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Careful What You Wish For

or the Fall of Phaeton

Careful What You With For, or the Fall of Phaeton
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32 responses to “Careful What You Wish For”

    • Interesting comment I really have to ponder about.
      Reading a lot about Greek Mythology at the moment, there are a lot of “difficult” family relationships. Phaeton, not knowing who is father was, wants to have some kind of proof, that Helios really is his father. Maybe I thinks that he would be able to do that same? But one can only speculate about his motivation here. At least Ovid doesn’t seem to give an answer here. So why he chose this goal is an interesting question.

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      • I’m observing your pictures through the lens of near-total ignorance. I have only the faintest idea of what a few of these Greek/Roman gods represent, and no idea at all about the rest.

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      • I think it is interesting to read Ovid’s Metamorphosis or some re-tellings of Greek Myths. You will notice that a lot of plots that you find in today’s books, movies, etc where already told many years ago. I find that fascinating and inspiring. There are so many connections to the our world today.

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  13. Wunderbar! Diese Fotocollage zeigt sehr eindringlich die Gefahren von Ambitionen und den daraus resultierenden unvorhersehbaren Konsequenzen. Den Titel hast du sehr gut gewählt, denn er zeigt auf die mythologische Figur Phaeton, den Sohn des Sonnengottes Helios, der sich wünschte, den Sonnenwagen seines Vaters zu fahren. Trotz seiner großen Ambitionen scheiterte Phaeton katastrophal und brachte Chaos über die Erde, was im Endeffekt zu seinem Fall führte. Diese Parallele zu der dargestellten Szene ist offensichtlich: Der Mann, der in einem Anzug gekleidet ist, steht für den modernen Phaeton, dessen Streben nach Erfolg und Anerkennung ihn an den Rand des Abgrunds führt. Toll gemacht, Rabirius!

    Viele Grüße von einem trüben Wintertag….Rosie

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    • Vielen Dank für Deinen schönen Kommentar, Rosie.
      Nachdem ich mich mit der – vornehmlich – griechischen Götterwelt beschäftigt habe, lese ich jetzt die alten Klassiker wie Ovid und Homer und bin erstaunt, wie viele narrative Strukturen heute immer noch verwendet werden. Eine wahre Fundgrube der Inspiration.

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