WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.820 Welcome to The Deep Dive. Today, we're looking 00:00:01.820 --> 00:00:04.860 at some really beautiful excerpts from The Lost 00:00:04.860 --> 00:00:06.919 Lover Found. It's part of the song of Solomon. 00:00:07.139 --> 00:00:10.359 That's right. Ancient poetry. But while the themes 00:00:10.359 --> 00:00:13.880 feel incredibly current. Exactly. Our goal here 00:00:13.880 --> 00:00:16.440 is to sort of unpack the imagery, see what it 00:00:16.440 --> 00:00:20.260 tells us about love, beauty, desire. Things that 00:00:20.260 --> 00:00:22.969 haven't changed much, fundamentally. Right. So 00:00:22.969 --> 00:00:25.890 you might wonder how can something this old still 00:00:25.890 --> 00:00:28.149 speak to us? How does this you know vivid language 00:00:28.149 --> 00:00:30.789 work its magic? Well, I think it jumps right 00:00:30.789 --> 00:00:34.549 into something universal longing The poem literally 00:00:34.549 --> 00:00:38.289 opens asking where has your lover gone? That 00:00:38.289 --> 00:00:40.509 search is immediate. Yeah, that sense of seeking 00:00:40.509 --> 00:00:44.310 and the answer his garden to the beds of spices 00:00:44.310 --> 00:00:47.009 It's not just a place is it no not at all. It's 00:00:47.009 --> 00:00:51.659 sensory you think fragrance privacy Uh, intimacy. 00:00:52.020 --> 00:00:54.380 It paints a very specific picture. Hmm. And then 00:00:54.380 --> 00:00:56.179 you get that really powerful line, I belong to 00:00:56.179 --> 00:00:58.920 my lover, and my lover belongs to me. That mutuality 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:01.399 is key. It's not one -sided. And it's followed 00:01:01.399 --> 00:01:04.180 by him feeding among the lilies. Another recurring 00:01:04.180 --> 00:01:07.260 image. Beauty, maybe sustenance, found in that 00:01:07.260 --> 00:01:10.239 shared love. Could be. It's delicate, that image. 00:01:10.760 --> 00:01:13.459 Very evocative. Okay, so moving on, the description 00:01:13.459 --> 00:01:17.890 of beauty is just, wow. So direct it is beautiful 00:01:17.890 --> 00:01:20.590 as tears or are you my friend fairs Jerusalem? 00:01:21.010 --> 00:01:23.090 Using real places like that. It gives it weight 00:01:23.090 --> 00:01:25.290 doesn't it for the original audience tears of 00:01:25.290 --> 00:01:28.510 men beauty Jerusalem? Well grander precisely 00:01:28.510 --> 00:01:31.890 they weren't random pics they grounded it and 00:01:31.890 --> 00:01:34.150 then the metaphor start coming. Yeah, the hair 00:01:34.150 --> 00:01:37.349 like Like a flock of goats streaming down from 00:01:37.349 --> 00:01:39.530 Gilead, right? You can just picture that flowing 00:01:39.530 --> 00:01:41.650 movement and the teeth that one's memorable, 00:01:41.650 --> 00:01:45.400 too. Uh -huh like a flock of use just shorn and 00:01:45.400 --> 00:01:49.579 washed, each with its twin nun Baron. It's quite 00:01:49.579 --> 00:01:51.859 specific, but it gives the sense of perfection, 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:54.500 completeness, purity even. Very agricultural, 00:01:54.959 --> 00:01:57.219 connecting beauty to the natural world to health, 00:01:57.599 --> 00:01:59.480 prosperity, things that really matter. Makes 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:01.920 sense, even the cheeks, like pomegranate halves 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:03.879 behind your veil. Yeah, you get that hint of 00:02:03.879 --> 00:02:08.099 color, but also mystery, something hidden. It 00:02:08.099 --> 00:02:10.219 definitely adds a lore, and the effect of all 00:02:10.219 --> 00:02:12.870 this beauty is intense. Overwhelming, apparently. 00:02:13.550 --> 00:02:15.129 Turn your eyes away from me for they stir me 00:02:15.129 --> 00:02:17.969 up. It's like too much to handle. Wow. And it 00:02:17.969 --> 00:02:20.590 builds, doesn't it, to that final, almost cosmic 00:02:20.590 --> 00:02:23.669 description. It really does. Who is this that 00:02:23.669 --> 00:02:26.169 comes forth like the dawn? Beautiful as the white 00:02:26.169 --> 00:02:30.430 moon. Pure as the blazing sun. Fierce, as celestial 00:02:30.430 --> 00:02:33.250 visions. It moves beyond just earthly beauty. 00:02:33.449 --> 00:02:36.560 It becomes transcendent. multi -layered, not 00:02:36.560 --> 00:02:39.759 just pretty, but powerful awe -inspiring. Exactly. 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:42.719 So then the scene shifts, there's an actual encounter, 00:02:42.939 --> 00:02:45.020 we're leading up to one. Right. To the walnut 00:02:45.020 --> 00:02:48.300 grove I went down. A specific spot. And the purpose 00:02:48.300 --> 00:02:51.259 seems linked to nature's cycle. To see the young 00:02:51.259 --> 00:02:53.900 growth of the valley, if the vines were in bloom, 00:02:54.139 --> 00:02:56.360 if the pomegranates had blossomed. So looking 00:02:56.360 --> 00:03:00.139 for signs of new life, renewal, it feels intentional. 00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:02.539 Yes, there's this anticipation in the air tied 00:03:02.539 --> 00:03:05.069 to the natural world. And then bam. Before I 00:03:05.069 --> 00:03:07.030 knew it, my desire had made me something like 00:03:07.030 --> 00:03:09.250 the Prince's blessed one. The blessed one of 00:03:09.250 --> 00:03:11.050 the Prince's people. Or like being set among 00:03:11.050 --> 00:03:13.650 royal chariots in some translations. The point 00:03:13.650 --> 00:03:16.969 is the suddenness. Yeah, it's this wave of desire 00:03:16.969 --> 00:03:20.669 almost involuntary sparked by the setting the 00:03:20.669 --> 00:03:23.110 anticipation maybe. I think so. It shows how 00:03:23.110 --> 00:03:25.289 powerful that longing can be. How it can just 00:03:25.289 --> 00:03:27.530 transform your state of mind instantly. It's 00:03:27.530 --> 00:03:29.599 quite traumatic. So looking back, we've got the 00:03:29.599 --> 00:03:32.919 garden as this intimate space. Uh -huh. The really 00:03:32.919 --> 00:03:36.080 vivid, sometimes surprising ways beauty is described. 00:03:36.300 --> 00:03:40.139 And the sudden potent force of desire often linked 00:03:40.139 --> 00:03:42.419 to nature. It weaves together quite beautifully. 00:03:42.620 --> 00:03:45.060 It really does. These ancient words still carry 00:03:45.060 --> 00:03:47.840 so much weight. So maybe think about how these 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:51.039 ways of expressing love, beauty, that intense 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:54.080 longing, how do they resonate with you? Yeah, 00:03:54.139 --> 00:03:56.460 did any particular image like the Goots or the 00:03:56.460 --> 00:03:58.819 pomegranates stand out? What might that tell 00:03:58.819 --> 00:04:00.939 you about how we still connect to these deep 00:04:00.939 --> 00:04:05.199 human experiences across, well, millennia? Definitely 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:07.259 some food for thought there. Indeed. Thanks for 00:04:07.259 --> 00:04:08.219 diving deep with us today.