Dr. Kevin Kirkland's evaluations and conversations with COS and GEM operatives and their colleagues.

Saturday, November 3, 2007

So why did you pick La Vita Nuova, Jed?

(pause)

Some things just have no words, doc. Sometimes you think what you see is an echo, when in reality, it's the past events that were the echos and reflections, and the real thing finally appears.

"Io mi senti’ svegliar dentro a lo core
Un spirito amoroso che dormia:
E poi vidi venir da lungi Amore
Allegro sì, che appena il conoscia....


Dicendo: “Or pensa pur di farmi onore”;
E ’n ciascuna parola sua ridia.
E poco stando meco il mio segnore,
Guardando in quella parte onde venia,


Io vidi monna Vanna e monna Bice
Venire inver lo loco là ‘v’io era,
L’una appresso de l’altra maraviglia;


E sì come la mente mi ridice,
Amor mi disse: “Quell’è Primavera,
E quell’ha nome Amor, sì mi somiglia."


That's in Chapter 24, in case you're interested.

(small smile).

Dr. Kirkland: So who is your Vanna and who is your Beatrice?

(silence. Smile widens)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why does the man play with people like that? Now I have to dig the book out and look for chapter 24.I hope you give him hell in the next book Jenn. And I don't mean the woman.

Anonymous said...

AHA! Chapter 24: I Felt My Heart Awaken. His Jedness IS in love!
I think Vanna is Kit and Beatrice is Helen. Such a romantic.
Does that mean he'll pretend not to be interested in Helen?? Maybe that is why she punched him.
This character is getting more and more interesting.