Wednesday, May 28, 2008
A song on Islands's new album Arm's Way was oddly inspired.
Neologism warning! I searched the net for "sudden inflashing" and got several dozen variations of the album's press release. And some century old texts referring to Paul's "sudden inflashing of light by which he knew his Lord to the direct agency of God". ¶ 9:36 AM
The album covers an astounding array of subjects, including a song ‘In The Rushes’ inspired by the notion of ‘Augdenblict’, which translated means (roughly) ‘Sudden Inflashing’, an idea made famous by Martin Heidegger.Augenblick is more commonly translated as "blink of the eye". Other philosophers--e.g., Hegel--have used it, but I guess only one made it famous. Earlier we excerpted Hans Ruin's discussion of Augenblick, when "being flashes forth".
Neologism warning! I searched the net for "sudden inflashing" and got several dozen variations of the album's press release. And some century old texts referring to Paul's "sudden inflashing of light by which he knew his Lord to the direct agency of God". ¶ 9:36 AM
