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A little poster I made today for a college assignment
The text says: "Down with the tyranny of the clock! An hour - to labor, a time - to leisure"
It's an inversion of the common "a time - to labor, an hour - to leisure" idiom that means that you should devote more time and attention to working rather than resting - something I don't vibe with, given that in our modern lives, even our free time doesn't really belong to us.
The text says: "Down with the tyranny of the clock! An hour - to labor, a time - to leisure"
It's an inversion of the common "a time - to labor, an hour - to leisure" idiom that means that you should devote more time and attention to working rather than resting - something I don't vibe with, given that in our modern lives, even our free time doesn't really belong to us.
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Ooooh it's so amazing. I totally vibe with this message. :3 And it looks great.
I remember seeing this thing https://preview.redd.it/so-trule-v0-40co7h1etsac1.jpeg?auto=webp&s=a80636e4d086077fdaea6bf7f043e2670dfa0555 one time and this art reminded me of it now. But yours is much better because it's a clever reversal of that idiom you mentioned instead of just a joke.
I remember seeing this thing https://preview.redd.it/so-trule-v0-40co7h1etsac1.jpeg?auto=webp&s=a80636e4d086077fdaea6bf7f043e2670dfa0555 one time and this art reminded me of it now. But yours is much better because it's a clever reversal of that idiom you mentioned instead of just a joke.
One of Harlan Ellison's earliest short stories was entitled "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman". The prose is evocative, if not always the most lucid; and some of the references are dated; but I think you might enjoy it.
https://ia801807.us.archive.org/4/i.....tock%20man.pdf
(Sorry about the ridiculously long URL, but I can't figure out which parts I can eliminate and have it still work.)
https://ia801807.us.archive.org/4/i.....tock%20man.pdf
(Sorry about the ridiculously long URL, but I can't figure out which parts I can eliminate and have it still work.)
I loved that story! As someone who very often struggled with being late it was so relatable, lol. Mention of people serving time instead of time serving people is very good too.
That line was funny to me "It was just like what they did to Winston Smith in
1984, which was a book none of them knew about, but the
techniques are really quite ancient"
Like well yeah, I guess it was what they did to Winston. A little bit comical approach to writing fiction to just say "it was what they did to that guy in another book".
That line was funny to me "It was just like what they did to Winston Smith in
1984, which was a book none of them knew about, but the
techniques are really quite ancient"
Like well yeah, I guess it was what they did to Winston. A little bit comical approach to writing fiction to just say "it was what they did to that guy in another book".
Ellison may have been anticipating that people would point out the similarity, and accuse him of plagiarism. So instead - being a somewhat confrontational individual - he just referenced it directly, as if to say "Yeah, I used the same idea. What are you gonna do about it?"
"Repent, Harlequin" came out less than a decade after 1984 was published, at a time when Orwell's book was fresh in many people's minds; so his comment that it was "a book none of them knew about" may also have been a wry observation about how easily we forget the important lessons.
Glad you enjoyed the story!
"Repent, Harlequin" came out less than a decade after 1984 was published, at a time when Orwell's book was fresh in many people's minds; so his comment that it was "a book none of them knew about" may also have been a wry observation about how easily we forget the important lessons.
Glad you enjoyed the story!
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