The Meaning Code | Reading Piranesi Part 2: Of Hummingbirds and Wholeness and the Splendors of the World @TheMeaningCode | Uploaded May 2022 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Matt and I are reading Piranesi and discussing it together as a means of exploring philosophy, literature and science through its pages.
Our previous conversation reading Piranesi, Part 1: youtu.be/RFPeYG86x9o
Timestamps
0:00 Musical Intro
0:15 Introducing Matt
0:45 Reading Piranesi p. 5: A Description of the World
2:05. A visual of the Appennine Colossus
5:45 Are absences as important as presences?
10:40 Reading p. 6 The Halls, and the observation that the narrator says, “I have a duty to bear witness to the Splendors of the World.
15:45 Hummingbirds and Wholeness and the splendors of the world
17:45 Matt’s reflections on “adding to the Infinite”
21:30 Reading p. 6 The Three Levels of the House, Hierarchies
26:30 Centers, Margins, Down and Up and other reflections
29:00 Wolfgang Smith’s Vertical Ascent, the icon of the universe, the Lock and the Key
35:30 Male friendships, and the nature and role of friendship in general
50:30 Bottom of p 7, Since the World Began, there have been a total of 15 People
51:15 Entropy and Forgetfulness with Visual
1:14:30 Why wasn’t salvation instantaneous?
1:19:45 Referencing Paul VanderKlay’s conversation on finding faith:
youtu.be/bJPxGoCKZSw
1:23:00 The Great and Secret Knowledge that the Other seeks
1:30:00 The pacing of the book.
1:31:45 Patience is not a “fiat”, reflections on fiat currency v. Patience
1:37:15 The “euangelion”, the “good news” of the new King is “good news” only for those who trust that this is a good King.
I don't get any benefit from Amazon and only link to the books there because of the ease of it, but you can find them at any bookstore.
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
amazon.com/Piranesi-Susanna-Clarke/dp/1635577802/ref=sr_1_1?crid=LNJ6DPD50ZZG&keywords=Piranesi+by+Susanna+Clarke+-+paperback&qid=1646167653&s=books&sprefix=piranesi+by+susanna+clarke+-+paperback%2Cstripbooks%2C115&sr=1-1
Matt and I are reading Piranesi and discussing it together as a means of exploring philosophy, literature and science through its pages.
Our previous conversation reading Piranesi, Part 1: youtu.be/RFPeYG86x9o
Timestamps
0:00 Musical Intro
0:15 Introducing Matt
0:45 Reading Piranesi p. 5: A Description of the World
2:05. A visual of the Appennine Colossus
5:45 Are absences as important as presences?
10:40 Reading p. 6 The Halls, and the observation that the narrator says, “I have a duty to bear witness to the Splendors of the World.
15:45 Hummingbirds and Wholeness and the splendors of the world
17:45 Matt’s reflections on “adding to the Infinite”
21:30 Reading p. 6 The Three Levels of the House, Hierarchies
26:30 Centers, Margins, Down and Up and other reflections
29:00 Wolfgang Smith’s Vertical Ascent, the icon of the universe, the Lock and the Key
35:30 Male friendships, and the nature and role of friendship in general
50:30 Bottom of p 7, Since the World Began, there have been a total of 15 People
51:15 Entropy and Forgetfulness with Visual
1:14:30 Why wasn’t salvation instantaneous?
1:19:45 Referencing Paul VanderKlay’s conversation on finding faith:
youtu.be/bJPxGoCKZSw
1:23:00 The Great and Secret Knowledge that the Other seeks
1:30:00 The pacing of the book.
1:31:45 Patience is not a “fiat”, reflections on fiat currency v. Patience
1:37:15 The “euangelion”, the “good news” of the new King is “good news” only for those who trust that this is a good King.
I don't get any benefit from Amazon and only link to the books there because of the ease of it, but you can find them at any bookstore.
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
amazon.com/Piranesi-Susanna-Clarke/dp/1635577802/ref=sr_1_1?crid=LNJ6DPD50ZZG&keywords=Piranesi+by+Susanna+Clarke+-+paperback&qid=1646167653&s=books&sprefix=piranesi+by+susanna+clarke+-+paperback%2Cstripbooks%2C115&sr=1-1
