Noli Timere Messorum
Noli Timere Messorum*
What un-sound do Death's hooves make? What still vibration of octiron** bells shakes the air?
'Tis winter's end this mid-March day, by current, common calendar, by older count mid Spring, the equinox near nigh. But Time and Death care not for seasons, not as people do, that mark with ritual array inflection points and cycles, and take without regard of mere human meaning overlaid on days. This day a Turtle falters, bows its head to mourn the passing of the antic, angry, energetic mind, the incandescent soul that wrote it and the world it bears into being, touching other minds and souls in myriad, fantastic ways.
For Terry Pratchett, knight, has Death's arm taken, and walks now in the endless night,*** leaving memories and words, and countless altered lives. And love, which shall not be forgot.
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*The motto on Sir Terry's Coat of Arms: Don't Fear the Reaper.
**Octiron - magic metal that does not sound, but makes a kind of textured silence. From this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8C-Tf70bX4 ****
***https://twitter.com/terryandrob/status/576036726046646272
****This whole piece strongly influenced by this post, where I saw this video: At Obsidian Wings
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What un-sound do Death's hooves make? What still vibration of octiron** bells shakes the air?
'Tis winter's end this mid-March day, by current, common calendar, by older count mid Spring, the equinox near nigh. But Time and Death care not for seasons, not as people do, that mark with ritual array inflection points and cycles, and take without regard of mere human meaning overlaid on days. This day a Turtle falters, bows its head to mourn the passing of the antic, angry, energetic mind, the incandescent soul that wrote it and the world it bears into being, touching other minds and souls in myriad, fantastic ways.
For Terry Pratchett, knight, has Death's arm taken, and walks now in the endless night,*** leaving memories and words, and countless altered lives. And love, which shall not be forgot.
______
*The motto on Sir Terry's Coat of Arms: Don't Fear the Reaper.
**Octiron - magic metal that does not sound, but makes a kind of textured silence. From this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8C-Tf70bX4 ****
***https://twitter.com/terryandrob/status/576036726046646272
****This whole piece strongly influenced by this post, where I saw this video: At Obsidian Wings
This entry was originally posted at http://lferion.dreamwidth.org/250506.html, where there are currently