tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post2401173734037539452..comments2024-03-26T10:07:14.049-04:00Comments on Painting: Innocence and ExperienceMartin Mugarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12799696151828817646noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post-69480884784198792702020-04-08T09:59:02.047-04:002020-04-08T09:59:02.047-04:00"Innocence, the child is, and forgetting;a ne..."Innocence, the child is, and forgetting;a new beginning, a play, a self-propelling wheel, a first moving, a holy Yes-saying." Nietzsche Martin Mugarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799696151828817646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post-42489702533472444942018-11-20T08:17:19.006-05:002018-11-20T08:17:19.006-05:00Walker Percy on Innocence in Melville:
In Melvil...Walker Percy on Innocence in Melville: <br /><br />In Melville, the only believable part of Judeo-Christianity (as Schopenhauer put it)—the innocence—comes not from human nature but from outer space. Billy Budd is man before the Fall, man exempted from the Fall, a creature dragged in from some loony planet invented by Melville and Rousseau, who neither understands evil nor needs salvation from it. Martin Mugarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799696151828817646noreply@blogger.com