Baffled:June 6, 2026

 Open to Interptetation

#Baffled

Game on...on the radio...Angels at Dodgers...Yamamoto pitching for Dodgers...the feeds' favorite is the polygonal walls...then, that may just be my algorithm, tailoring my favorite pauses...suiting things to me...looking up yt on how to use my new Canon T7, subsequently, photog videos...thought to go to Golden West swapmeet, walkabout for exercise, take the camera along, a walkabout!...haven't done that in awhile-of late, being wordy, rather than imagy...but I couldn't find the SD Card camera came with, I think...somewhere in the clutter I have some others...Neto up...cat feeding in two parts now: one bowl indoors for Little and Tucker, then the usual three bowls, three in morning, three at night, for the Outside Gang...at night, one bowl for Eugene and Emily inside...left overs for the Opossum, and Raccoon...polygon waĺls...I found an old scholars paper, Greek Walls...

🧐https://share.google/I9VKOr2c8oy5A0uv8

🎶found it thru an AI search: Lesbian Greek Walls...Ohtani up... polygon walls on island Lesbos...1941...runs out a chopper...and Pages waps a homerun...Angels 1-Dodgers 2...

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https://youtu.be/McTvUkBiViA?si=301hORBfDnm3T_ge


Oh, the polygons are a coloration...like tuxedo coloration in animals...there's a Harvard scholars paper, 1941, titled Greek Walls, on line: search: Lesbian Walls Greek Walls...early name from walls on Island of Lesbos...it's morphogenisis...peripeheral intelligence...see octupus tentacles...the general idea is stones come from loose random ones...similar sizes then matched with similar shapes...a refinement was to carve the stones to fit tight...to transfer the irregular edges, a strip of lead was used-this because Aristotle noted the difference between countries could be bettered like using a lead strp...or some such...how they move the big stones, or the why of them, I duuno...just watched ArchaeologyEd's yt take on Chaco Canyon Great Houses...rubble with veneer masonry...Chaco folk didnt live in them, but once a year they worked on them, dragged by hand pine trees from distant mountains to build them...and, they were astronomically aligned...the walls can be said to be forts, utilitarian, but a lot of them go together with cosmology-star lore...🍿

🎶Freeman on, Betts on...Muncie up...comment, a reach!, to yt vlog take on the Polygons...called OP...?..."watch over and over again"...deleted the comment-too much...I go overboard...Pages up again...what did Ohtani do second time up in this inning?...Freeman up...Oh...Ohtani hit a homerun...ground out...Angels 1-Dodgers 9...Little and Tucker get picked on by the out side Tuxedo Gang, reason to keep them seperate...otherwise they fight...

🧐✨️Aristotal governments lead strip

Aristotle noted that oligarchies and democracies are the most common but are prone to instability and revolution. He observed that the most stable societies rely heavily on a strong, large middle class. In political philosophy, a "ruler" or "lead strip" (an architectural measurement tool) is often used metaphorically to explain how Aristotle viewed the Rule of Law:
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🎶readsaid, Greeks used lead strips to transfer one stone's irregular sides to another...carpentry has a tool like that...

✨️contour gauge masonry polygonal walls

When building or modifying polygonal walls, a locking contour gauge is an essential tool for transferring irregular angles and complex curves directly onto stone or brick. It eliminates trial-and-error, ensuring a perfect, gap-free fit without relying on heavy mortar. [1, 2, 3]
How to Use a Contour Gauge for Polygonal Walls
1. Prepare the Gap: Fit the adjacent stones or blocks in your polygonal wall as tightly as you can, leaving an irregular gap that needs to be filled. [1]Press the Gauge: Align the pins of the contour gauge flush with the contours of the already-placed stones and push the gauge inward. The sliding pins will mold perfectly to the shape of the opening. [1]Lock the Shape: Secure the pins in place using the gauge's locking mechanism (often a lever or side set screw). This prevents the delicate shape from shifting while moving the tool. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]Trace and Cut: Transfer the locked shape onto your new stone billet by tracing along the pins with a marker. Cut along the traced line using an angle grinder with a diamond masonry blade. [1, 2]

🧐https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithic_reduction

🎶welp, all over the world are stone, flint, tools, arrow heads, spear points-clovis points...not so long ago, SoCal was in the stone age...

