Jiang insists that Dante's first concrete response to tragic art is bodily posture: he is bent low and looking downward, not merely entertaining abstract interpretations.
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"So they pass through the terrace of prides to learn humility. Now they have entered new terrace and of course there's more artwork. And..."
"He seems quite shocked and sad. What's he doing literally? Remembering and like imagining. What's the word?"
"What is his action? He's sad. What is his action? What does the text say? What's he literally doing right now? As he's watching..."
"...the inside. It's like yoga, right? Like when you're doing the posture, you empty yourself and then these things come to you. Yeah. So,..."
"...was he was interested in the lives the lives the the posture um the different uh quality of experience that he found among aristocrats..."
"...of those my worry there and and let me let me posture you this on there or or put this to you the idea..."
"...countries, frankly, about the South China Sea. What is China's likely posture and approach on that over the next 20, 30 years, do you..."
"what you've said in terms of trump's posture towards china thus far prime minister carnegie uh you understand he's super scoddy with thomas strong..."
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