Thursday, 12 May 2016

The reading stopped not far from the end of the “Oxen of the Sun” episode at: “Through yerd our lord, Amen” (14.1527).

Catherine Meyer sends in an image she made to illustrate the passage that was read. She says of it:

The painting for this paragraph shows a glass of beer in warm brownish colours. It is a very painterly glass of beer. The thick foam is the shape of a cloud, which stands for pregnancy, and the light blue eyes in the foam try to look into Molly’s “dishybilly” (deshabillé) (14.1475).

The red is a counterpoint to Mulligan's “pissedon green” fringes the “dishybilly” (14.1456).  The snotgreen, froggreen or pissedon green is also the colour of Molly’s hair. Her sanguine complexion stands in contrast to her white breasts. To the right and left oft the glass are all the different words connected to the booze mentioned in the episode:

The Burke’s

Boosebox

Ex

Bonafides

Beer

Two Ardilauns (Guiness)

Nunc est bibendum (now for drinking)

Au reservoir

Tanks you

 

© Catherine Meyer, Zürich 2016