Category Archives: Ulysses/Joyce

[10 a.m.; Scene: Bloom wanders through Dublin; Organ: Genitals; Art: Botany-chemistry; Symbol: The Eucharist; Technique: Narcissism; Lotus-Eaters=the cabhorses, communicants, soldiers, eunuchs, bather, watchers of cricket] watch for: flower/plant references By lorries along sir John Rogerson’s quay Mr Bloom walked soberly, … Continue reading →

[8 a.m., Thurs, June 16, 1904; Scene: Leopold Bloom’s house; Organ: Kidney; Art: Economics; Colors: Orange; Symbol: Nymph; Technique: Narrative (mature); Calypso=the Nymph; The Recall=Dlugacz; Ithaca=Zion] watch for: things of the body (food, blood/guts, manure, etc.) Mr Leopold Bloom ate … Continue reading →

[11 a.m.; Scene: beach along Sandymount Strand; Art: Philology; Color: Green; Symbol: Tide; Technique: Monologue (male); Proteus=primal matter; Menelaus=Kevin Egan; Megapenthus=cockle picker] watch for: death (dog/mother)/drowning (fear of water), waves/snakes Ineluctable modality of the visible: at least that if no … Continue reading →

[10 a.m.; Scene: private boy’s school in Dalkey; Art: History; Color: Brown; Symbol: Horse; Technique: Catechism (personal); Nestor=Deasy; Pisistratus, Nestor’s youngest son=Sargent; Helen=Mrs O’Shea] watch for: colors, the number 3, money, — You, Cochrane, what city sent for him? — … Continue reading →

Haines from the corner where he was knotting easily a scarf about the loose collar of his tennis shirt spoke: — I intend to make a collection of your sayings if you will let me. Speaking to me. They wash … Continue reading →