Sunday, December 29, 2013

Memphis, Tennessee

Dones
Don
Donation
Mark 
Donald
Memphis, Tennessee   


John 6:56
"He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him."

"El que come mi carne y bebe mi sangre, permanece en mí, y yo en él."
Col.2:6
"As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:"


Two-Way Traffic Ahead Creative Challenge Winner. 1st Place Feb 14.2012 










Street in Havanna, Cuba






Memphis Tennessee by Guillermo Smith
Memphis Tennessee  Famous rib joint hidden in an alley off Union Ave. Address is 52 S. Second Street ???? Sept 2007 

Chess: "Dones"    “Don” “donation” “Mark” "Memphis,Tennessee"
                                            

 Poema De Los Dones 

de Jorge Luis Borges


Nadie rebaje a lágrima o reproche
esta declaración de la maestría
de Dios, que con magnífica ironía
me dio a la vez los libros y la noche.
De esta ciudad de libros hizo dueños
a unos ojos sin luz, que sólo pueden
  leer en las bibliotecas de los sueños
los insensatos párrafos que ceden
las albas a su afán. En vano el día
les prodiga sus libros infinitos,
arduos como los arduos manuscritos
que perecieron en Alejandría.
De hambre y de sed (narra una historia griega)
muere un rey entre fuentes y jardines;
yo fatigo sin rumbo los confines
  de esta alta y honda biblioteca ciega.
Enciclopedias, atlas, el Oriente
y el Occidente, siglos, dinastías,
símbolos, cosmos y cosmogonías
brindan los muros, pero inútilmente.
Lento en mi sombra, la penumbra hueca
exploro con el báculo indeciso,
yo, que me figuraba el Paraíso
bajo la especie de una biblioteca.
Algo, que ciertamente no se nombra
con la palabra azar, rige estas cosas;
otro ya recibió en otras borrosas
tardes los muchos libros y la sombra.
Al errar por las lentas galerías
suelo sentir con vago horror sagrado
que soy el otro, el muerto, que habrá dado
los mismos pasos en los mismos días.
¿Cuál de los dos escribe este poema
de un yo plural y de una sola sombra?
¿Qué importa la palabra que me nombra
si es indiviso y uno el anatema?
Groussac o Borges, miro este querido
mundo que se deforma y que se apaga
en una pálida ceniza vaga
  que se parece al sueño y al olvido.

Monday, December 23, 2013

Capri

Coin
Capri
Arena
Gladiator
Torero

Col.2:1
"For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;"


"the arduous work of preparing a Dictionary of the English Language"~~~Macaulay

"the effects of a long, arduous, and exhausting war"~~~Alexander Hamilton

"there is an area for business, and an area for friends"~~~Richard Condon



 Capri

 Bayern Munich's Allianz Arena bathed in sunlight.

 Allianz Arena stadium 


Raven




 the Colosseum in Rome



 Gladiator


 Mughal Coin



Chess: "Coin" "Capri" "Arena" "Gladiator" "Torero"


 A UNA MONEDA
 
Fría y tormentosa la noche que zarpé de Montevideo.
Al doblar el Cerro,
tiré desde la cubierta más alta
una moneda que brilló y se anegó en las aguas barrosas,
una cosa de luz que arrebataron el tiempo y la tiniebla.
Tuve la sensación de haber cometido un acto irrevocable,
de agregar a la historia del planeta
dos series incesantes, paralelas, quizá infinitas:
mi destino, hecho de zozobra, de amor y de vanas vicisitudes,
y el de aquel disco de metal
que las aguas darían al blando abismo
o a los remotos mares que aún roen
despojos del sajón y del viking.
A cada instante de mi sueño o de mi vigilia
corresponde otro de la ciega moneda.
A veces he sentido remordimiento
y otras envidia,
de ti que estás, como nosotros, en el tiempo y su laberinto
y que no lo sabes.

autógrafo
Jorge Luis Borges

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Proof

Proof
Bufanda
Demo

Demosthenes
Show

Colossians 2:1-2
"For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;"


The design and object of the laws is to ascertain what is just, honorable, and expedient; and when that is discovered, it is proclaimed as a general ordinance, equal and impartial to all. This is the origin of law, which, for various reasons, all are under an obligation to obey: but especially because all law is the invention and gift of Heaven, the sentiment of wise men, the correction of every offense, and the general compact of the state: to live in conformity with which is the duty of every individual in society.” — Demosthenes.

  Demosthenes practicing oratory.



Chess: “Demo” “Demosthenes” "Proof" "Bufanda" "Show"

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Whale-Whole

Knowledge
Rapunzel
Steam
Whale-Whole
Common Law
Imperial
Frank Lloyd Wright: Pulgarcito-Tom Thumb-David and Goliath
Thicker than water

Col.2:14
"Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;"




Refuge at the tower. Fantasy.




