The quote below sums up my new world, the new existence and reality I find myself in; a world where life itself and everything around me is magical. For the first time in my life I actually listen to the birds call, I admire the beauty of flowers, and I try and catch each and…… Continue reading A Moment in Time
October 2nd, 2014
Beautiful evening, deadly evening
“Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge”
In a 1710 “Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge,” the Irish philosopher George Berkeley objected to this view. We do not know the world of objects, he argued; we know only our mental ideas of objects. “Light and colours, heat and cold, extension and figures—in a word, the things we see and feel—what are…… Continue reading “Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge”
There are rules and you gotta have rules
“There are rules and you gotta have rules….” – Mateo de Colón This is a quote by me which is actually a misquote of Kevin Bacon from the movie Sleepers; “You gotta have rules and you gotta have discipline.” Over 15 years ago I misquoted this line during a warm spring night in Toledo, Spain…… Continue reading There are rules and you gotta have rules
Princess Shikishi Poem – 式子内親王の詩
今日はこの詩を見つかりました。本当に本当にきれいだと思いました。そしてこのブログで付けて、忘れないようにしました。 Winter Becoming Spring 1In spring toowhat first stands out —Mount Otowa —from the snow at its peakthe rays of the sun appear. 2Here deep in the hills,my pine door would never knowthat springtime had come —but for a broken trickleof jewels of melted snow. 3Though warblers have not called,in the sound of cascadespouring down…… Continue reading Princess Shikishi Poem – 式子内親王の詩
