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Good Night
Apr. 10th, 2021 12:05 am
Apr. 10th, 2021
Tree Of Life
Apr. 10th, 2021 03:55 amThis is an earlier painting that is now complete. I call it Tree of Life or Field Study #1.
Flow - A Poem
Apr. 10th, 2021 09:05 amAs I stand on the precipice
Of what lies all behind me
And what may lie ahead
I circumflect on what might have been
And what will ever be?
When curveballs throw you
Of the route, you have taken
And cursed indignities that block
And frustrates the road,
Then you might as well go
With the flow and bend
Of the river that meanders
Through the valleys of your mind.
For as you always try to grow
Sometimes it is best to let go
And ride the storms that flow.
Of what lies all behind me
And what may lie ahead
I circumflect on what might have been
And what will ever be?
When curveballs throw you
Of the route, you have taken
And cursed indignities that block
And frustrates the road,
Then you might as well go
With the flow and bend
Of the river that meanders
Through the valleys of your mind.
For as you always try to grow
Sometimes it is best to let go
And ride the storms that flow.
Jostein Gaarder "Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy" (Orion)
This is such a readable book and the third time I have reread it. In fact, it turns out to be a wonderful journey into the history of philosophy.
A 14-year-old Norwegian schoolgirl, Sophie, comes home from school and finds in her mailbox, an unstamped letter addressed to her contains a note that just asks "Who are you?". A couple of minutes later, she finds another letter in her mailbox addressed to her, containing yet another note with a simple question "Where does the world come from?. And still yet later on in the day, she finds in her mailbox, a postcard addressed to someone named Hilde, but in care of her address.
And so the letters prick Sophie's curiosity and get her to start thinking about who's sending these letters to her, what they mean, and really.... where DOES the world come from?
A few days later, Sophie receives a package, and therein begins her introduction to philosophy. We are taken on a journey tracing the history of philosophy from the natural philosophers in Greece back in about 500B.C., to Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, the moving through the ages and continents to St Thomas Aquinas, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Kierkegaard, Marx, Darwin, and Freud.
For anyone looking for an easy way to learn philosophy or interested in a refresher course in philosophy, this is a good book to pick up. Sophie's child-like wide-eyed curiosity and eagerness to explore new ways of thinking put a fresh new face on the subject.
And by the way, who's Hilde and why is someone sending postcards for her to Sophie? The answer to this puzzle is quite a surprise.
This is such a readable book and the third time I have reread it. In fact, it turns out to be a wonderful journey into the history of philosophy.
A 14-year-old Norwegian schoolgirl, Sophie, comes home from school and finds in her mailbox, an unstamped letter addressed to her contains a note that just asks "Who are you?". A couple of minutes later, she finds another letter in her mailbox addressed to her, containing yet another note with a simple question "Where does the world come from?. And still yet later on in the day, she finds in her mailbox, a postcard addressed to someone named Hilde, but in care of her address.
And so the letters prick Sophie's curiosity and get her to start thinking about who's sending these letters to her, what they mean, and really.... where DOES the world come from?
A few days later, Sophie receives a package, and therein begins her introduction to philosophy. We are taken on a journey tracing the history of philosophy from the natural philosophers in Greece back in about 500B.C., to Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, the moving through the ages and continents to St Thomas Aquinas, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Kierkegaard, Marx, Darwin, and Freud.
For anyone looking for an easy way to learn philosophy or interested in a refresher course in philosophy, this is a good book to pick up. Sophie's child-like wide-eyed curiosity and eagerness to explore new ways of thinking put a fresh new face on the subject.
And by the way, who's Hilde and why is someone sending postcards for her to Sophie? The answer to this puzzle is quite a surprise.
Jostein Gaarder "Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy" (Orion)
This is such a readable book and the third time I have reread it. In fact, it turns out to be a wonderful journey into the history of philosophy.
A 14-year-old Norwegian schoolgirl, Sophie, comes home from school and finds in her mailbox, an unstamped letter addressed to her contains a note that just asks "Who are you?". A couple of minutes later, she finds another letter in her mailbox addressed to her, containing yet another note with a simple question "Where does the world come from?. And still yet later on in the day, she finds in her mailbox, a postcard addressed to someone named Hilde, but in care of her address.
