @Palimpsest Yes, an alert mind is a must. I read a page or two every morning while I drink my tea. 4y
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Lindy
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For it is a fact that poetry possesses a felicity of its own, however great the tragedy it may be called upon to illustrate.

TheSpineView Truth!💗 4y
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Lindy
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Are the towers of our soul razed for all time?

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Lindy
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In poetic revery the soul keeps watch, with no tension, calmed and active. To compose a finished, well-constructed poem, the mind is obliged to make projects that prefigure it. But for a simple poetic image, there is no project; a flicker of the soul is all that is needed.

Lesliereads I bought a copy of this book after reading that it was one of Sandra Cisneros‘s favorite books - but have yet to crack it open 🤔 4y
Lindy @Lesliereads I find it quite a challenge—so much philosophical theory—but also fascinating, once I grasp meaning from sentences that I have reread three times. 4y
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Lindy
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If we cannot imagine we cannot foresee.

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Lindy
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I don‘t know how far I will get in this classic, but the passage above in Mark Z Danielewski‘s foreword has brought Piranesi strongly to mind.

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LowCountryKnight
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Everything is a result from actual meditations on the ultimate essence of everything. The mind is the all-encompassing entity that breathes and knows the actual world in which we live. If we can capture the mind in concrete categories, we become aware of a smart and living eternity that is the ultimate cause for all action and that makes us artists. This process cannot be denied: it is simply what happens when people learn to see past the limited.

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marynmkfrsh
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For our house is our corner of the world. As has often been said, it is our first universe, a real cosmos in every sense of the word. If we look at it intimately, the humblest dwelling has beauty.

DrexEdit Welcome to Litsy! I hope you enjoy it! 😊 7y
marynmkfrsh @DrexEdit Thank you! 😌 7y
Sace Welcome to Litsy. It's a great community! 7y
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marynmkfrsh @RestlessFickleBookSlut Thank you! Yeah, I'm loving it! 💃 7y
BarbaraJean Ohhhh, I want to crawl into that space and read. 😍 Welcome to Litsy!! 7y
marynmkfrsh @BarbaraJean same! 💃 And thank you! I'm loving it. 7y
Jess7 Love this! 💙💙💙 7y
TricksyTails Welcome to Litsy! 🎉📚🎉📚 7y
MrBook Oooh! Welcome to Litsy! 😁👏🏻 7y
marynmkfrsh @TricksyTails Thank you! 💃 7y
marynmkfrsh @MrBook Thank you! 💃 7y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Welcome to Litsy - hopefully you‘ll find our corner of the world as comfy as the picture you posted! 7y
marynmkfrsh @BarbaraTheBibliophage Thank you! I am loving it! It's such a wonderful community. 7y
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batsy
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"If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace."

#dream #QuotsyNov17 @TK-421

(Painting: "At The Window", Carl Vilhelm Holsøe 1900)

Tanisha_A This is beautiful! 7y
LeahBergen Oh, yes. And I would like THIS house. ❤️ 7y
Cathythoughts This is very beautiful indeed ❤️ 7y
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erzascarletbookgasm Lovely quote and lovely painting!👍 7y
TrishB Lovely ❤ 7y
batsy @LeahBergen My exact thought! 😍 7y
Tanisha_A @batsy Yeah, makes me want to sit by the window right now. Oh, but work! 🙈 7y
batsy @Tanisha_A I feel you 😫 7y
saresmoore Beautiful. 7y
Billypar Same reaction as above- I was skimming through my feed and this popped out. Very comforting feel, and it matches the quote. 7y
batsy @Billypar @saresmoore It's so soothing to look at, isn't it. I was looking for paintings of interiors and the Danish and Dutch painters don't disappoint 🙂 7y
Tamra Makes me wonder what she is thinking. 7y
Reecaspieces Lovely! 7y
PurpleyPumpkin Beautiful 😍 7y
batsy @Tamra Yes! I love these paintings of people in quiet moments @Reecaspieces @PurpleyPumpkin 💕 7y
merelybookish I read this in grad school. It is poetical and interesting, unlike a lot of theoretical texts. 🙂 7y
batsy @merelybookish 😆 Good to know! I've read just an excerpt or two from The Poetics of Reverie (if I'm remembering the title right) & it's definitely not the kind of lifeless prose that shuts down your imagination 😬 7y
Centique Oh I would love to step inside this painting right now. What peace and beauty 😍 7y
batsy @Centique Yes! Peace, solitude, and beauty... Aah. 7y
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Olivalejandra
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I've been reading this book for like...2 months. Reading philosophy doesn't come easy to me, but Bachelard's writing about space and memory is 💯

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Gregman6
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Fun book so far.

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