EMBODIED FRAGMENTS: Heliotropism

Helianthus = Helio+theos (Hölderlin: "Sonnenuntergang")
Helian = Helio-theos (Trakl: "Helian")
Heliotropism: a turning towards the light of God for nourishment

Hölderlin: "Sonnenuntergang"

Wo bist du? trunken dämmert die Seele mir
Von aller deiner Wonne; denn eben ist's,
Dass ich gelauscht, wie, goldner Töne
Voll, der entzückende Sonnenjüngling

Sein Abendlied auf himmlischer Leier spielt';
Es tönten rings die Wälder und Hügel nach.
Doch fern ist er zu frommen Völkern,
Die ihn noch ehren, hinweggegangen.

[Where are you? My soul looms drunken
With all your joy; for it is just this moment
That I was listening to the
Entrancing youthful sun-god

Play his evening song on a heavenly lyre;
The woods and hills re-echoed his golden tones.
But he is gone, far away to pious people
Who still revere him.]

EMBODIED FRAGMENTS

Monday, January 12, 2009

Heliotropism

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