And so the letters prick Sophie's curiosity and get her to start thinking about who's sending these letters to her, what they mean, and really.... where DOES the world come from?
A few days later, Sophie receives a package, and therein begins her introduction to philosophy. We are taken on a journey tracing the history of philosophy from the natural philosophers in Greece back in about 500B.C., to Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, the moving through the ages and continents to St Thomas Aquinas, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Kierkegaard, Marx, Darwin, and Freud.
For anyone looking for an easy way to learn philosophy or interested in a refresher course in philosophy, this is a good book to pick up. Sophie's child-like wide-eyed curiosity and eagerness to explore new ways of thinking put a fresh new face on the subject.
And by the way, who's Hilde and why is someone sending postcards for her to Sophie? The answer to this puzzle is quite a surprise.
This is such a readable book and the third time I have reread it. In fact, it turns out to be a wonderful journey into the history of philosophy.
A 14-year-old Norwegian schoolgirl, Sophie, comes home from school and finds in her mailbox, an unstamped letter addressed to her contains a note that just asks "Who are you?". A couple of minutes later, she finds another letter in her mailbox addressed to her, containing yet another note with a simple question "Where does the world come from?. And still yet later on in the day, she finds in her mailbox, a postcard addressed to someone named Hilde, but in care of her address.
And so the letters prick Sophie's curiosity and get her to start thinking about who's sending these letters to her, what they mean, and really.... where DOES the world come from?
A few days later, Sophie receives a package, and therein begins her introduction to philosophy. We are taken on a journey tracing the history of philosophy from the natural philosophers in Greece back in about 500B.C., to Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, the moving through the ages and continents to St Thomas Aquinas, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Kierkegaard, Marx, Darwin, and Freud.
For anyone looking for an easy way to learn philosophy or interested in a refresher course in philosophy, this is a good book to pick up. Sophie's child-like wide-eyed curiosity and eagerness to explore new ways of thinking put a fresh new face on the subject.
And by the way, who's Hilde and why is someone sending postcards for her to Sophie? The answer to this puzzle is quite a surprise.
Laurel Canyon
Apr. 10th, 2021 12:08 pmSometimes I love to watch what road movies people put on, especially if it places you never been to such as Laurel Canyon.
Los Angeles Driving Tour: Laurel Canyon
Laurel Canyon is a neighborhood and canyon located in the Hollywood Hills region of the Santa Monica Mountains,
Laurel Canyon
Around 1920, a local developer built the Lookout Mountain Inn at the summit of Lookout Mountain and Sunset Plaza roads, which burned just a few years after opening.[citation needed]
Now a vacant lot, the corner of Lookout Mountain Avenue and Laurel Canyon Blvd (2401 Laurel Canyon Blvd)
is where the famous 1915 "Log Cabin" mansion stood, with its 80-foot living room, floor to ceiling fireplace, bowling alley and indoor sunken swimming pool.
It was once occupied by silent film star Tom Mix
but spent years on the rental market. In 1968 it was rented by Frank Zappa who turned it into a recording studio and celebrity hangout.
However, Zappa moved out after six months. The house burned to the ground on Halloween 1981.
Directly across the street, at 2400 Laurel Canyon Blvd., is site of the home, long-gone, that magician Harry Houdini may have rented around 1919. It was originally the Walker estate.
Laurel Canyon found itself a nexus of counterculture activity and attitudes in the 1960s, becoming famous as home to many of L.A.'s rock musicians, such as Frank Zappa; Jim Morrison of The Doors; Carole King; The Byrds; Buffalo Springfield; Canned Heat; John Mayall; members of the band The Eagles; the band Love; Neil Young; and Micky Dolenz & Peter Tork of The Monkees. Tork's home was considered one of Laurel Canyon's biggest party houses with all-night, drug-fueled sleepovers well attended by the hippest musicians and movie stars of the era.
