INSIGHT

INSIGHT 

Kentucky

Daniel Boone

Bethlehem Star

The Three Kings

John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

 

 

 "The scientist loves both the truth he discovers and himself so far as he discovers it"~~~Paul Tillich

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chess:  "Insight" "Kentucky" "Daniel Boone" "Star of Bethlehem" "The Three Kings"

Japan

Japan
Tiger
Zen
Shogun
Tres Tristes Tigres
Los Tres Reyes Magos
Los Reyes de Oriente
Three Kings

Prov.13:11
"Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase."

"The wealth of Japan as a Nation, culturally and materially, is rooted in the right understanding and praxis derived from reading rightly Proverbs 13:11"~~~JAMES CLAVELL

Ballerina

Japanese House Crest "Go-Shichi no Kiri": The Imperial Crest, Mikado's Seal, or Paulownia Imperialis (kiris) is the private symbol of the Japanese Imperial family from as early as the twelfth century.

Flag of Japan

 Imperial Seal

Alison Roman’s cinnamon rolls. 

 PROLOGUE 

"The gale tore at him and he felt its bite deep within and he knew that if they did not make landfall in three days they would all be dead.Too many deaths on this voyage, he thought, I'm Pilot-Major of a dead fleet.One ship left out of five, eight and twenty men from a crew of one hundred and seven and now only ten can walk and the rest near death and our Captain-General one of them.No food, almost no water and what there is, brackish and foul. "~~~JAMES CLAVELL: Shogun

Louis Rozzo, who normally supplies seafood to restaurants, has been cheered by the customers who come to his makeshift retail store in Chelsea.Credit...Brittainy Newman/The New York Times

Canastos con café

 

 Kanji that makes up the word shogun

征夷大将軍, 
  Shogun is the short form of Sei-i Taishōgun ("Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force Against the Barbarians")

Shogun is one of those rare books that you wish would go on forever. Indeed, I know people who re-read it every year. The story follows the adventures of marooned English sailor John Blackthorne in late medieval Japan during the tumultuous years when Tokugawa Ieyasu (here called Toranaga) was uniting all of Japan under his rule by any means necessary.It's truly an epic tale of war, honor, trechery, masterful manipulations, tragic heroism, and star-crossed love

Chess: "Japan" "Tiger" "Zen" "Tres Tristes Tigres" "Shogun" "The Three Wise Men" "Los Tres Reyes Magos"

Daimyo

Daimyo
Ramen
Tres Reyes Magos
Margaret
Maggi
Maggi Jugoso al Sartén
Margarita
Daisy 
Shogun
Velazquez
Three Kings

Psalm 28:4
"Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert."

Three Kings or Magi





Ramen

Japanese Warrior Heritage

Japanese warrior ranks controlled all aspects of their country; from politics, military, and religion, to the arts and culture. The biggest impact was on the creation of military codes that established warfare tactics, revolutionizing advancements in weapons technology.

The most famous Japanese warriors from this time period are known as samurai (synonymous to the terms bushi and buke). Samurai, by definition, means both a professional soldier and one who devotes time to training and preparation for warfare. The legendary samurai belief in honor was essential to their code of conduct and is known as Bushido (“the way of the warrior”), this translates as a prevailing sense of personal responsibility, discipline, and self-reliance amongst Medieval warriors.
Samurai were not the usual military class, as they were also seen as professionals employed for their commendable martial skills. They had the most inspiring beginnings: they started as informal bands of soldiers with the goal to overthrow the imperial and aristocratic ruling elite . Eventually they themselves ascended into members of the respected elite.

 The story started when Kyoto aristocrats (kuge) residing at the cultural center of Japan were not interested in managing their extensive provincial private estates, called shoen, so they employed warriors to do it for them. This eventually led to warrior exposure to government power.

 And thus begins the long and very fascinating story of the three clans - the Fujiwara, the Taira, and the Minamoto. It was in 1185, when Minamoto no Yoritomo started the Warrior State during the Kamakura Period and became the most powerful figure in the land. The military government was led by a shogun, the commander in chief, with the assistance of warrior-lords called daimyos.

 

Margarita (daisy)

Victoria Silvstedt

  

Margarita

 

 

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (baptized June 6, 1599 – August 6, 1660) was a Spanish painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV, and one of the most important painters of the Spanish Golden Age. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary Baroque period. He began to paint in a precise tenebrist style, later developing a freer manner characterized by bold brushwork. In addition to numerous renditions of scenes of historical and cultural significance, he painted scores of portraits of the Spanish royal family and commoners, culminating in his masterpiece Las Meninas (1656).

Chess: "Daimyo" "Margaret" "Maggi" "Maggi Jugoso al Sartén" "Margarita" "Daisy" "Shogun" "Velázquez""Three Kings" "Ramen" "Three Maggi"

Tiffany

Oriental
Three Wise Men 
Three Kings
Los Tres Reyes Magos
Japan
Puerto Limón
Tiffany
Lawrencium

Prov.16:31
"The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness."

 Oriental Art

"Shakespeare's dramatic genius is especially to be noted in the art with which he manages his beginnings. The first scene of Macbeth strikes the keynote of the play. The desert place, the wild storm, the appearance of the witches, "the wayward rhythm" of their songs, all help to prepare us for a drama in which a human soul succumbs to the supernatural suggestions of evil and ranges itself along with the witches on the devil's side. " ~~~
Explanatory notes below for Act 1, Scene 1 
From Macbeth. Ed. Thomas Marc Parrott. New York: American Book Co.

Three Wise Men

 Japan 

Puerto Limón 

Sir Thomas Lawrence (British, Bristol 1769–1830 London)

 The Irish actress Elizabeth Farren made her London debut in 1777 as Kate Hardcastle in Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer. She was at the height of her career when this canvas was shown at the Royal Academy in 1790. Seven years later, she married the twelfth earl of Derby. This beautiful portrait helped to secure for Lawrence the role of successor to the elderly Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792). 

Don’t Get on the Wrong Side of This New Tarantula

 The newly found tarantula, Kankuamo marquezi, uses its urticating hairs, or butt bristles, to maim potential attackers. CreditDirk Weinmann

Scientists had previously identified six types of urticating hairs on tarantulas. Kankuamo marquezi adds a seventh. Its hairs are the second example of a defensive hair that is released on contact, while most are projected when a tarantula flicks its legs against its rear, sending a flurry of barbs into the air.He and his colleagues found the new arachnid while exploring the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range in Colombia. They described it in a paper published Wednesday in the journal ZooKeys.





Chess:  "Oriental" "Three Wise Men " "Three Kings" "Los Tres Reyes Magos" "Japan" "Puerto Limón" "Tiffany" "Lawrencium"