Crazy old Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Did you know Kubla Khan was explicitly inspired by an opium-fueled dream he had? Also, because of the opening lines -- In Xanadu did Kubla Khan // A stately pleasure dome decree -- I was this close to mistakenly referring to this poem as Xanadu. Which is something different entirely, and features substantially more Olivia Newton John.
Aaron challenged me to find 1000 works of art, each better than that scene in Ferris Bueller where Cameron looks at the Seurat painting. So here they are, one by one, till what's done is done. © Jon Azose 2010-2012
Saturday, March 12, 2011
77. Kubla Khan
Crazy old Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Did you know Kubla Khan was explicitly inspired by an opium-fueled dream he had? Also, because of the opening lines -- In Xanadu did Kubla Khan // A stately pleasure dome decree -- I was this close to mistakenly referring to this poem as Xanadu. Which is something different entirely, and features substantially more Olivia Newton John.
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