Hey, sports fans! (Now how’s that for something new?!)
Another day and another step closer. (I’m not sure, of course, but somehow I think people of ancient cultures might well have been thinking the same thing. Hey, maybe they were getting tired of eating dinner in the pitch dark, too! LOL!!)
Anyway, today, let’s mix it up a bit and talk some Shakespeare, fine art and even a trip to the cinema.
In simple terms, a fathom is a roughly six-foot water depth, making five fathoms about 30 feet deep. As it relates to William Shakespeare, in 1623, he gave his audience The Tempest, sort of an interesting combination of redemption
and humility.
The story’s protagonist, Prospero, is presented as both hero and anti-hero, and the reference to the full fathom five represents deep water. And beneath that dark, deep water are treasures, coral and pearls that suggest change and transformation. And for Prospero, understanding those changes help make him a better man, someone who learns the value of second chances and ultimately forgiveness.
Centuries later, in 1947, American painter Jackson Pollock borrowed from the Shakespeare work. He depicted a drowned man, ultimately transformed into both coral and pearls well beneath the water’s surface.
Even more recently (1990), Concorde Pictures gave us Full Fathom Five (from the Bart Davis Novel of the same name, 1987), the story of a U.S. Navy Captain, Peter MacKenzie (Michael Moriarty) who must stop a hijacked Soviet submarine from attacking Houston, Texas.
So, today’s headliner, Day 5, gives us plenty to choose from. Be sure to check out those works if/when your schedules allow.
Somewhere out there below the surface, adventures and hidden treasures
are waiting, my friends.
The long-anticipated axis flip is well in sight!
JFish
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