It is, moreover, evident from what has been said, that it is not thefunction of the poet to relate what has happened, but what may happen-what is possible according to the law of probability or necessity. Thepoet and the historian differ not by writing in verse or in prose. Thework of Herodotus might be put… Continue reading Aristotle: History and Poetry
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Steinbeck: Fire and Brimstone inVermont
From Travels With Charley "It is our practice now, at least in the large cities, to find from our psychiatric priesthood that our sins aren’t really sins at all but accidents that are set in motion by forces beyond our control. There was no such nonsense in this church. The minister, a man of iron… Continue reading Steinbeck: Fire and Brimstone inVermont
Photographic Baseball Cards
Well worth a watch. https://youtu.be/w-ciD5RB9b8
Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice, Arkansas, 2018
Steinbeck: Waiting and Reflecting
One of the great benefits of waiting for the impressions to sort themselves out. From Steinbeck, Travels With Charley Go to the Ufizzi in Florence, the Louvre in Paris, and you are so crushed with the numbers, once the might of greatness, that you go away distressed, with a feeling like constipation. And then when… Continue reading Steinbeck: Waiting and Reflecting
Waseda baseball club, 1921
From Library of Congress
In The End It’s Love
Ancient Greeks and Climate
But not in antiquity because of race. Ancient Greeks did not think in terms of race (later translators would put that word in their mouths); instead, Greeks thought of place. Africa meant Egypt and Libya. Asia meant Persia as far to the east as India. Europe meant Greece and neighboring lands as far west as… Continue reading Ancient Greeks and Climate
When To Push The Shutter
Henri Cartier-Bresson was asked, "Have you ever really been able to define for yourself when it is that you press the shutter?" And he answered It’s a question of concentration. Concentrate, think, watch, look and, ah, like this, you are ready. But you never know the culminative point of something. So you’re shooting. You say,… Continue reading When To Push The Shutter
They Are Different
Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft where we are hard, and cynical where we are trustful, in a way that, unless you were born rich, it is very difficult to understand.… Continue reading They Are Different
Waiting For Charlemagne 