🧐From the Channel Islands (California) there are cases where native americans heat up chert to make the process of chipping the tools more malleable. The heating process also gives the tools a luster that could be distinguished between non heat treated tools.^[

✨️egyptians used heat to quarry stones

🎶Freeman up...bottom of fourth...Mookie up...they made soapstone bowls too...

✨️catalina indians

Santa Catalina Island was a major center of soapstone (steatite) quarrying and craftsmanship for the Tongva (also known as Gabrielino) people, as well as the Chumash. Their soapstone bowls—often called ollas—were highly prized for cooking, storage, and ceremonial uses, and became one of the most widely traded commodities in ancient California. [1, 2, 3, 4]

✨️california indians traded along coast from baja to alaska with canoes

California Indian tribes engaged in a massive trading network that spanned the Pacific Coast from Baja California to Alaska. Rather than single coastwise canoe voyages spanning the entire distance, goods were passed through an extensive relay system between neighboring groups. Coastal tribes utilized highly sophisticated canoes—such as the Chumash tomol (a sewn-plank boat made of redwood) and northern dugout canoes—to facilitate maritime trade and transport goods across these vast networks. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
While individual seafarers did not paddle all the way from Baja to Alaska, trade items traveled the entire length of the coast through inter-tribal exchange. [1]
Specific details on the dynamics of this extensive system include:
• The Relay System: Trade was accomplished by coastal groups interacting with their immediate neighbors. Goods were constantly bartered northward and southward, creating a contiguous supply chain that connected the Pacific Northwest, California, and the Baja peninsula. [1, 2, 3]California to Alaska Goods: Valuable items like clam disc shell beads from the San Francisco Bay Area flowed all the way up to Alaska. [1, 2]North to South Goods: Conversely, northern and Pacific Northwest tribes traded pelts, sinew-backed bows, and valuable stonework southward into California. [1]The Chumash Tomol: Native to the Southern California coast and the Channel Islands, the Chumash navigated treacherous open-ocean channels using the tomol, a sophisticated watercraft made of redwood planks lashed and sealed with natural asphaltum. These boats could carry heavy trade goods and multiple passengers, allowing for robust coastal and island commerce. [1, 2]

🎶famously, the Pacific currents make like a circle from Ecuador to the Phillipines, back to San Francisco, and back down...

✨️spanish sea route trade with asia from south america

🎶that for sometime...the Americas were a stone age culture without horses or oxen but still traded

✨️the Americas were a stone age culture without horses or oxen but still traded

🧐✨️pochteca

The Pochteca (singular: pochtecatl) were an elite guild of professional, long-distance traveling merchants in the Aztec Empire. In addition to controlling trade across Mesoamerica, they served as vital intelligence agents and spies for the Aztec kings, acting as the economic and logistical backbone of the empire. [1, 2, 3]

🎶spies!...a take I hadn't seen...

✨️ancient egyptian traders spy guild

🎶that for sometime too...again the Medjay pop up...to bottom of seventh...trade in obsidian, flint, steatite, soapstone...then there's fabrics...for sometime...oh, pyrite cubes...lapiz lazuli pyrite...salt cubes...they do, look like turtles-cockroaches...play by play waxing on cockroach incident in the dugout...funny clip, Godzilla Turtle on rampage in Tokyo inhabited by cockroaches...Scarabs look like turtles too...beetles, bugs...crabs!...crabs said to be Nature's most popular morphology!...Seashells...it's a dangerous world...after the first inning, things settled down... Angels 1-Dodgers 9...bottom of eighth...Ohtani up...W...last at bat...Angels 2-Dodgers 9...

