I am not so old now, but I understand that I am no longer young. It is very rare that I can see something without it reminding me of something else. A real treasure for me has been exposure to ideas that haven’t been reflections of something else.
A few photos I’ve snapped of The Mohawk Haudenosaunee Village diorama displayed at the NYS Museum. I’ve always loved this part of the museum.
Speak, my friend. You look surprised. I thought you knew I’d come disguised, On angel wings in white.
Photos I’ve taken during the Foo Fighters Boston Calling Concert, May, 2023. Click on an image to see it’s larger size.
Some things are more precious because they don’t last long. Oscar Wilde, “The Portrait of Dorian Grey”
No matter how careful you are, there’s going to be the sense you missed something, the collapsed feeling under your skin that you didn’t experience it all. There’s that fallen heart feeling that you rushed right through the moments where you should’ve been paying attention.. “Invisible Monsters”, Chuck Palahniuk
The first Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center circa 1931. The workers pooled their money to buy the tree with the hope of raising Christmas cheer on the construction site. They decorated it with homemade decorations. A little bit of Christmas cheer that cascaded and grew through time. Kinda neat.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token “The Raven”, Edgar Allan Poe
Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, “Do it again”; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, “Do it again” to the sun; and every evening, “Do it again” to […]
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