This video deserves so many more views. It's still in my head, same as with many of your videos, something that I cannot say for other channels that I also enjoy
@georgewilson7432
2 жыл бұрын
Skidbladnir is my favorite impossible object, the most neat and convenient. This story is one of Borges' last ones, and here you have all his obsessions, from the intellectual horror, the thing that makes us realize the irreality of reality, and the final person/moment, the last person who knew something that know is lost, like Caedmon, or the Inca priest who knew the language of his deities, or some sulfur bars Borges saw once decades ago in a drawer. It also the enumeration, the purest form of Borgean pleasure. Any one who wants to read Borges, please do it, few joys are there in this ghostly world like discovering him for the first time.
@Pseudiom
2 жыл бұрын
I've always had an affinity for the objects or ravens associated with Odin. Mainly because of the episode of Odin binding himself to the world tree and I always associated Odin the most with that melancholic fatalism present in northern myth (though I only now recognize that is why I was doing subconsciously). The ravens Huginn and Muninn fascinating me the most. I believe they became the wolves of Woden in England. But, I have to admit, it has been a long time since I read any of Eddas or Sagas. One idea of Borges always amazed me in how ghostly it was. I don't remember the English exactly, nor the Spanish, but in one of his essays he mentions "The work on Saxon mythology the Venerable Bede never wrote". Borges suggesting the idea of such a book made the fact it never existed very strange and sad in my eyes. He drew my mind to an emptiness in history I never realized was there. He later complimented that with how the fate of those Germanic gods brought to England was hidden away in secret alters and the same ideas is presented (in another way) in "The Witness". I will always be indebted to Borges for giving me such an education. And, when you read him, you do receive an education.
@IvanVargas-uw4zn
4 ай бұрын
He was Odin , for a while
@TheReaper0101
2 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah another banger. Keep up the good work
@Pseudiom
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for always showing up in the comments! Always enjoy the familiar usernames (I remember a lot of you).
@NicolasSequeira
Жыл бұрын
I've got disco fever now
@Captain1nsaneo
2 жыл бұрын
I'll let the math nerds get angry about how a 1 dimensional object is a line, this was interesting. My brain was going to my limited knowledge of the British Old North kingdom during the story.
@Pseudiom
Жыл бұрын
I tried to mostly say "one sided", but I may have messed up at certain points. I'm bad at math.
@ilocosmetro
2 жыл бұрын
More obscure history I will dedicate brain space for
@Pseudiom
2 жыл бұрын
Technically Literature, but all Literature in its own way is History and all Literature is History. That is at least my belief.
@georgewilson7432
2 жыл бұрын
Miguel de Unamuno claimed history and fiction were one and the same.
@gildedpeahen876
Жыл бұрын
Literally the best thing to devote brain space to…all the boring people will remember the other stuff.
@gildedpeahen876
Жыл бұрын
@@georgewilson7432 fomenko agrees!
@georgewilson7432
2 жыл бұрын
Pseudiom, I always wonder what are we witness of? What intimate and unreapeatable moments were given to us to be its guardians?
@Pseudiom
2 жыл бұрын
I think we witness very few until it turns out we have witnessed very many. I think I'm trying to register a few to perpetuity (for however cheap it is overall on the Internet) on this channel. Though I, because I have a taste for the metaphysics of the Stoics, do not believe beauty needs to be seen to appreciated.
@ATEN_DNAR
2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@racketing
2 жыл бұрын
i love your videos :-) keeps me here
@LucaW.
2 жыл бұрын
Your editing is always so nice. It's very unique and nice looking how images sort of layer and melt into each other, if that makes sense.
@Pseudiom
Жыл бұрын
That's mostly how I imagine my videos, not sure how to describe it. That's how I imagine them as layers. I actually wanted to be an artist when I was young and KZitem makes use of that part of my brain.
@BellularGaming
8 ай бұрын
I'm so glad I've found your channel. Thoroughly enjoyed this & others you've made.
@someobserver844
2 жыл бұрын
I should finally dive into Borges; this video was great.
@Pseudiom
2 жыл бұрын
I would definitely highly recommend Borges no matter your language, even if you don't read that much. I read him when I was particularly young and he had a very large impression on me which I am thankful for (it comes across in my subject matter and writing style). For English, most people recommend the Norman Thomas di Giovanni translations because Borges collaborated directly with Borges. I know Giovanni had a falling out with Borges estate though and the Giovanni translations aren't printed anymore (you can still find them at second-hand bookstore, but they're somewhat scattered between several books as far as I recall). They're still available online if you look a little though and they're are plenty of independent translations. For English, I own the "Collected Fictions" and "Selected Non-Fictiones" compendiums which I don't think is are that bad since Borges ideas come across pretty clearly in his prose no matter the language. The "Non-Fictiones" are also good support for the stories in "Fictiones" or what inspired his ideas. I also read these before I started to read Borges in Spanish. I also own, but don't particularly like, "Selected Poems" compendium due to some issues with the translations.
@someobserver844
2 жыл бұрын
@@Pseudiom Thanks for the information. I read a few tales and short essays here there that fascinated me, but I haven't seriously given him the time of day yet. There is a revised german edition I might go for that was a team effort between three different translators at least, one them being Dieter E. Zimmer, the guy who brought Vladimir Nabokov's entire work into German. The literary world is so small ...
@TOMAYTOTOMARTO
6 ай бұрын
Swans and Geese are birds who are known for their excessive salivary gland production, and the swans were often collected as it was thought to have medicinal properties. so that one was not an impossible object.
