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The ant's a centaur in his dragon world. pull down thy vanity, it is not man made courage, or made order, or made grace, pull down thy vanity, i say pull down. learn of the green world what can be thy place in scaled invention or true artistry, pull down thy vanity, paquin pull down! the green casque has outdone your elegance.

-Ezra Pound

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The Ant's A Centaur In His Dragon

Ezra Pound

The ant's a centaur in his dragon world. pull down thy vanity, it is not man made courage, or made order, or made grace, pull down thy vanity, i say pull down. learn of the green world what can be thy place in scaled invention or true artistry, pull down thy vanity, paquin pull down! the green casque has outdone your elegance.

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We have the right to rid our houses of ants; but what we have no right to do is to forget to honor the ant as god made it, out in the place where god made the ant to be. when we meet the ant on the sidewalk, we step over him. he is a creature, like ourselves; not made in the image of god, it is true, but equal with man as far as creation is concerned. the ant and the man are both creatures.

Learn of the green world what can be thy place in scaled invention or true artistry

This is what metaphor is. it is not saying that an ant is an elephant. perhaps; both are alive. no. metaphor is saying the ant is an elephant. now, logically speaking, i know there is a difference. if you put elephants and ants before me, i believe that every time i will correctly identify the elephant and the ant. so metaphor must come from a very different place than that of the logical, intelligent mind. it comes from a place that is very courageous, willing to step out of our preconceived ways of seeing things and open so large that it can see the oneness in an ant and in an elephant.

We have reached the age, those of us to whom fortune has assigned a post in life's struggle, when beaten and smashed and biffed by the lashing of the dragon's tail, we begin to appreciate that the old man was not such a fool after all. we saw our parents wrestling with the same dragon, and we thought, though we never spoke a thought aloud, 'why doesn't he hit him on the head?' alas, comrads, we know now. we have hit the dragon on the head and we have seen the dragon smile.

Although most informed balletomanes would place artistry above technique, artistry without a strong technique is a flaccid, bloodless thing indeed, whereas technique without much artistry can still dazzle us in the manner of the circus or sports arena translated to a higher plane. though the perfect blend of the two elements is the consummation devoutly to be wished, the real enemy of good ballet is not the slight preponderance of one or the other but the prevalence of pantomime--the turning of dance into second-rate theater.

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