John Phillips of the Mamas & the Papas took inspiration from their home in Laurel Canyon in the song "Twelve Thirty" a.k.a. "Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)", released in 1967.
In 1968, John Mayall recorded and released Blues from Laurel Canyonbased on his experiences on a vacation earlier that year.
Famed photographer Henry Diltz was also a resident and used the scenic Canyon backdrop for many of his historic photos of rock musicians casually socializing. Several of his photos became iconic representations of the 1960s & 1970's West Coast music scene and many others became famous album sleeve covers (such as CSN's debut album: Crosby, Stills & Nash - photographed in nearby West Hollywood).
Joni Mitchell, living in the home in the Canyon that was immortalized in the song, "Our House" (1970), written by her then-lover Graham Nash, would use the area and its denizens as inspiration for her third album, Ladies of the Canyon (1970). Crosby, Stills, and Nash are reputed to have first sung together in her living room.
Musician J. Tillman has said that his output under the moniker Father John Misty was partly inspired by a relocation to and personal reinvention in Laurel Canyon. The song "I Went to the Store One Day," from his 2015 album I Love You, Honeybear, recounts the story of how Tillman met his wife, Emma, in the parking lot of the Laurel Canyon Country Store.
On July 1, 1981, three members and one associate of the Wonderland Gang, so-called because they were based at 8763 Wonderland Avenue, died in the Wonderland murders (also known as the "Four on the Floor murders" or the "Laurel Canyon murders"). Salon reports: "The massacre took place just down the street from what was then the home of Jerry Brown, who was California’s governor at the time. And 8763 Wonderland Ave. itself is said to have been inhabited at one time by Paul Revere and the Raiders."
Los Angeles Driving Tour: Laurel Canyon
Laurel Canyon is a neighborhood and canyon located in the Hollywood Hills region of the Santa Monica Mountains,
Laurel Canyon
Around 1920, a local developer built the Lookout Mountain Inn at the summit of Lookout Mountain and Sunset Plaza roads, which burned just a few years after opening.[citation needed]
Now a vacant lot, the corner of Lookout Mountain Avenue and Laurel Canyon Blvd (2401 Laurel Canyon Blvd)
is where the famous 1915 "Log Cabin" mansion stood, with its 80-foot living room, floor to ceiling fireplace, bowling alley and indoor sunken swimming pool.
It was once occupied by silent film star Tom Mix
but spent years on the rental market. In 1968 it was rented by Frank Zappa who turned it into a recording studio and celebrity hangout.
However, Zappa moved out after six months. The house burned to the ground on Halloween 1981.
Directly across the street, at 2400 Laurel Canyon Blvd., is site of the home, long-gone, that magician Harry Houdini may have rented around 1919. It was originally the Walker estate.
Laurel Canyon found itself a nexus of counterculture activity and attitudes in the 1960s, becoming famous as home to many of L.A.'s rock musicians, such as Frank Zappa; Jim Morrison of The Doors; Carole King; The Byrds; Buffalo Springfield; Canned Heat; John Mayall; members of the band The Eagles; the band Love; Neil Young; and Micky Dolenz & Peter Tork of The Monkees. Tork's home was considered one of Laurel Canyon's biggest party houses with all-night, drug-fueled sleepovers well attended by the hippest musicians and movie stars of the era.
John Phillips of the Mamas & the Papas took inspiration from their home in Laurel Canyon in the song "Twelve Thirty" a.k.a. "Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)", released in 1967.
In 1968, John Mayall recorded and released Blues from Laurel Canyonbased on his experiences on a vacation earlier that year.
Famed photographer Henry Diltz was also a resident and used the scenic Canyon backdrop for many of his historic photos of rock musicians casually socializing. Several of his photos became iconic representations of the 1960s & 1970's West Coast music scene and many others became famous album sleeve covers (such as CSN's debut album: Crosby, Stills & Nash - photographed in nearby West Hollywood).
Joni Mitchell, living in the home in the Canyon that was immortalized in the song, "Our House" (1970), written by her then-lover Graham Nash, would use the area and its denizens as inspiration for her third album, Ladies of the Canyon (1970). Crosby, Stills, and Nash are reputed to have first sung together in her living room.