@gildedpeahen876
Жыл бұрын
The worst nightmares I’ve ever had were ones of endless repetition, doomed to repeat the same meaningless actions. Maybe God and my higher self is giving a message about being trapped in this realm, soul recycling, until I awake and ascend…
@lolaryngoscope
2 жыл бұрын
As a longtime reader of Borges I really enjoyed this and I commend your analysis and its necessary research.
@golgarisoul
2 жыл бұрын
"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain."
@georgewilson7432
2 жыл бұрын
"Thy ropes of sands..."
@eltonbormes
Жыл бұрын
I can see Borges wasn't a big fan of Christianity.
@tinhlien3979
2 жыл бұрын
It’s such a great video! May I repost your channel to the platform named Gan Jing World which is full of clean and valuable videos? I will keep your videos as is for sure. Thank you!
@Pseudiom
Жыл бұрын
Go ahead! You're free to post wherever. I just like a link back, but it is not mandatory.
@TheNumber
2 жыл бұрын
Your use of TES music is based
@Pseudiom
2 жыл бұрын
I support all Elder Scrolls OSTs. Though, I particularly like the Solstheim tracks because they feel a little more mystical than Skyrim's main tracks. I've also been playing Skyrim Reborn so I remembered how good Elder Scrolls scores are in general.
@TheNumber
2 жыл бұрын
@@Pseudiom a lot of the Solstheim tracks are remaster Morrowind tracks, which is why Jeremy Soul is able to capture a more otherworldly sound. Morrowind is based off of civilizations that we talk about less like Sumeria and Akkad whereas Skyrim is based off of the very familiar dark age North Sea civilizations. If you ever played Morrowind than you would be able to see how the ost makes you understand that you are exploring a foreign world with foreign people. Also, you should do a video talking about the axis mundi and the ways people think of it. I only ever hear the rare intellectual neo-pagan talk about it.
@ds698
7 ай бұрын
Anything Odin, I’m here!
@danteferrari8032
2 жыл бұрын
excellent video, i´m argentine and i`m glad you talk about Borges :)
@michaelnemo4593
2 жыл бұрын
Another excellent video.
@isvvc_
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely stellar analysis
@Seti-ms9bs
2 жыл бұрын
Great video bro as always keep up the good work
@MaterialFuture
2 жыл бұрын
Another amazing video
@Pseudiom
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it. I've been wanting to make it for months. I'm glad people can finally give their opinions on it.
@williamlight2393
2 жыл бұрын
Keep up the good work
@Pseudiom
2 жыл бұрын
I will. Working on at least two longer videos at the moment.
@HundreadD
Жыл бұрын
Great meditations on a subject that few would find fascinating. Glad I stayed subbed for this long
@ATEN_DNAR
2 жыл бұрын
I think Tolkien and the Hobbit deserves some mention with this video; I'm seeing a few similarities. Tolkien described his original vision of Gandalf to be "an Odinic wanderer." Gandalf is like the pagan wanderer in the video's story when he comes to Bilbo, modeled after the simple, civil Englishman. At the beginning of the story, the hobbit hears, because of Gandalf, the call of adventure, the lure of magic and mystery. The story presents Gandalf bringing the notion of an adventure before the hobbit as one presenting an impossibility, much like the one-sided disc. Of course, Bilbo won't go on an adventure, that's absurd! Yet, in the dwarves' song, there is an enchanting call to some deeper, stirring magic. Also, myths regarding dwarves in Norse mythology are some pretty obvious inspiration for Tolkien's stories; also mentioned in the video.
@Pseudiom
2 жыл бұрын
I 100% agree. There is way more than a passing resemblance in Borges and Tolkien. Both were poets, both scholars of Old English, and both basically created genres in their wake: Epic Fantasy and Fabulism. Both had an interest in the "Northern Courage" of the Norse/Anglo-Saxons. Borges saw it as a sort of mystic Fatalism and Tolkien saw it with tones of Christianity. There's obviously more complexity to it. This video stirred an interest in the general topic in me. I think I'll eventually go back and make a video on Tolkien and Borges opinions on Old English and pre-Christian England. I wanted to use Tolkien's works on Beowulf and Fairy Stories so I decided it could be its own video. I think Borges and Tolkien would have gotten on well, but Borges apparently didn't really "get" Lord of the Rings. Here is Borges actual opinion on Lord of the Rings (from The American Scholar's "An Unquenchable Gaiety of Mind): "The chief influences on my stories have been Robert Louis Stevenson and G. K. Chesterton. Stevenson is the most wonderful of all English writers, after Shakespeare. I am utterly defeated by Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. Critics of myself I don’t read: I am afraid I might be detected at any moment. Any story should be extended by its readers, and I would not complain if they extended mine."
@georgewilson7432
2 жыл бұрын
Borges always prefered the short story, the brief narration with a witty ending. His relationship with the novel in general was complex and twisted, despite reading and enjoying many novels.
@ATEN_DNAR
2 жыл бұрын
@@Pseudiom Fascinating. Awesome. Out of the two authors, I am far more familiar with Tolkien, but after seeing this video and others related to the Library of Babel, I am convinced I need to read Borges more. Thank you for the additional insight. I would love to hear you talk about Tolkien and myth in pretty much any capacity. Your videos are great. Keep them coming!
@arturobelano6243
Жыл бұрын
Great video!
@arturobelano6243
Жыл бұрын
Another impossible object (in this case, objects) of Borges' are his blue Tigers, gemstones which are never of a distinct number. They always struck me as an elaboration of his argumentum ornithologicum, which in turn is based on Berkeley's idealism. It always goes as deep as you want it to go with JLB!
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