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Up The Wolves by The Mountain Goats // Minotauro by Jordi Garriga Mora
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obsessed with this quote by Norma Larson in Family Ties: Essays on the Mafia in Film, 1993
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jareckiworld · 1 month
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Bettina von Arnim — Labyrinth (oil on canvas, 1997)
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noosphe-re · 7 months
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Labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral (from Mazes and Labyrinths: A General Account of Their History and Development by W. H. Matthews)
Source: Gailhabaud, J. "L'Architecture Du Vme Au Xviime Siecle Et Les Arts Qui En Dependent" 1858
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quasi-normalcy · 1 month
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Hmm, some thoughts.
"Red Directive" - evocative of the prime directive, the omega directive, and perhaps red matter (which jives with my supposition that the secret that they're looking for is linked with the Romulan supernova somehow), and red angel (though I hope it's not that).
"Under the Twin Moons" - A return to Coppelius from PIC season 1, perhaps? Would be interesting to see how the androids have progressed over the last thousand years (and I noticed a thing that looked like that Romulan puzzle box in the trailer).
"Mirrors" might be yet more mirror universe stuff (though I hope not).
There's not too much to infer from the other titles, but "Life, Itself" sounds like it might be related to the proto-humanoids from "The Chase" (or perhaps synthetic life?).
All of this is just wildly speculative, of course.
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thekambler · 2 months
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More maze pottery =)
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lesbianboyfriend · 2 months
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What’s true of labyrinths is true of course Of love and memory. When you start remembering.
Jack Spicer
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mysticalmariesworld · 2 months
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𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓃𝑜 𝓅𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓂𝑒❅🕊✧˖°🌨・:*:。
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thefiresofpompeii · 1 year
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in english there are two words to describe a structure of deliberately confusing and misleading pathways leading after many wrong turns to the target at the centre — the playful and readily navigable maze, and the dark, mystical and pompous labyrinth. but the funfair full of mirrors, decorative hedge at the garden party atmosphere of the former has no reflection in russian — only the echo-filled hallways, dead ends and creeping monsters of the latter. just one word for the structure, and it’s greek: лабиринт. i don’t know what this says about russian. i don’t know whether it says anything at all, or if anyone in the centre can hear me yelling, these walls are tall and my voice bounces back to me from the barriers
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disruptivevoib · 4 months
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I wanna know, does Purpose talk? Like at all? If so what is his voice like? And if you want you can say everyone else’s voices in the Labyrinth! :) (again for everyone else is optional and Whole’s is optional too!)
Purpose does talk, albeit quietly. If you were able to get the mask off, there is something beneath it, though whether or not you call that his face... debatable?
Purpose's mask IS fused to him, so it is a part of him and yet, again, something still sits beneath.
His voice is quiet, as I've said, maybe almost a whisper. A lot gentler than you'd think it'd be. Think Spring and a Storm or Never Meant to Know. Purpose isn't very loud, ever, he is just a presence which in time makes itself known by proving a point or taking action.
I've asked everyone who plays a Laby third/sixth + Francey who plays Whole what the voices are:
Whole is everyone's voice layered over one another. To quote Francey directly: "I think Wholes voice would like swap who is the Primary voice in there but none of his own, just swapping who's the one you can pick out of the mess If he were to talk to any of them he'd prolly echo what they say sometimes too"
Andy said Morality's voice is kind of like if a tesla coil was talking. So probably pretty.. .raspy and kinda snippy? I imagine?
Function is actually deaf! Which I forgot entirely to mention, holy shit. So Oswin has stated he doesn't use his voice much at all. But when he does, for whatever reason, it is pretty low and quiet.
Rosy said Texel has a high and soft voice. Sometimes his words drag on or he talks all at once/too fast. Depends on how stressed he is. More stress means faster talking. Specifically, Rosy said "Think Limbic System from disco Elysium, but less hoarse or Fiver from Watership Down" ^^
Agent has said Pursuit's voice is hoarse, like a growl. Its usually low and quiet but is prone to pitching up when surprised.
