Line 34: "Outsighed, she stunnds and tics it in, from the cerebrulean skullbowl of the fymirment above to the sage cortin of the fir hereyeson, ur the flarebeds close at hand withal their petalsparks and fleurwork sprays o' culeur."
Non-Lucy-Lips Version: "Outside, she stands and takes it in, from the cerulean sky bowl of the firmament above to the sage curtain of the far horizon, or the flowerbeds close at hand with all their petals and firework sprays of color."
"Outsighed"
Like Dorothy going from black and white to stunning color, Lucia steps outside and sighs at the dramatic difference of the two worlds.
"stunnds"
Lucia stands in stunned silence at the beauty of it all.
"tics it in"
Lucia takes in the view with a hint of her mental illness. Perhaps bodily or facial tics, maybe caused by her medications suppressing her joy but not enough for spastic spurts of her ecstasy showing through.
"cerebrulean skullbowl"
"Cerulean" partially containing "Cerberus" and "cerebral." The sky is like her mind, as the inside of her skull, vast and colorful. Perhaps Cerberus is hinted at in that she has left the grave of the hospital or escaped Hell and skirted past the guard dog at its gates. A skull being an image that could hint at death and the grave and Hell.
"skullbowl of the fymirment"
Lots of Norse imagery and here we get Ymir whose body was used to fashion the Earth and sky, particularly his skull to create the heavens. Ymir's brains were made into the clouds which contributes to the imagery of the "cerebrulean" skies witnessed by Lucia.
"sage cortin of the fir hereyeson"
Lucia is looking out towards a grove or forest at the edge of her vision. Sage and fir denote the trees and bushes of nature that she's gazing upon (her eyes on). Cortin may just be an indication that her new surroundings have stimulated her physically as well as mentally. "Sage" also means a wise person, perhaps paired with "cortin" to describe how Lucia's mind revs up once she steps out of the ward and into the natural beauty of the surrounding landscape.
"ur"
Primitive. A natural instinctual response or urge has kicked in as Lucia enters the natural world.
"flarebeds"
Flowerbeds. Like Dorothy entering Oz, Lucia is overwhelmed by the colors around her in stark opposition to the greys of the hospital ward. The flowers colors flare all around her.
"withal"
All of these colors are smashing in to Lucia to be considered in the short moment she steps outside.
"petalsparks"
More "flaring" imagery. The flowers colors pop like sparks from moving pedals or machinery.
"fleurwork sprays"
The colors of the flowers (fleur) shoot up from the ground and spray outward on their petals like a fireworks display.
"culeur"
"Color" but also the French word "couleur" for color. Perhaps Alan Moore gives the French word for color because it might force somebody to look up the definition of color which they probably wouldn't do otherwise. "I know what 'color' means!" is something I definitely would have said and thought before looking up the definition of couleur which is, translated into English, "a quality of the light reflected by the surface of an object (independent of its shape), according to the visual impression it produces (a color, colors); property that is attributed to light, to objects to produce such an impression (color)." So the definition of color emphasizes that it exists only because light, or Lucia, has bounced off of it, or, more simply, looked at it. Lucia creates this amazing display of color when she looks at it.
Non-Lucy-Lips Version: "Outside, she stands and takes it in, from the cerulean sky bowl of the firmament above to the sage curtain of the far horizon, or the flowerbeds close at hand with all their petals and firework sprays of color."
"Outsighed"
Like Dorothy going from black and white to stunning color, Lucia steps outside and sighs at the dramatic difference of the two worlds.
"stunnds"
Lucia stands in stunned silence at the beauty of it all.
"tics it in"
Lucia takes in the view with a hint of her mental illness. Perhaps bodily or facial tics, maybe caused by her medications suppressing her joy but not enough for spastic spurts of her ecstasy showing through.
"cerebrulean skullbowl"
"Cerulean" partially containing "Cerberus" and "cerebral." The sky is like her mind, as the inside of her skull, vast and colorful. Perhaps Cerberus is hinted at in that she has left the grave of the hospital or escaped Hell and skirted past the guard dog at its gates. A skull being an image that could hint at death and the grave and Hell.
"skullbowl of the fymirment"
Lots of Norse imagery and here we get Ymir whose body was used to fashion the Earth and sky, particularly his skull to create the heavens. Ymir's brains were made into the clouds which contributes to the imagery of the "cerebrulean" skies witnessed by Lucia.
"sage cortin of the fir hereyeson"
Lucia is looking out towards a grove or forest at the edge of her vision. Sage and fir denote the trees and bushes of nature that she's gazing upon (her eyes on). Cortin may just be an indication that her new surroundings have stimulated her physically as well as mentally. "Sage" also means a wise person, perhaps paired with "cortin" to describe how Lucia's mind revs up once she steps out of the ward and into the natural beauty of the surrounding landscape.
"ur"
Primitive. A natural instinctual response or urge has kicked in as Lucia enters the natural world.
"flarebeds"
Flowerbeds. Like Dorothy entering Oz, Lucia is overwhelmed by the colors around her in stark opposition to the greys of the hospital ward. The flowers colors flare all around her.
"withal"
All of these colors are smashing in to Lucia to be considered in the short moment she steps outside.
"petalsparks"
More "flaring" imagery. The flowers colors pop like sparks from moving pedals or machinery.
"fleurwork sprays"
The colors of the flowers (fleur) shoot up from the ground and spray outward on their petals like a fireworks display.
"culeur"
"Color" but also the French word "couleur" for color. Perhaps Alan Moore gives the French word for color because it might force somebody to look up the definition of color which they probably wouldn't do otherwise. "I know what 'color' means!" is something I definitely would have said and thought before looking up the definition of couleur which is, translated into English, "a quality of the light reflected by the surface of an object (independent of its shape), according to the visual impression it produces (a color, colors); property that is attributed to light, to objects to produce such an impression (color)." So the definition of color emphasizes that it exists only because light, or Lucia, has bounced off of it, or, more simply, looked at it. Lucia creates this amazing display of color when she looks at it.
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