Rapunzel  


William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) - The Wave (1896)



Falling Water - Kaufman House, by Frank Lloyd wright

Chess: "Knowledge" "Rapunzel" "Steam" "Whale" "Whole" "Common Law" "Imperial" "Frank Lloyd Wright: Pulgarcito-Tom Thumb-David and Goliath" "Thicker than water"



Tally, Robert T., Texas State University-San Marcos, Dept of English

Moby-Dick is perhaps the best known novel in American literature, yet it is generally considered a daunting read, even for English majors in advanced courses. However, I believe that Moby-Dick is a text well suited for introductory courses, not merely in literature but in general education courses. The real subject of Moby-Dick is knowledge itself, and the novel can help introduce students to the educational mission of colleges and universities. Moby-Dick also emphasizes the lasting power of literature in one’s life-long education

Introduction

On the first page of Herman Melville’s whaling masterpiece, before anyone has asked to be called “Ishmael” and before any hint of the mad Captain Ahab’s pursuit of the White Whale has been introduced,

Moby-Dick

opens with a chapter called

“Etymology” and includes an odd quotation: “When you take it in hand to school others, and to teach them by what name a whale-fish is to be called in our tongue, leaving out, through ignorance, the letter H, which almost alone maketh up the signification of the word, you deliver that which is not true” (7).

Attributed to Richard Hakluyt, this caveat is less about the etymology of the word whale than it is about problems of education, of knowledge, of language, of what Melville elsewhere calls “the great Art of Telling the Truth” (“Hawthorne and his Mosses,” 224). Indeed, with this starting point,

Moby-Dick can be viewed as a novel that specifically invites thinking about the role of knowledge and education in our lives. The mission of the novel thus affirms that of college or university education as a whole: to expand knowledge, to acquire and hone critical skills, and to better understand the world and our roles in it. Far from being a daunting old tome relegated to senior-level seminars and graduate courses, this novel provides an apt point of departure for entry-level college students by exploring the power of literature in making sense of the world.

Saturday, December 14, 2013

International

Cartagena
International
Hawaii
Bullfighter
Minotaur
Bicycle
Black Pepper
Pimentel
Silver

Prov.27:2
"Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips."



"fear ...is not barren of ingenious suggestions"~~~ Conrad





Nadia Toraman, amiga hawaiiana







‘Gypsies camping under a bridge,’ he said curtly. ‘Set it afire cooking their stolen meats.’~~~James A. Michener : CARIBBEAN, Ch.3







Cartagena, Colombia







"...Colón, Bobadilla, Pimentel. All honorable men, as Spanish gentlemen are required to be, but also rascals and thieves, as Spanish gentlemen are prone to be...And Pimentel with his silver, will become a marquis or better."~~~James A. Michener : Caribbean Ch.3 Christopher Columbus in Hispaniola











Julia Pimentel





"Ocampo walked for several hours, reflecting on the confused data he had uncovered, and his straightforward judgment was: Colón, Bobadilla, Pimentel. All honorable men, as Spanish gentlemen are required to be, but also rascals and thieves, as Spanish gentlemen are prone to be. Colón earned his honors, no man on earth more honorably than he, and the king must let his heirs have their rewards, within reason. Bobadilla, if he is really alive, does little harm in pretending to be a knight. And Pimentel, with his silver, will become a marquis or better."~~~CARIBBEAN: By James A. Michener






Balthus














Window to the Sea - Porto Venere, Italy












tamal 








Pablo Picasso's "Bull's Head" circa 1942. Assemblage of bicycle seat and handlebars.











Picasso Bull Fighter









 rainbow and waterfalls in Kauai rain forest, Kauai, Hawaii


Chess: "International" "Hawaii" "Bullfighter" "Minotaur" "Bicycle" "Cartagena" "Pimentel" "Black Pepper" "Silver"

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Problem Solving

Lego
Problem Solving
Lemonade
Lenin Peak
Washington Monument

Prov.28:26
"He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered."


"Trust my hunches and my instincts"~~~Ray Bardbury

"To come to the river
The brook
Hurtles through rainy
Woods" --- Denise Levertov


Lemonade



Negrini, Marcela

 Catrinel Menghia

"Gal Gadot" 




Bar Refaeli


Lego



Sunrise at Camp3 6050m (Lenin Peak, Kyrgyzstan)


Chess:  "Lego" "Problem Solving" "Lemonade" "Washington Monument" "Lenin Peak"

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Salsa

Salsa
Reading
Ways and Means
Llama: Lama peruana
Herbie
Baroque
Stealth
B-2
A.1.
Rodolfo Piza 

Prov.28:1
"The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion."


 
Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit


 remates dorados en cupula de iglesia



 
 Vierzenheiligen


 Hunawihr's Fortified Church ~ Alsace

Photo: A llama seeks shelter next to an abandoned school bus at Cox Farms on March 6, 2013, in Centreville, Va. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)


 
The original sauce upon which A.1. is based was created in 1824 by Henderson William Brand, a chef to King George IV of the United Kingdom.





Herbie, Volkswagen Beetle

Chess:  "Salsa" "Reading" "Llama: Lama peruana" "Baroque" "Stealth" "B-2" "A.1." "Rodolfo Piza" "Herbie" "Ways and Means"

Monday, December 2, 2013

David

David
Crown
Barcelona
House of Windsor
Cajamarca
Cyclopean:Chilean

Prov.28:2
"For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged."



Sugar maple in fall colors








 Outrage over giant Louis Vuitton suitcase in the centre of Red Square








Ioana Buzdugan








Chilean Flamingo








Cyclopean Masonry in Greece and South America



Chess:  "David" "Crown" "Barcelona" "House of Windsor" "Cajamarca" "Cyclopean:Chilean"