Or I shall live...A Poet's Muse...

SONNET 81 By William Shakespeare...{{Dedicated to my Truth...}}...

Or I shall live...	your epitaph to make...	Or you survive ...
when I in earth am rotten;	From hence your memory	death cannot take,
Although in me	each part will be forgotten.	Your name from hence
immortal life shall have,	Though I,	once gone,
to all the world must die:	The earth can yield me...	but a common grave,
When you entombed	in men's eyes shall lie.	Your monument shall be
my gentle verse,	Which eyes not yet created	shall o'er-read,
And tongues to be	your being shall rehearse	When all the breathers of this world
are dead;	You still shall live...	such virtue hath my pen...
Where breath most breathes,	even in the mouths of men.	AB...IN...SOLITUDE...

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6/12/2012 11:56:51 AM	Awake	A truly moving interpretation of this Shakespeare's sonnet, AB. Love so many of the painting in here. Especially the "Golden Legend" had not seen this one before. Thank you for the introduction. Speaking of Shakespeare: have you seen the movie "Anonymous"? It is a story about the politics and history in England at the time of Shakespeare. I was skeptical at first, but this movie proved to be a most interesting tale with a great story line, plausible premise and wonderful acting. You might enjoy : )
6/13/2012 1:43:50 AM	abinsolitude	Hi Awake...Thank you for your comments... About Anonymous...well..I haven't seen that movie... Just read a brief about it in Wikipedia after your suggestion...and found it interesting...:)... well...Had I seen it...the first question in my mind would have been about the historical accuracy about it...and no doubt...fictionalized interpretation would have upset me as I like to see things close to its originality...
6/13/2012 1:49:21 AM	abinsolitude	What I mean is...if you go back to Da vinci code...and Angels & Demons...and such movies...these are also fiction...made with a sense of commercialization of an imagination... In DA Vinci...there were many things which were close to originality whether one reads or one watch it...like...interpreting from symbols...the power of the 'triangle' etc etc...but Angels & Demons was simply a fiction...produced and written by a critic of Christianity in his own vision...and sense was to commercialize it for money and fame...
6/13/2012 2:12:24 AM	abinsolitude	If you remember our discussion on MobyDick...the white whale...then you will probably understand my point of intent... MobyDick...though being a fiction represents a symbolic character of white whale being the savior for other whales from the cruel human minds...and captain ahbab being an egoist human...{{ I see a logical presentation in this fiction...unlike point of arguments being portrayed just from commercial sense...}}...
6/13/2012 2:21:58 AM	abinsolitude	Different from above subject..but a thought I would like to share with you... When people like...Newton...Fibonacci...whose inventions we read and gain a bachelors...masters...or doctorate level of academic qualifications...were criticized by many...and recently...a big controversy over newtons theory of light particles being fastest had been risen...due to which which the entire science would have been proved wrong...{{ Just mean to say...critics are important in world...but when they work in commercial sense...they knowingly/unknowingly act against the great human beings...}}...
6/13/2012 2:32:45 AM	abinsolitude	Another example is of Leonardo picaso bigollo...or FIBONACCI...the great man...an ITALIAN...studied HINDU-ARABIC numeral system...and observed the Golden Ratio in respiratory system of all living beings... and his theory is widely adapted in American...European and many other countries...but not accepted completely by HINDU mathematicians...and ruled out completely in ARAB countries...:)...
6/13/2012 2:46:36 AM	abinsolitude	Just like...If I put myself into consideration over Shakespeare sonnets...then..being criticized shouldn't be a surprise...:)... After all...How can a HINDU guy...a Finance professional...an entrepreneur...and more specifically...whose primary education was in a NON ENGLISH medium...can understand Shakespeare...??... Whereas...such people only read 'Breast' word in shakespeare sonnets to be related to nudity of poet's thoughts for a woman...and I understand that by writing word 'Breast' the poet is pointing at 'HEART'... {{ Just....understanding few words can change the entire meaning of sonnet...}}...
6/13/2012 2:55:32 AM	abinsolitude	The logic is... When after so many years...Newton...Leonardo da vincci...Leonardo Picaso... William shakespeare...and many great Human beings...exceptional example being Michelangelo & Jean Delville...etc can be criticized out of ego or zeal by those who think only materially and commercially and use their energy just to prove others wrong...and themselves being dependent on incomplete knowledge...and bewildered in lust & ego...then how come a human in today's generation can remain untouched by criticism or critics...??...:)...
6/13/2012 3:02:54 AM	abinsolitude	The sad truth is...all such practices have lead humans far from the originality...and generations to come will completely be ignorant of it...Won't be wrong to say that this is perhaps Nature's plan to keep increasingly destructive human mind away from purity...and in each era...such inventions will be done by proper and worthy Humans to bring LOGICAL Truth in front of others...so that its importance remains intact...{{ For now...Arguments due to lust and material...do not seem to tell the correct messages of Nature...which are hidden...may it be in Songs...or...verses...or theories...or inventions in science...}}...
6/13/2012 11:34:22 AM	Awake	Many interesting points you make AB. I will revisit and comment after some much needed sleep. : )
6/14/2012 8:18:47 AM	abinsolitude	Well...could be useful for you to understand what did I try to say...:)... http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibnat.html#Rabbits