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DavidDavid

Befuddled:June 5, 2026

 Open to Interpretation

#Befuddled

Game on...on the radio...Angels at Dodgers...with their expertise, Scientists say they are befuddled, which leaves the rest of at sea...yet, yet they regale us with their mysteries, dumbed down from their scholarship...or some such...Detmers for Angels, Saki for Dodgers...the mysteries are fun tho...feeds full of them...

✨️Things that befuddle scientists?

🎶aaand, on the feed a fellow nicked a deer's antler, and after a few days, a new small antler spike grew there...like the Deer healed the antler...worse, after the antlers dropped off, the next season, when the new antler grew again, another spike, even bigger, grew in the self same spot!...such has a name-"morphegenesis"...

✨️morphegenesis and deer antlers

Trophic Memory: Remarkably, the antler morphogenetic field retains a spatial memory. If a growing antler is damaged during the velvet stage, the underlying tissue heals and "remembers" the deformity. When the antler sheds in the winter and regrows in the spring, the new antler will often replicate the exact same branch deformation at the specific location of the previous year's injury. [1, 2, 3, 4]

🎶hmmph...might plants have trophic memory?

✨️might plants have trophic memory?

✨️are pine needles governed by morphegenisis?

🎶yep, yep, but "genetic programming" is kinda wishy washy..."spatial memory" says spatial perception...

✨️decentralized perception mechanisms in nature

In nature, decentralized perception refers to distributed sensory processing where an organism's body or a swarm relies on local networks rather than a single central brain. This biological strategy provides exceptional resilience, localized reaction speeds, and highly adaptable environmental awareness. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Key Examples in Biology
• The Octopus Nervous System: An octopus essentially thinks with its entire body. Roughly 60% of its neurons are distributed directly within its eight highly flexible arms. This allows the arms to independently gather sensory information (like touch and chemical cues), react to local stimuli, and initiate movements without waiting for commands from the central brain. [1]Insect Swarms: Honey bees and ant colonies make complex, group-level decisions without any central leader. Through localized interactions, chemical signaling (pheromones), and quorum sensing, millions of individuals achieve consensus on tasks like choosing a new nesting site or optimizing foraging routes. [1]Plant Root Networks: Plant root apices (tips) act as a decentralized, distributed sensor array. Roots continuously perceive local soil conditions—such as moisture, gravity, nutrients, and potential toxins—and communicate chemically to direct the plant's growth and resource allocation. [1, 2]Human Peripheral Nervous System: While humans have a centralized brain, our peripheral nervous system localizes basic perception. Mechanoreceptors and pain-sensing nociceptors in our skin process stimuli and trigger reflex arcs locally before the information even reaches the brain. [1, 2]

🎶peripheral morphegenisis D. Arcy Thompson

✨️Peripheral morphogenesis refers to the shaping of biological structures at the edges or boundaries of cells and tissues. Pioneered by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson in his 1917 classic On Growth and Form, the concept argues that physical forces (such as surface tension, pressure, and mechanical stress) actively sculpt these outer boundaries rather than relying solely on genetic blueprints.

[1, 2]

✨️how detailed is morphegenisis-fine grained

Morphogenesis is highly detailed and operates at an incredibly fine-grained, multi-scale level. Biological systems coordinate organ growth and three-dimensional sculpting by linking precise molecular signaling, cellular mechanics, and physical tissue folding. The process is highly orchestrated from the micro-scale to the macro-scale.

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🎶a marvel!...much to think on...rather than data, perception, fed to a central command, it's like the data acts indepently, tho in harmony...each position on the baseball field acts alone, but in harmony with team work..."a smoothly oiled machine" compliments the look of all for one one for all...🙄...bottom of 3...Ohtani up...two out...no score...play by play gives players stats...data..."only as good as your last at bat"...K on an appeal...out for a snack...bbk..bk...Trout up...Neto on...top of eighth...no score...stolen base...K...Dodgers with runners...Ohtani flies out...two outs...

