Yes, it's an arranged marriage. Maybe the result of a "shotgun wedding?"
Think of Wm. Blake's "Marriage of Heaven & Hell."
Blake explains that...
"Without Contraries is no progression. Attraction and Repulsion, Reason and Energy, Love and Hate, are necessary to Human existence. From these contraries spring what the religious call Good & Evil. Good is the passive that obeys Reason. Evil is the active springing from Energy. Good is Heaven. Evil is Hell."
So yes, being a Human Being means embodying, both Good and Evil, Heaven and Hell. We are body and Spirit. Spirit attached to Body. Body inhabited by Spirit. At least that's how if feels to be a human being to this human being.
We are the Marriage of Heaven and Hell...
It's a thorny, complicated thing... life...
The a.m. soundtrack - The Decembrists' "The Crane Wife." (2006). Supposedly based on a Japanese folk tale. Who knew?! A tale of a man, married to a crane. He lives off the fruit of her labor. Of course, he abuses the situation, his greed becomes a destructive force, The Crane Wife suffers and finally flees, never to return. Yes, well it's a nicely constructed record. Musical, whimsical, intelligent, well-played. For some reason it sounds a bit nautical to me. There are elements of "prog" rock. Surprisingly a very clean-sounding production. Unlike any other record we own. Unique. Yes. Married to nature...
