01 April 2011

Don't be afraid to be foolish (at least not today)

April Fool's Day! What that conjures in the mind... I like to think of The Fool, which is given the number zero (which could symbolize everything, or nothing, depending on your outlook), in the tarot deck... or Siegfried in Wagner's "Ring" opera cycle -- the innocent fool... and I also think of the Fool in Shakespeare's play King Lear, who has a job of work trying to keep Lear in his wits (and fails at it, in the end).

Where would we be without fools? Where, indeed. Think about your favorite fools while enjoying some foolish, or not so foolish, tea today -- as Dustin and I are going to do (undoubtedly selecting each other as our favorite fools!),
Cheers! Trixie

1 comment:

  1. postscript: We have been corrected... think not of Siegfried, we are advised, for it is *Parsifal* who is the Innocent Fool.

    Thank you, LilacRobin, for the right stuff! xo

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