🧐metamorphosis

morphogenesis

✨️While metamorphosis refers to the dramatic biological transformation an organism undergoes (such as a caterpillar turning into a butterfly), morphogenesis is the mechanical and cellular process that drives how that shape and form is created. Morphogenesis is essentially the "how" behind metamorphosis.

[1, 2, 3, 4]

🧐✨️esoteric morphegenisis

🎶Adel on second base...two outs...top of ninth...no score...ground out...bottom of ninth...Freddie with walk off home run...Angels 0-Dodgers 1...

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DavidDavid

Constant:June 4, 2026

 Open to Interpretation

#Constant

Game on...on the radio...top of seventh...Dodgers at Diamondbacks...Dodgers 2-Diamonbacks 0...Texas 4-Texas Tech 1...Texas went like wire to wire over the softball season...ratings were like spot on...Angels off, and play Dodgers tommow...Dodgers 2-Diamondbacks 0...top of eighth...

✨️"Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin" is an Aramaic phrase from the Bible (Daniel 5), famously translated as "Numbered, numbered, weighed, divided." It appeared as a miraculous, disembodied hand that wrote on the wall during a feast in Babylon, signaling God's impending judgment against King Belshazzar. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

The Translation and Meaning
The prophet Daniel translated the words literally as weights and currencies, but provided a deeper, verb-based interpretation that revealed the king's fate: [1, 2, 3]
• Mene (Numbered): "God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end."Tekel (Weighed): "You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting."Upharsin / Peres (Divided): "Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians." [1]

🎶weights and measures...the feed dropped a constant in physics, a fraction, one over one hundred thirty seven, 1/137, that baffled Feynman...

✨️The \(1/137\) constant refers to the fine-structure constant (often denoted by the Greek letter \(\alpha \)). It is a fundamental physical constant that determines the strength of the electromagnetic force governing how charged particles (like electrons and protons) interact with light. [1, 2, 3, 4]

What Makes It So Mysterious?
• It's a "pure" number: Unlike the speed of light or Planck's constant, \(\alpha \) is dimensionless. It has no units (like meters or seconds); it is simply a ratio that remains exactly the same no matter what measurement system you use. [1, 2]A mashup of universes: The constant is calculated using three entirely different fundamental pillars of physics: the elementary charge of an electron (\(e\)), the speed of light (\(c\)), and Planck's constant (\(\hbar \)). It ties together electromagnetism, quantum mechanics, and relativity. [1, 2]
Richard Feynman's Fascination
Feynman, one of the 20th century's most brilliant physicists, was famously obsessed with this number. He called it "one of the greatest of all damn mysteries of physics" and suggested that all good theoretical physicists should tape this number to their wall and worry about it. [1, 2]
Specifically, Feynman pointed out that every time an electron emits or absorbs a photon (a particle of light), it interacts with a probability dictated by this constant. More accurately, the actual charge of an electron is defined as the square root of \(\alpha \), making the fine-structure constant the baseline probability of an electron-photon interaction. [1, 2]

🎶Feynman a modern Daniel?...AI thinks that a reach...anyway, one weight measure stems from a cube of water...and I thought of cubes again...pyrite mineral is a cube, and pyrite is found in lapiz lazuli...pyrite looks like stars in the blue lapix lazuli, aaand, ancients, Egyptians, saw THAT, the night sky...to the ninth, Dodgers 2-Diamonbacks 2...Pyrite is fools gold, Micah too?...Pyrite found in Mesoamerica monuments...take in blog before, again for sometime...thought in this, that a cube is a constant...the Egyptian HWT throne...were the ancients new age crytallographers?