Musician J. Tillman has said that his output under the moniker Father John Misty was partly inspired by a relocation to and personal reinvention in Laurel Canyon. The song "I Went to the Store One Day," from his 2015 album I Love You, Honeybear, recounts the story of how Tillman met his wife, Emma, in the parking lot of the Laurel Canyon Country Store.
On July 1, 1981, three members and one associate of the Wonderland Gang, so-called because they were based at 8763 Wonderland Avenue, died in the Wonderland murders (also known as the "Four on the Floor murders" or the "Laurel Canyon murders"). Salon reports: "The massacre took place just down the street from what was then the home of Jerry Brown, who was California’s governor at the time. And 8763 Wonderland Ave. itself is said to have been inhabited at one time by Paul Revere and the Raiders."
Kent Road Tours #1
Apr. 10th, 2021 01:48 pmSo here are some UK road trips - through my county of Kent.
A2/M2 - Dover to Dartford - April 2018
Now, this is speeded up to fit 17 minutes as the journey is around an hour. Also, a slight error by the Vlogger is that the Sheerness Maidstone junction is the A249 and not the A251 which goes from Faversham to Ashford and the M20.
This one shows a detour through Canterbury and heads to London and through the oldest road tunnel, The Blackwall Tunnell to the Essex side of the city.
Dover, UK to London, UK: a short Road Trip
ENJOY
A2/M2 - Dover to Dartford - April 2018
Now, this is speeded up to fit 17 minutes as the journey is around an hour. Also, a slight error by the Vlogger is that the Sheerness Maidstone junction is the A249 and not the A251 which goes from Faversham to Ashford and the M20.
This one shows a detour through Canterbury and heads to London and through the oldest road tunnel, The Blackwall Tunnell to the Essex side of the city.
Dover, UK to London, UK: a short Road Trip
ENJOY
Kent Road Tours #2
Apr. 10th, 2021 02:09 pmYay, I also found two from Faversham to Sittingbourne and one including my home town.
The first one is on the A2 and goes through Ospringe end of Faversham where I live.
A2 Faversham to Sittingbourne England
The second one looks at my town. Note the Alms Houses in this video as I pass that every tine I walk into town.
Faversham, Kent
I hope we do have a Hop festival this year after all the COVID shit.
ENJOT
The first one is on the A2 and goes through Ospringe end of Faversham where I live.
A2 Faversham to Sittingbourne England
The second one looks at my town. Note the Alms Houses in this video as I pass that every tine I walk into town.
Faversham, Kent
I hope we do have a Hop festival this year after all the COVID shit.
ENJOT
To Brighton Road Trip
Apr. 10th, 2021 09:36 pmHere is another one from Croydon, South London to Brighton via the A23 - and M23 back to A23. Good views of Brighton - my old home city - esp. the seafront area.
London to Brighton May 2020
One day I would love Phil to use such a cam if and when we do Brighton Lunch Club again.
London to Brighton May 2020
One day I would love Phil to use such a cam if and when we do Brighton Lunch Club again.
Well, BBC Radio 3 is still not showing my usual Saturday listens. No jazz program nor world music or the improv one Freeness. Effing Beeb!
However, looking at the radio 4 schedule - that is back to normal today. So I listened to The Briefing Room and The Infinite Monkey Cage with Professor Brian Cox.
However, looking at the radio 4 schedule - that is back to normal today. So I listened to The Briefing Room and The Infinite Monkey Cage with Professor Brian Cox.
The world is too much with us
Apr. 10th, 2021 11:29 pmWilliam Wordsworth - 1770-1850
The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;
The winds that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers,
For this, for everything, we are out of tune;
It moves us not.—Great God! I'd rather be
A pagan suckled in a creed outworn;
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathèd horn.
dr. π (pi)
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The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;
The winds that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers,
For this, for everything, we are out of tune;
It moves us not.—Great God! I'd rather be
A pagan suckled in a creed outworn;
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathèd horn.
dr. π (pi)
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