Anna Ezekiel
@annaezekiel
Feminist historian of philosophy & translator of work by historical women philosophers. Parami University (Myanmar) ACEzekiel.com 🏴🇨🇦🇭🇰
I just visited some gardens in Scotland and it was rose season. This one is from Saughton Gardens in Edinburgh.
From Karoline von Günderrode’s fragment “A Dream,” a visceral image of her view of identity, consciousness, and life after death. Translated with the prose poem “An Apocalyptic Fragment” & an intro in “Karoline von Günderrode: Philosophical Writings,” available from OUP: academic.oup.com/book/62113
Marvel has been in a rage all day (reason unknown). She’s come on the sofa next to my head so I can’t possibly miss that she’s angry with me. There will be ABSOLUTELY NO TOUCHING.
Marvel has a particular call when she wants me to help her catch a creature. Usually it’s a cockroach or gecko high on the wall, but once it was a venomous snake in a corner so I have to respond every time. Anyway, today we caught a cockroach together and she was pleased.
An excerpt from Karoline von Günderrode’s epistolary dialogue “Letters of Two Friends,” translated with its own introduction in “Karoline von Günderrode: Philosophical Writings” available from OUP here: academic.oup.com/book/62113
This dreadful tyrant was born and raised in Hong Kong but somehow she’s still terrified of thunder. Our other cats are unbothered by it. This is Hong Kong: we’re having a multi-day thunderstorm and nobody is allowed to sleep until we fix it🤦
While I was on holiday a massive cobra was found in our garden, captured & released in the park away from humans. I got the full account today: apparently it was “growling like a large dog” when cornered & “ready to attack anyone”😳 Poor snake but also😱 And someone found these in the village today:
An excerpt from Karoline von Günderrode’s poem “The Wanderer’s Descent,” influenced by Fichte and Novalis, and translated with its own introduction in “Karoline von Günderrode: Philosophical Writings” available from OUP: academic.oup.com/book/62113
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I’m on holiday in Canada but those back home just sent this horrifying footage from my front garden 😱 Snake catcher came and eventually caught this “very angry” cobra, took it into the country park and released it far from human habitation.
An excerpt from Karoline von Günderrode’s philosophical dialogue “The Manes,” translated with its own introduction in “Karoline von Günderrode: Philosophical Writings” available from OUP here: academic.oup.com/book/62113
Found in an old sketchbook. I remember going out to East Lothian and drawing this; the light was low but very strong and bright. Nearly 30 years ago!
Don’s facial expressions look so human. This is a Very Good Boy btw.
Does Karoline von Günderrode anticipate Goethe’s view of elective affinities as explaining human relationships? Check out her Notes on Chemistry, translated with its own introduction in “Karoline von Günderrode: Philosophical Writings” available from OUP here: academic.oup.com/book/62113
From Karoline von Günderrode’s short, Ossian-inspired play on gender roles and memory, “Mora,” translated with its own introduction in “Karoline von Günderrode: Philosophical Writings” available from OUP here: academic.oup.com/book/62113
An excerpt from Karoline von Günderrode’s epistolary dialogue “Letters of Two Friends,” translated with its own introduction in “Karoline von Günderrode: Philosophical Writings” available from OUP here: academic.oup.com/book/62113
From Karoline von Günderrode’s fragment “A Dream,” a visceral image of her view of identity, consciousness, and life after death. Translated with the prose poem “An Apocalyptic Fragment” & an intro in “Karoline von Günderrode: Philosophical Writings,” available from OUP: academic.oup.com/book/62113
The ending of Karoline von Günderrode’s poem “Once I Lived Sweet Life,” which some claim includes a feminist answer to the Kantian & Romantic sublime. Translated with its own introduction in “Karoline von Günderrode: Philosophical Writings” available from OUP here: academic.oup.com/book/62113
Don lived the first 4 years of his life as a feral cat and boy is he done with that life!