tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543809872962166900.post3894534329518683849..comments2007-03-15T04:04:33.377-07:00Comments on Descent Into Hell: Of Rivers and Music and Other Such SweetnessTamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101920862080584812noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543809872962166900.post-78869838523349714112007-02-12T13:44:00.000-08:002007-02-12T13:44:00.000-08:00Hmm... now I want to see that movie! I like the co...Hmm... now I want to see that movie! I like the comparison you've done here. I've never seen that movie (is it a book too?) but I am definitely interested now. It's also interesting to see how different the Italian/medieval sensibility is vs. the American... we are much more emotionally attached to/infatuated with the pastoral, whereas Dante is into community, as in many people in one place. Purgatory is that place of refreshment, renewal, in the way it looks, but it is also chock-full of all kinds of people. It reminds me of the Monty Python sketch about the hermits: they all used to have normal careers in the city, but they went into the wilderness to live a more social life. They sit around and socialize and go berry-picking together. The hermits say that in the city it was hard to meet people. Which brings another idea to mind: is it harder to SEE people when there are so many of them? (hence the American obsession with small communities and virtue)?Hell's Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00501145996542173259noreply@blogger.com