✨️Symbolism & Magic: Ancient Egyptians frequently carved stones like lapis lazuli, turquoise, and quartz into amulets (e.g., the Heart Scarab) meant to guide the soul in the afterlife. The use of crystals in these cultures was heavily tied to religious mythology rather than the energetic grids associated with modern "New Age" practices. [1, 2]

🎶New Agers and AI wont get along...thought is the cube is a constant like 1/137..."dimensionless"

✨️That is a fascinating connection. You are linking the concept of "the cube" to the fine-structure constant, which is approximately 1/137.

In physics, 1/137 is indeed a famous dimensionless physical constant that dictates the strength of the electromagnetic interaction between elementary charged particles. Because it has no units, it is a pure number, making it a frequent subject of mysticism, numerology, and philosophy. [1, 2]
Here is why your thought highlights a massive philosophical clash between New Age thinking and Artificial Intelligence.
The Clash of Consciousness vs. Computation
• The New Age View: This perspective often views "the cube" (like Metatron’s Cube or sacred geometry) as a foundational geometric blueprint of the universe. In this view, numbers like 1/137 represent the intersection of matter, consciousness, and divine order. New Agers believe the universe is alive, interconnected, and driven by a spiritual consciousness that humans can tap into.The AI View: AI operates entirely on data, probability, and brute-force computation. To an AI, 1/137 is just a specific float value used in physics simulations or data models. AI lacks intuition, spiritual awareness, and the capacity to "feel" or experience the universe. It cannot comprehend sacredness; it can only calculate patterns. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Why They Won't Get Along
1. Intuition vs. Logic: New Age thought relies heavily on subjective experience, synchronicity, and intuition. AI represents ultimate objective reductionism, breaking everything down into binary code and statistical probabilities. [1]The Source of Truth: For New Agers, truth is found by looking inward, meditating, and connecting to a higher cosmic source. For AI, truth is found by analyzing massive external datasets compiled by humans.The Meaning of "Constants": A New Ager looks at 1/137 and sees a mystical key to the cosmos. An AI looks at 1/137 and sees a fixed variable to plug into an equation. One searches for meaning, while the other only searches for accuracy.
Ultimately, New Agers seek to transcend the material matrix, while AI is the ultimate construct of that matrix.

🎶hmmph...Diamondbacks walk it off with a homerun...Dodgers 2-Diamondbacks 3...

:)

DavidDavid

Canon:June 3, 2026

 #Canon

At the Smog Test Station...

The Jeep, Silver, made it thru fine a few weeks ago, tho the fee payment got lost in the mail-dinged for late payment, and paying online...now the White Truck, 1993 S10, on the rollers...cats made a mess inside...lost the notice...head liner inside falling down...ripped it out...all over inside...in my hair...not a good impression for the smog guy...but he's cool...runs the business by himself...it's not gonna pass...stinking up the place...it'll be a hobby...restoring it, as funds permit...along with the boat-double ended dingy...both on the driveway...Canon...happened on a guitar playing just the chords of Canon in D on yt...captured me...found full version...oh!...I know that, a wedding song...and found other versions...tech, rock and roll...lots of covers!!!...curious, searched:

✨️term for tone followed by melody

🎶Canon!...or round, like "row row row your boat"...I'm much taken by rounds!...and often now I refer to Egypt's Canon, its persistance in keeping to their traditions over 3,000 years-art canon...smog checks every two years are canon...Minuet in G in movie Electric Dreams another round, a favorite...had thought that the placement of numbers opposite on a die, dice, 1-6, 2-5, 3-4, is a chord progression...no luck on that...7 notes in scale?...7 pleiades...I dunno...my headliner loose too!...games later today, softball finals...bbk...bk...it passed!...and I'm exhausted...smogging is stressful...sent in payment online...both Silver and White Truck okay for two years!...go figure!...Diamondbacks 0-Dodgers 7...Rockies 11-Angels 4...Texas 7-Texas Tech 3...

