duke_aldhein ([info]duke_aldhein) wrote,
@ 2006-01-20 14:59:00
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jonah arrives in london
A northern bottle-nosed whale swam past the houses of parliament this morning. An epic animal disturbingly out of place against an iconic background, it feels like an early scene in a Hollywood disaster movie. (One about global warming...?)

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bestiary
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2006-01-25 10:08 am UTC (link)
I thought the whale was more like a piece of marginalia in a medieval manuscript. I can't help but wonder how John Dee would have glossed its significance had it appeared under the first Elizabeth's rule...?

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[info]duke_aldhein
2006-01-25 11:32 am UTC (link)
You're absolutely right - though, come to think of it, John Dee's reading of portents and the role of that ominous scene early on in the disaster movie are quite close. I was also reminded of the whole trope of adynata/impossibilia - the fishes in the trees and all that. The time is out of joint.

On a different note, welcome back aboard the good ship LJ!

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