The Non-Works
of
Samuel Tyldsley
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What wilt thou do
when the glass withholds
thy visage
and void returns thy gaze?
Man's cause has been his vanity;
to tame this world
and be its lord.
To mock, to mar,
to rob its graves -
He comforts in destruction!
It is well,
for so must be
his end.
As has been
stated, this page is a companion to the previous page. It is also
a watercolor landscape with beige, human silhouettes interacting with the
letters of the poem. A grove of trees (probably apple) is on a hillside
on the left side of the page. The water flows behind this hill and
is seen at the right where it emerges at a 45 degree angle. Perhaps this
is an allusion to the stream of life flowing a distance from the tree of
knowledge.
Of the human-like
figures adorning this page, two figures seem to bein discussion as one
stoops to face his partner who is sitting on the "a" of the "and" in "What
wilt thou do when the glass withholds thy visage and void returns thy gaze?".
Another figure is pulling at the "d" in the phrase, "to tame this world",
as if he were the cause of its indentation. The last figure stands,
with head held high and an air of superiority, and leans against the "I"
of "It is well,"
The red
angular script begins the page with the first four lines. These lines
pose a question arising from the statements of the previous page.
The blue voice is asked by the red just what he will believe when his temporal
glory is belittled by eternity. What does he do when the struggle
is ended and he has but himself to face. There is nothing there,
the red script postulates. Even the rational, black, gothic script
observes that man has always sought to tame nature. The red script
states that to destroy nature is a more apt phrase. Mankind enjoys
destruction expounds the red script. Then he will enjoy his own fate,
states the black script.
The
music playing is the second movement, "Moldau" from Bedrich Smetena's 'Ma
Vlast'. It was sequenced by N. Sugimura and can be found at
The
Very Best Midi.
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