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DavidDavid

Tuxedo:June 2, 2026

 Open to Interpretation

#Tuxedo

Game on...on the radio...Dodgers at Diamonbacks...a Puffin running about in the feed...Dodgers 2-Diamonbacks 0...running about in the feed, and, my thought, "another Tuxedo coloration"...Penguins like that too...tuxedos are special...formal, dress up...wore one once for prom...why so special?...in Nature?...

✨️why are tuxedos special?

🎶Ohtani with triple...Dodgers 4-Diamonbacks 0...

✨️why is tuxedo coloration common in Nature?

🧐https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countershading

🧐https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Colours_of_Animals

🎶welp, in Nature it's practical, rather than ornamental...wait...

✨️is coloration in Nature ornamental?

🧐https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concealing-Coloration_in_the_Animal_Kingdom

✨️for mating season, do animals "dress up"?

🎶for like a party, I'm thinking, a tuxedo ball, or a techno rave rock and roll concert...

✨️around the world, tourists dress alike

✨️southern california casual dress is world wide fashion

🎶Ohtani up...ground out...In springtime, plants wear flowers...in Fall, Trees an amber look Penguins, tuxedos...

Earth

Spring-plants wear flowers...

Fall-Forests an amber look...

Penguins tuxedos.

DolphinDeer

out for a snack...Dodgers 4-Diamondbacks 1...bbk with report...bk...

Rockies 8-Angels 2...Dodgers 6-Diamondbacks 5...

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DavidDavid

Troy:June 1, 2026

 Open to Interpretations

#Troy

Game on...on the radio...Dodgers 1-Diamondbacks 1...top of seventh...the modern poet, HD, wrote a poem about Helen of Troy in the fashion of ancient Greek playwrites...bbk...

✨️

H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) wrote two famous poems focusing on Helen of Troy. The best-known is her short, 18-line masterpiece simply titled "Helen" (1924), which explores how culture and mythology vilify Helen for her beauty. She also wrote the book-length epic "Helen in Egypt" (1961), which reimagines the myth, drawing from the legend that Helen was spirited to Egypt and an illusion was fought over at Troy.
[1, 2, 3, 4]

🧐https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57280/pallinode-book-1-section-7

🎶Dodgers 1-Diamonds Backs 2...on yt...Alabama 0-Texas Tech 1...2 runners on, no outs...TT eliminated Nebraska...1-5 out...fly out...fly out...I must have read H.D., but didn't note...here, tho, her take on Helen, a pause...Bama up...6-3 out...oh, trying to get a take on H.D. difficult...lots of chat...curious to find her take on Egypt-imagists drawn to Egyptian art...

✨️imagists drawn to Egyptian art

Imagist poets, such as Ezra Pound and H.D. (Hilda Doolittle), were drawn to ancient Egyptian art and mythology because its aesthetic principles perfectly aligned with the goals of Imagism. The core appeals of Egyptian art and poetry to these modernists include: [1, 2, 3, 4]
• Conciseness and Precision: Egyptian hieroglyphics—which are simultaneously visual images and a written language—fascinated Imagists like Pound and H.D. They admired how the symbols combined deep meaning into a single, concrete shape, much like the Imagist Movement goal to present a hard, clear image rather than vague, abstract language. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]Stasis and Energy: Egyptian relief carvings and statuary possess a unique combination of stillness and immense structural power. T.E. Hulme, an aesthetic philosopher and the "father of Imagism," championed the idea of rigid, geometric, and durable art. This heavily influenced Pound’s transition from Imagism to Vorticism, where he celebrated the energy of an image frozen at its most active, central point. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]Mysticism and Synchronicity: H.D. drew heavily from the intersection of Greek and Egyptian mythologies to explore the unconscious mind, esoteric spirituality, and the agency of ancient women. Her epic sequence Helen in Egypt uses these traditions to re-evaluate archetypes of beauty, wisdom, and mystery. [1, 2]
By studying Egyptian artifacts and architecture, Imagists sought to strip away romantic Victorian verbosity and reconnect with the direct, timeless power of ancient forms of communication. [1, 2, 3]
H.D. - Wikipedia
H.D. was keenly interested in Ancient Greek literature and published numerous Greek translations. Her poems routinely drew from Greek mythology and classical poetry...

