365/74 - Life imitates art - Pastourelle (The Shepherdess) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, originally uploaded by Blair Necessities.
And here is the one today.
Living, so the dead don't have to. Site may use cookies so cut and paste these links for more information; https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/
And here is the one today.
Fractals.
Really, I mean it.
In college I had a friend with whom I was able to discuss such arbitrary things. He was the one that introduced me to them, and I became intellectually engaged by the thought or idea of them. No benefits other than I was therefore able to be geeky and notice the fractal imagery in The Matrix...
sigh.
I have not thought about them in a while. Until I happened upon these. Now please, go look at them.
They are so beautiful the commentary (which I only glanced through quickly) invoked the things such as faith, evolution, God.
Easter, or any religious holiday really, has always seemed a bit empty in some ways. As I perused this series of photos I realized that it was not so much that something was missing but that the rituals I was exposed to changed. I suppose I was saying that for the main formative years of my life Easter involved people nailing themselves to a cross, being carried through town, along with dressed dolls representing Jesus. It meant dancing, and parades (or processions along the lines of a pilgrimage), food (there is a fillet of guinea pig there too). As I looked through these pictures I thought about how much I miss those rituals (and it is OK if you think they are barbaric and done by heathens, though know I disagree completely), how much these events fed my faith, how much I loved those times.
This year I went to mass with my Schatz and to my family church afterwards. The closest I came to repeating those was the smell of incense at one church and the Ethiopian choir at the other.
I will take what I can get.
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons;they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others you may become vain or bitter, for there will always be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is ; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly to the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
-Max Erhmann, 1927
I loved the TCHO chocolate, I loved the packaging, I love the dedication that is indicated by the effort to research and develop the chocolate.I also decided to try the two together (meaning the TCHO chocolate and the Blake Makes peanut butter dulce de leche). And the results were...
I am looking forward to TCHO's growth. I only wish I could have sampled other varieties, but the one I did was superb and inspiring (in terms of how to incorporate into some dishes. I would have loved to try some in some savory dishes like mole but there was not enough left (especially after my taste test).
Desolation Angels
I just could not let this go without letting the blog know too.
I realize that I tend to animize or humanize everything....
from blakemakes.com
I am going to make a savory dish using this. and if you read a few posts down, you will know what i mean.
Ecuador and Venezuela have deployed troops to their borders amid calls for restraint led by the head of the UN.
A spokesman said trade ties would not be affected.