lin·gua·phile |
Graduate student specializing in 18th century British literature with an emphasis on the novel. Lover of John Milton, Jane Austen, and Charlotte Bronte. (Yes, I know none of them published in the 18th century.) Occasional writer of lengthy fictions, seven-time NaNoWriMo participant and former Office of Letters and Light intern. Reader of much young adult and/or fantasy lit. Lifetime lover of Diane Duane's Young Wizards series, recently fanatic about Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan trilogy, blaming it all on Harry Potter. Wanderluster. Left my heart in London, reclaim it bit by bit through tea and Doctor Who and Sherlock and Downton Abbey. |
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The mural in the lobby of my library: Butler Library, Columbia University, NYC; painted by Eugene Savage in 1935.
It is an allegory of Columbia, as Athena, fighting back the demons of ignorance and bringing knowledge to the masses.
There are a lot of really delightful details in this painting, such as the hammer and sickle in the hands of the masses, and the sliver of landscape featuring the Empire State building (under Columbia’s shield) and the Hayden Planetarium (under the flame of the demons’ torch).
Yeah, I go to school here.
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if anyone needs more proof that columbia kids...all liberal communists…
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