[lbo-talk] Picasso and Einstein1

Shane Mage shmage at pipeline.com
Thu Oct 30 12:47:16 PDT 2008


On Oct 30, 2008, at 2:55 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote:


> At 07:53 AM 10/30/2008, Carrol Cox wrote:
>
>> But the most striking part of the painting seems to be neither the
>> dining room nor the engine, but the clock. Does he say anything about
>> that?
> Not that I know of. He did complain that "Time Transfixed" is not a
> good translation of his title "La durée poignardée."

What an understatement! "Transfixed" is not even a remotely acceptable translation of "poignardée" ("stabbed.")

Shane Mage


> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
>
> Herakleitos of Ephesos



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