12-05-2017, 12:05 AM
Pixie Dust wrote:
I love that Dante offers an alternative perspective to religion. The Bible has been written and interpreted in so many styles that it's confusing and complicated. Dante deviates from the norm and there's something powerful in doing the unexpected and not following the crowd.
He did something even better than not following the crowd.
Lots of people break with the mainstream and make their own path, but somehow Dante made a path that has guided art and literature for 700 years.
I love that Dante offers an alternative perspective to religion. The Bible has been written and interpreted in so many styles that it's confusing and complicated. Dante deviates from the norm and there's something powerful in doing the unexpected and not following the crowd.
He did something even better than not following the crowd.
Lots of people break with the mainstream and make their own path, but somehow Dante made a path that has guided art and literature for 700 years.