{"podcast":{"title":"Brave-Smoke's Corner","slug":"brave-smoke-s-corner-7237700","podcast_index_feed_id":7237700,"rss_url":"https://blurt.media/feeds/videos.xml?videoChannelId=45","website_url":"https://blurt.media/c/bravesmoke/videos","image_url":"https://blurt.media/lazy-static/avatars/c586068b-d2cf-4b2a-a4cc-090df4ad04cc.png","author":"Brave-Smoke","episode_count":20,"summary":null,"last_synced_at":"2026-06-14T20:18:01.858565+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/brave-smoke-s-corner-7237700"},"episode":{"title":"[2026] Willow Feelings & Flower Wishes","slug":"2026-willow-feelings-flower-wishes","published_at":"2026-05-17T15:31:07+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/brave-smoke-s-corner-7237700/2026-willow-feelings-flower-wishes","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/brave-smoke-s-corner-7237700","url":"https://blurt.media/w/8S8aqWHmRd46SNysKd8xUC","audio_url":"https://blurt.media/static/streaming-playlists/hls/3faf92be-9e65-4554-bc04-2c62cd601980/55032f27-3486-4efa-be1c-662b2ed7b22f-2160-fragmented.mp4","summary":"Etta James: [Willow Weep For Me](https://youtu.be/J3s6DMZI1RA?si=P94I-rcF1f9oekY6) /// [**Hexagram 28: **](https://ctext.org/book-of-changes/da-guo) *aka the GTFO the house's bout to collapse* **Judgement/Blurb:** The ridgepole bends. Beneficial to have a destination. Success. **Yao/Line Texts:** **Top 6/Yin:** Crossing too far, the water covers the head. Ominous, yet no blame. **5th 9/Yang:** A withered poplar flower. An old woman takes a strong husband. No blame, no praise. **4th 9/Yang:** The ridgepole rises. Auspicious. If there is something else, hardship. **3rd 9/Yang:** The ridgepole bends. Ominous. **2nd 9/Yang:** A withered poplar sprouts. An old man takes a young wife. Nothing is not beneficial. **1st 6/Yin:** Use white grass as a mat. No blame. // From **Wolfram Eberhard's \"Dictionary of Chinese Symbols\"**: The willow, much valued as firewood, is a symbol of spring. As spring is the season of erotic awakenings, the phrase ‘willow feelings and flower wishes’ means sexual desire; ‘looking for flowers and buying willows’ means visiting a prostitute, ‘flowers and willows by the wayside’ are prostitutes, and ‘sleeping among flowers and reposing beneath willows’ is a term for visiting a brothel. The waist of a beautiful woman is compared to the willow, her eyebrows to the curve of willow leaves. A young girl is a ‘tender willow and fresh flower’ while a woman who can no longer claim virginal freshness is described as ‘faded willow and withered flower’. A woman’s pubic hair is ‘in the depths of willow shade’. /// In ancient China, the gourd was an essential ritual instrument used in ceremonies like the imperial ancestor ceremonies and wedding ceremonies. According to the Book of Rites, a gourd was used because it symbolized the nature of heaven and earth. Ancient s…","meta_description":"Etta James: [Willow Weep For Me](https://youtu.be/J3s6DMZI1RA?si=P94I-rcF1f9oekY6) /// [**Hexagram 28: **](https://ctext.org/book-of-changes/da-guo) *aka…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":524,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/brave-smoke-s-corner-7237700/episodes/2026-willow-feelings-flower-wishes/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/brave-smoke-s-corner-7237700/2026-willow-feelings-flower-wishes.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}