So this is a REALLY early contemplation on how humans have shaped this environment for their use, and how cultivated this land is. It's a very specific, evocative and unusual description of an ongoing relationship with the past. They only have this abundant millet because of this earlier work.
An almost Spirited Away feeling to this imagined procession of spirits.
"Wives presiding are still and reverent," how are they 'still' and making side-dishes simultaneously, buddy?
This is clumsily put, but in a way it's nice to see like, the imagined Full Picture of what happens at a ritual like this, how it's supposed to be done and what that's supposed to be causing or invoking for the spiritual party.
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Re: 209. 楚茨 - Chu Ci
Date: 2021-04-26 04:39 am (UTC)So this is a REALLY early contemplation on how humans have shaped this environment for their use, and how cultivated this land is. It's a very specific, evocative and unusual description of an ongoing relationship with the past. They only have this abundant millet because of this earlier work.
An almost Spirited Away feeling to this imagined procession of spirits.
"Wives presiding are still and reverent," how are they 'still' and making side-dishes simultaneously, buddy?
This is clumsily put, but in a way it's nice to see like, the imagined Full Picture of what happens at a ritual like this, how it's supposed to be done and what that's supposed to be causing or invoking for the spiritual party.