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Signpost – Pretty Gardens in Paint

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13 June 2025

Episode 6.01 – Signpost: Pretty Gardens in Paint

Where we’ve been and where we’re going, and we take a pause in a museum gallery, too!

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    • Thomas Gainsborough painting: Mr. and Mrs. Andrews (1750): https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/thomas-gainsborough-mr-and-mrs-andrews

    Literary Terms Reviewed:

    • narrative distance
    • dramatic irony
    • inter-textuality
    • ekphrasis
    • allusion
    • polysemy
    • sfumato

      • Reading Strategies Reviewed:

      • Embracing uncertainty and ambiguity
      • Asking why questions
      • Our interpretation process: notice, significance, pattern, coherence
      • Engaging our experience; engaging others

        • Authors & Titles Reviewed:

        • Andrew Marvell, “To His Coy Mistress”
        • Horace, Ode 1.11
        • Roman Krznaric, Carpe Diem Regained
        • Rilke, “Archaic Torso of Apollo”

          • Concepts and Themes Reviewed:

          • Carpe diem as “pluck” or “harvest”
          • Accountability
          • Uncertainty
          • Ethics of Choice
          • Ethical Attentiveness

            • Reading Ahead, Journey 6:

            • Ursula K. Le Guin: “Vaster Than Empires and More Slow”:  https://eyeofmidas.com/scifi/LeGuin_VasterThanEmpires.pdf
            • Ursula K. Le Guin: “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”: https://archive.org/download/the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas-ursula-k-leguin/The%20Ones%20Who%20Walk%20Away%20from%20Omelas%20-%20Ursula%20K%20LeGuin.pdf

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              CHAPTERS

              00:00     Pastoral Splendour

              06:38     Opening Theme
              07:16     Signposting
              09:19     Literary Terms
              17:22     Interlude: The Andrewses
              21:28     Strategies for Meaning
              28:52     Interlude 2: The Andrewses
              33:21     Authors and Titles
              37:23     Interlude 3: The Andrewses
              40:47     A Few Themes
              47:43     Final Visit: The Andrewses
              51:20     Closing Theme and Credits

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              Transcript:  https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/transcript-6-01-pretty-gardens-in-paint/

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              Original music by Randon Myles (https://randonmyles.com/)

              Chapter headings by Natalie Harrison and Sarah Skaleski

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              Chisnell, Steve. “6.01 Signpost: Pretty Gardens in Paint,’” Literary Nomads. Waywords Studio, 13 June 2025, https://waywordsstudio.com/project/le-guin-omelas/.

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