MATISSE: Ever since there have been men, man has given himself over to too little joy.
ISSUES GIRL: Hm. Interesting.
MATISSE: That alone, my brothers, is our original sin.
ISSUES GIRL: Sin?! Don't talk to me about sin--life is life and you can't punish human beings for being what they are.
MATISSE: I should believe only in a God who understood how to dance.
ISSUES GIRL: Sin?! Don't talk to me about sin--life is life and you can't punish human beings for being what they are.
You: "I have ignored the aspect of this quotation dealing with joy, both the recognizing and the necessity. But that is not the part of the quote that fired me up."
But... that's what the quote was really about... and... Matisse agrees with you: he's saying sin isn't like the Adam and Eve type thing, but rather a lack of appreciating the joys of being human...
I *LIKE* the essay, I'm just saying I don't really see it as a response to the quote. :-P
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Date: 2005-01-20 06:05 pm (UTC)MATISSE: Ever since there have been men, man has given himself over to too little joy.
ISSUES GIRL: Hm. Interesting.
MATISSE: That alone, my brothers, is our original sin.
ISSUES GIRL: Sin?! Don't talk to me about sin--life is life and you can't punish human beings for being what they are.
MATISSE: I should believe only in a God who understood how to dance.
ISSUES GIRL: Sin?! Don't talk to me about sin--life is life and you can't punish human beings for being what they are.
You: "I have ignored the aspect of this quotation dealing with joy, both the recognizing and the necessity. But that is not the part of the quote that fired me up."
But... that's what the quote was really about... and... Matisse agrees with you: he's saying sin isn't like the Adam and Eve type thing, but rather a lack of appreciating the joys of being human...
I *LIKE* the essay, I'm just saying I don't really see it as a response to the quote. :-P