Upon Westminster Bridge
Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!
William Wordsworth
Wordsworth’s poetic words, some of the most calming words one can ever read, capture simply but profoundly the myriad sensations we can muster upon a bridge. Upon a bridge we see with new eyes, we feel with a new consciousness. And we do [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Reflections: What is a bridge?
Posted in T people, bridges, bridging, letter Ω, on T people, tagged amelo14, andresmelo, bridge, bridger, bridgers, bridges, bridging, connections, on thought itself, philosophy, rarefaction, reflection, translation on November 30, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Reflections: The nature of blogging and the frequently used saying “I deserve it”
Posted in blogging, blogs, everyday language, on illness, philosophy (short), writing, tagged amelo14, andresmelo, Aristotle, blogging, blogs, deserving, illness, philosophy, rarefaction, reflection, sacrificing on November 24, 2007 | 4 Comments »
The nature of blogging and the frequently used saying “I deserve it”
Blogging is a unique form of expression. Unlike a static website, which is rarely modified, a blog seems to require a certain kind of constant updating of content. However, if one were to update one’s blog four or five times a day, as [...]
Reflections: A Sketch of Van Gogh’s Cypresses
Posted in Van Gogh, Vincent, art, cypresses, on Charles Taylor, on Heidegger, on religion, on trees, philosophy, tagged amelo14, andresmelo, art, connections, cypress, nature, painting, rarefaction, reflection, trees, Van Gogh on November 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Reflections: A Sketch of Van Gogh’s Cypresses
“The cypresses are always occupying my thoughts, I should like to make something of them like the canvases of the sunflowers, because it astonishes me that they have not yet been done as I see them.”
Vincent Van Gogh
Writing about painting is challenging. The painting speaks, but it does [...]
Reflections: Virtual epitaph for my father; the love of horses
Posted in death, deep ecology, epitaph for my father, epitaphs, horses, letters, on ecology, on liberal education, on politics, on quotes, political rhetoric, tagged amelo14, andresmelo, carta, death, ecology, epitaph, father, horse, horses, letter, padre, philosophy, rarefaction, reflection on November 9, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Some time has passed since my father’s untimely death. Since then an epitaph has been chosen to be placed near his resting place deep inside a uniquely beautiful natural area within the Andean mountains of our dear Colombia. Surrounded by the nature he loved, he will surely rest in peace. The epitaph chosen, [...]
Reflections: What is a preposition?
Posted in bilingualism, on language, on space, philosophy (short), tagged amelo14, andresmelo, being, Heidegger, maps, philosophy, prepositions, rarefaction, reflection, space on November 1, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Prepositions are funny and usually very short linguistic creatures. We all know them and had to learn them growing up. They include such minute samples as: in, on, up, down, over, under, through, among many others. Many of us remember learning them from children’s TV shows such as Sesame Street and the like. There [...]