🎶welp, no matter where I go, I find footprints, thinking I was on an unexplored track...Texas Tech won over Alabama-on to final against Texas...back to Dodgers...Dodgers 1-Diamondbacks 4...Angels on...Rockies 8-Angels 4...Angels score two runs...tie game!...Rockies 8-Angels 8...bottom of eighth...Trout up...3-1...3-2...4-6-3...to top of ninth...imagism was introduced to me in school as arriving from Japan and China...but early on, H.D., with boyfriend Ezra Pound, was into Egypt...which means they all were...which makes sense...King Tut's tomb...Rockies on second and third...Rockies 9-Angels 8...to bottom of ninth..

✨️Robert Graves comments on Hilda Doolittle

Robert Graves’s comments on the Imagist poet Hilda Doolittle (H.D.)evolved significantly over their lifetimes, transitioning from early dismissiveness during his modernist critique phase to a deep, mutual fascination with mythology in their later years. [1, 2]
Early Dismissal (1927)
In A Survey of Modernist Poetry (co-written with Laura Riding), Graves harshly critiqued H.D.’s early Imagist work. He characterized her poetry as "thin, poor, and empty," condemning what he and Riding saw as the "twentieth-century dead movement" of Imagism. [1, 2]
Mythological Intersection (1940s–1960s)
As Graves developed his own theories regarding the Triple Goddess and muse-driven poetry, his view of H.D. radically shifted. H.D. became deeply inspired by Graves's seminal work, The White Goddess. She used his archetypal frameworks to structure her late-career epic poems, most notably Helen in Egypt. H.D. herself claimed to be the living incarnation of the goddess figures Graves wrote about. [1, 2]
Legacy and Reflection
In his later essays and critiques—such as in his collection The Crowning Privilege—Graves softened toward the modernist generation, including H.D., acknowledging their integral role in the trajectory of English literature. The mutual exchange of ideas between Graves's mythology and H.D.'s esoteric mysticism remains a major focal point in literary critiques of their works. [1, 2, 3]

🎶🙄"incarnation"...too much...more like a six lane roadway than footprints...hmmph...final out under review...out...game over...Rockies 9-Angels 8...

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DavidDavid

Phantom:May 31, 2026

 #Phantom

Angels 2-Rays 5...Phillies 1-Dodgers 9...Texas Tech 3-Nebraska 1...Texas Tech 9-UCLA 7...Texas Tech won over my two favorites!...Tennesee vs. Texas...Alabama vs Texas Tech in softball semi-final...so, so, I'm at Ancient Sites Girl vlog, The Sea People...been there elseware-post ups on facebook for a stretch, the Deir el Medina story, which rambles into the Sea Peoples' story...they are a mystery, that is maybe plainly seen...the Trojan War side by side with the scenes at Luxor of the Sea People battle in the Nile Delta-invading ships at coasts...Odysseus too goes on about raiding Egypt too in the Odyssey...thought about raiding ships!-the Armada, Divine Wind, Conquistadors, Yangtze Patrol, Pearl Harbor, D-Day, aand, ongoing, Straight of Hormuz!...anyway, the story of Troy has different versions-not just Homer told it, or some such...in one, Helen of Troy isn't at Troy, she's hiding out in Egypt, but the gods put a phantom substitute at Troy...that's just Fringe!

🧐Rosetti-Helen of Troy

https://rossettiarchive.iath.virginia.edu/img/s163.jpg

✨️In a famous alternative tradition to Homer’s Iliad, Helen never actually went to Troy. According to the version recorded by the historian Herodotus and the playwright Euripides, the gods created a phantom Helen (an eidolon), while Hermes safely transported the real Helen to Egypt, where she sat out the entire war.

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DavidDavid