Missenlicnes, I

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www(dot)velvetyne(dot)com also leads to velvetyne.
Therefore I decide to write a bit more in English. It is good (to a certain extend, better) for the clarity of the message. And unavoidable for being understood by all the people who could be interested by velvetyne.

¶ Heron era

A little “ambiguation” about heron cannot be so bad, if it serves well this real and legendary bird.

The heron represents the souls of the elect.

The heron is altior adversis.

Here, the heron according to Jean de la Fontaine (Book VII, Fable VI. Source: Gutenberg Project)

One day,─no matter when or where,─
A long-legg'd heron chanced to fare
By a certain river's brink,
With his long, sharp beak
Helved on his slender neck;
"Twas a fish-spear, you might think.
The water was clear and still,
The carp and the pike there at will
Pursued their silent fun,
Turning up, ever and anon,
A golden side to the sun.
With ease might the heron have made
Great profits in his fishing trade.
So near came the scaly fry,
They might be caught by the passer-by.
But he thought he better might
Wait for a better appetite─
For he lived by rule, and could not eat,
Except at his hours, the best of meat.
Anon his appetite return'd once more;
So, approaching again the shore,
He saw some tench taking their leaps,
Now and then, from their lowest deeps.
With as dainty a taste as Horace's rat,
He turn'd away from such food as that.
"What, tench for a heron! poh!
I scorn the thought, and let them go."
The tench refused, there came a gudgeon;
"For all that," said the bird, "I budge on.
I'll ne'er open my beak, if the gods please,
For such mean little fishes as these."
He did it for less;
For it came to pass,
That not another fish could he see;
And, at last, so hungry was he,
That he thought it of some avail
To find on the bank a single snail.
Such is the sure result
Of being too difficult.
Would you be strong and great,
Learn to accommodate.
Get what you can, and trust for the rest;
The whole is oft lost by seeking the best.
Above all things beware of disdain;
Where, at most, you have little to gain.
The people are many that make
Every day this sad mistake.
'Tis not for the herons I put this case,
Ye featherless people, of human race.
─List to another tale as true,
And you'll hear the lesson brought home to you.

. The fashionable GNU/Linux distribution is Ubuntu 8.04 LTS « Hardy Heron ».

. François Mauriac is now a classic in French literature. His nickname is the « heron » (by one of his recent biographer).

. The French singer Jean-Louis Murat has released his album Tristan. In 1999, he has released a song called « Les Hérons » (The Herons) on his major album Mustango — which introduced the modern Murat sound.

¶ Patricia Barber’s Mythologies (2006)

The reinvention of jazz vocal through major mythological figures, such as Icarus, Persephone (the latter present as well in the Anais Mitchell’s The Brightness (2007)).

¶ Gustav Holst’s The Planets (1914-1916)       

An extraordinary evocation of the discovery of the planet’s exploration, with an exception for Pluto, discovered after the release of the opera.

No disc tracklisting could be more appealing than this, isn’t it ?
1.  Mars, The Bringer Of War
2. Venus, The Bringer Of Peace
3. Mercury, The Winged Messenger
4. Jupiter, The Bringer Of Jollity
5. Saturn, The Bringer Of Old Age
6. Uranus, The Magician
7. Neptune, The Mystic