Wonderful job, Catherine. Thanks for taking the time to write and polish this. You too, Bob.
Lama --- Catherine McKay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What goes up, must come down. > > Icarus thought he could fly. At the point where he's > ascending, he's still under the delusion/illusion > that > indeed he can fly to the sun. It's only the > omniscient > storyteller, Joni, (and we, the listeners) who > realize > the delusion. Icarus' arms are beautiful, but > they're > foolish - foolish, because we know it's foolish to > try > to fly to the sun on hand-made wings; we know he's > going to crash and burn; but we still believe in the > beauty of the attempt and wish, for his sake, that > he > would make it. You can hear the love and sadness in > Joni's voice even as she sings this line. How can > you > not love Icarus, even though you know he's doomed? > So > go so many things in life - you really want the guy > to > make it. Likewise, we know after the fact that > Amelia's flight was doomed, but no one knew this > when > she took off. If she had made it, she would have > gone > down in history. Because she didn't make it, she > still > went down in history and probably remains more > visible > because of it than she would have if she hadn't just > disappeared. It's beautiful and sad, the essence of > tragedy. Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