As for Being's voice, Kai has said that its very regular! To quote them, "he speaks like hlvrai gordon freeman to me, cadence wise. he has a wayy softer voice though, kind of lower-middling in pitch but a bit skittish and erratic. he clearly tries to control it and keep it neutral-ish (kind of in a .....'yeah, im fine' way) but he just doesnt have the skill to hide his emotion well enough in such stressful situation. likely a bit hoarse both from isolation (lack of use) and general strain (stress)"
I could've taken a bunch of screenshots but oh well. !!! hope these help!
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soupandcats · 1 year
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The garden of forking paths
“I thought of a labyrinth of labyrinths, of one sinuous spreading labyrinth that would encompass the past and the future and in some way involve the stars. Absorbed in these illusory images, I forgot my destiny of one pursued. I felt myself to be, for an unknown period of time, an abstract perceiver of the world. The vague, living countryside, the moon, the remains of the day worked on me, as well as the slope of the road which eliminated any possibility of weariness. The evening was intimate, infinite.”
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beljar · 1 year
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Time is the substance I am made of. Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire.
Jorge Luis Borges, Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings, 1962
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to-the-fishies · 2 years
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Back in 2007, I took a trip to Oxford/Cambridge, which included a stop at Ely for evensong.  It was there, I think, that we were introduced to ecclesiastical labyrinths: an inlaid shape with (generally) one way in, one continuous path, and one way out.  The idea was that you would walk the path as it led you (no mazes here; following the path means many twistings and turnings but never a dead end), meditating or praying as you went.
Yesterday, visiting the local botanical gardens, I found that there’s a turf labyrinth less than 5 miles from my home!  Walking through it was surprisingly meditative and unsurprisingly peaceful.
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Today I learned that there’s a worldwide registry!  If you would like to walk a labyrinth, have a look and see if there’s a public one near you.
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jareckiworld · 3 months
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István Orosz — Wintergarden (etching, 2008)
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noosphe-re · 7 months
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amplifyme · 7 months
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Why Are You Down Here?
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Elderly Man: My crime was that I grew old. You see, in the world Above, people don't want to look at me... an old man. This unpleasant reminder of their future. I was to be cast away, hidden from the eyes of the young who want to believe they will live forever. To the world Above, I had lived too long. But here, Below, I have not lived long enough. So why am I here? To make memories, so that the last moments of my life may be as full of warmth and love as were the very first moments of my life.
Mary: Home. Children. I help the children grow. I nurse them when they're sick. I teach them. I love all of them as if each were my own. I lost my own. To lose a child is to lose everything, and it was here that I found a family again. The children are safe... here. This is our safe place. I tell them it will be here for them always.
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Pascal: Trust. Continuity. A tradition of work and honor passed down from my father to me. A system of communication, a way in which we can always be connected. I continue what he began so many years ago. So that those that come after me will remember him long after I'm gone. I was born... here. This is my birthright… and my legacy.
William: My life Above was nothing but disappointments and failures. Nothing good ever happened until I found this home beneath the city. Down here, I do what I do best. I cook, feed people, and they appreciate me. I'm needed.
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Paul: It's a new beginning, a chance.
Brooke: Hope.
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Mouse: I help everyone, everyone helps me. I go, they miss me. I come back, they're glad. I'm never alone. Before, I was no one. Now, I am me. I'm Mouse.
Geoffrey: When my mother died, I went to the orphanage. And people came to adopt us. We'd all line up and I'd smile when they came by, hoping they'd choose me, but they never did. But, you know, everyone wants me here. I don't cry anymore. I got chosen.
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Father: When I left the world Above, I was disillusioned, heartbroken. I'd lost my faith. Here it was I learned to listen to my heart, to face my old enemies, and heal my wounds. Here I learned to believe again. Hopes and dreams created this fragile world. Pride and vigilance maintain it, and it survives only because it is separate... and apart. It is a refuge where the disillusioned regain their vision. The lost become found. Where each of us can explore the best of our being. The best of what it means to be human. And to be... alive.
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Vincent: My very existence lies here within these tunnels. It is my salvation. I couldn't exist elsewhere. Without this place, there is nothing for me. You must never, as long as you live, reveal what you have seen here to anyone. To do so would mean the end of life for all of us. The end of our world. You bear the weight of a great responsibility, but it is also a great privilege. You will always have a safe place with us here, should you need it. But now you must go back to the world Above, carry our secret with you forever... in silence.
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