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Had to look back at the solipsism thread to remind myself who you said Claudel was; I'm enjoying how Axel's Castle has put some of the French literature pieces together that were before just scattered facts. (Though now rather than knowing nothing, I know almost nothing.) Amusingly I myself don't really know what Lutherans ought to sound like; you hear from them less in the U.S., where the primary Christian-themed voices tend to be some flavor of Reformed (of which "Evangelical" and "nondenominational" are in reality subsets). To be fair, though, I have always moved in rather rarefied environments; thus I likely do not sound like Lutherans tend to sound, though I would say I probably sound more like Luther than they do (linked primarily for fun). Hilariously, the one time I went to a Catholic political theology conference, when I revealed myself as Lutheran, the loudest, most gung-ho integralist was like, "Oh yeah, Luther was awful here, clearly the peasants were right." Claudel would not have been so clueless.

As we all said so much over on the solipsism thread, I don't remember if I said this over there, but: To use your Claudel quote, for the tax collectors, sinners, and removed-user solipsism-san, the wrath of God is already staring them in the faces; they're confused and wretched. But the scribes, Pharisees, and outré MAL Pythagoreans think wrath is solely for others. So for solipsism-san the wrath of God already came first, and next what needs to come is mercy; it was TibetanJazz666 who needed the wrath. Capitalism has inculcated in us base uses for knowledge; this is one of the two things I channel wrath towards. The other is the unforgiving servant low-to-mid-level manager types, e.g., public employees. The administrative staff aren't responsible for the transformation of education into a control racket, but they are the material cause for its remaining thus, for by it they profit.

I am somewhat sorry that this is becoming ranting/blathering, so how about this:

1. My reading pile is large enough, and my reading project solid enough, that I currently don't plan on reading Proust anytime soon. But as I wouldn't be able to read the French, what English translation of In Search of Lost Time would you recommend, and—is it even worth it reading it in English? (I'd assume it would be, but also that a lot gets lost.)
   
2. Have you seen the movie Cube? I feel we would have similar reactions to it.
   

I ain't a prophetess. Just being deep into South Korean politics as an observer through my South Korean diplomatic connection.

This is a provisional reply, as I should say more but don't want to wait so long as to seem negligent: This is exactly what I was hoping you'd be able to provide re: jazz, so thank you. I already like the Bill Evans you linked, and I appreciated his short analysis of rock; he is obviously right.

As to guillotining principals, though I do think the death penalty is more merciful than life imprisonment, as a Christian I also take into account the relationship between punishments and eternity—and so consider the death penalty a more powerful admonition to repentance. Libertarian preventive sophistry is just that.

Though I should say the various administrators I encountered in my public school employment evinced no signs of susceptibility to any variety of correction; though it is not right to hope they will be damned, that would be the punishment they deserve.

WOW MEUS

Then you would have no problem with South Korean Protestant Christians being severely persecuted in 6-9 months due to how the current South Korean political crisis involves a lot of Christian leaders.

Another win for Eastern Orthodoxy, eh?

Happy New Year, my friend! May 2025 be a year we all feel like Mr. Bloom!

Thank you for kind words. I wish you a year more prosperous than the last !

Happy new year VivySmile

Thank you very much for this new Gregorian year.

I have been quite busy right before Christmas.

1) My business partner finally arrived, so we can work together to make money.
2) Busy talking to officials and university personnel in China due to the current political crisis in South Korea, actually 2-3 hours of encrypted teleconference almost every day
3) Busy talking to a South Korean lawyer all the time since there is a huge issue in the customs office

I'll be honest to you. You will definitely not be pleased with the current non-political situation in South Korea.

To you as well!

Meanwhile, where should I start with jazz?

And have you read Axel's Castle by Edmund Wilson? Dude was one of the best literary critics of the first half of the 20th century. I'm currently in the middle of the Proust chapter; since you actually know French, unlike me, you'd probably get a lot more out of the Proust and Valéry chapters than I have (and the Eliot chapter, since he wrote some poetry in French).

A new year, perhaps full of happiness for sure!

Happy New Year to you as well, Meusnier!

Thank you! Happy New Year!

Thanks, Happy New Year for you too. I would say that 2024 was a very complicated year politically but nothing like the pandemic shit show.

Bonne Année ✨🎉🎊