The iPhone camera doesn't freak out the way it does looking straight into the east. This is a good metaphor for life. Don't forget to look west when the sun is rising in the east. Maybe the subtlety of reflected light is more your style. Another thing about sunrises — and I've been witnessing a lot of sunrises lately — is that it's not really the sun rising that you're looking for. And this, too, is a good metaphor for life. It's the clouds. The sun rising into a cloudless sky is simple and nice enough, but the interesting, dramatic sunrises are the ones with clouds. And the best part will probably be 10 or 15 minutes before sunrise. So don't focus too much on what everyone seems to think are the peaks in life. It may be better with clouds and better before the sun (or after the sun, to use a sunset metaphor) or turning your back on the sun and gazing the other way.
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Ann pays attention.
And the best part will probably be 10 or 15 minutes before sunrise.
and a corollary; the Best part of a sunset is After the sunsets
So if you care to find me
Look to the western sky
As someone told me lately
"Ev'ryone deserves the chance to fly"
From “Defying Gravity” and the play “”Wicked.”
Red Sky in Morning, sailors take warning -
Red sky st Night, sailors delight.
I don't know if this is true, but I'm free associating.
And I'm still looking for that silver lining.
Good philosophy, Althouse. Like the silver linings, etc.
Revolt, like acclamation, is easy.
But perhaps there's the point.
What kind of object is the sun? - it is the brightest object in the world.
YES, brilliant to such a degree! We have just seen it.
It takes a whole orchestra: drums, bugles, fifes, tubas. And the tambourines and the tympani.
All that to voice a single monosyllable. A single ononmatopoeic monosyllable.
The sun cannot be replaced by any logical formula, FOR the sun is not an object. THE BRIGHTEST of all objects in the world is - consequently - NOT - _is not_ an object; it is a void, the metaphysical abyss; the formal and indispensable condition of everything in the world. The condition of all other objects.
The condition of sight itself.
And this is what makes it atrocious. Really the last word in bad taste!
What leaves us really unsatisfied, and prevents us from adoring it: The sine qua non condition of everything in the world is revealed in it, imposed by it, appears in it.
It has the effrontery to show itself!
What's more, it reveals itself in such a way that it forbids you from looking at it, that it turns your eyes back into your body!
Really, what a tyrant!
Not only does it force us to be, I will later say under what conditions - but it forces us to contemplate it - and it nevertheless prevents us from staring at it.
YES and NO!
It is a tyrant and an artist, a fireworks specialist, an actor!
- Francis Ponge "Reading the Sun on the Radio"
I notice museum exhibits now based on the poem, perhaps without much insight.
http://www.columbusmuseum.org/blog/2016/11/03/photography-and-the-sun/
And not by Eastern windows only,
When daylight comes, comes in the light.
In front the sun climbs slow, how slowly,
But Westward look, the land is bright.
Clough, Arthur, "Say Not the Struggle Not Availeth", Verse 4
Noice!
If you are not an early morning person you don't truly understand the beautiful quality of early morning light. Sunrise is something that is photogenic. But the quality of the sky and the light and the band of clouds in front of the sunrise are something too.
Pink clouds in the morning. Badger take warning. This is your last unbeaten day.
Twilight can be so gorgeous!
If it's clear tonight where you may be, go outside and admire Saturn and Jupiter.
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Can't miss the Big Guy
Here's a quote from Jim Geraghty of the National Review that I think deserves a wider audience:
"The appeal of this approach — Islamist terrorists get locked up, and American soldiers don’t come home in flag-draped caskets — is clear. Whether it works is another story. An American alliance with brutal regimes means that at least a little part of the Islamist argument is true, that we believe in freedom and liberty but don’t really want it in the Arab world, and we don’t care about the suffering of Muslims. When push comes to shove, we’re as comfortable dealing with the Saudis about oil as the NBA is with dealing with China about sneakers: just give us what we want and we don’t care what else you’re doing. Oppressive regimes can suppress extremism but they also fuel it. There’s also the fair question of how much we can trust any dictatorial regime. Because these guys have no conscience, it’s not like they’re above trying to play both sides of the street or breaking their promises."
rhhardin @3:01 PM: "...perhaps with not much insight."
Yeah, slightly. Artspeak blah blah blah blah. What bollocks.
The Ponge was stupid too. The Sun is remarkable enough without trying to make a metaphysical tamale out of it, like that moron does.
It's a real challenge to make a photograph that renders the disk of the sun as an object, using an ordinary camera without special filters, but it can be done.
Pyrogallic acid (benzene-1,2,3-triol)-based developer helps.
DAMN IT !
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He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my compensation payment. Right now I am the most happiest woman on earth because I have received my compensation funds of $10.5 Million USDollars,Moreover,Barrister Stephen Nelson showed me the full information of those that are yet to receive their payments and I saw your email as one of the beneficiaries on the list he showed me, that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people, they are not with your fund, they are only making money out of you. I will advise you to contact Barrister Stephen Nelson.
Kinldy send your personal details to him to prove your identification.
Somewhat cloudy skies make for the best looking sunrises. Somewhat cloudy conditions make for the most interesting politics.
Yes, I can see clearly now.
"Don't forget to look west when the sun is rising in the east."
the professor is right, of course. this also applies to the daytime sky - the best views above are away from the sun. The light, the colors, the shapes - thematic, anthropomorphic or whatever are best there.
and way up north the light seems thinner and bluer, while toward the equator thicker and more yellow.
Phidippus, Habronattus pyrrithrix's dance moves (h/t Coyne)
When the shot the first WW 1 fighter plane movie they got some great footage and did some magnificent dogfights but when they looked at the rushes it was disappointing. They'd shot it in a clear blue sky. Then, someone realized they needed clouds. Clouds made the planes and the dogfights so much better. You could contrast the planes against the clouds. And that's why most aerial combat films have clouds in them.
And now you now...the rest of the story.
"Been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned towards the sun
Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around..."
"The world is the planet Earth and all life on it, including human civilization.[1] In a philosophical context, the "world" is the whole of the physical Universe, or an ontological world (the "world" of an individual). In a theological context, the world is the material or the profane sphere, as opposed to the celestial, spiritual, transcendent or sacred spheres. "End of the world" scenarios refer to the end of human history, often in religious contexts." - Wikipedia
Why doesn't the philosophical context keep the normal definition and instead fuck it up 180 degrees? Because then philosophically-focused people would just be normal people using normal language to expand knowledge.
Since we allow philosophically-inclined opportunists to change definitions at random whims, they will keep at it smugly, usually.
Once the concept of universe came into its fruition, cunts saying "world" when meaning "universe" ought have been derided as conjuring grifters looking to lay.
"Don't forget to look west..."
There's a feeling I get when I look to the west, and my spirit is crying for leaving.In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees, and the voices of those who stand looking. it makes me wonder-- it really makes me wonder.
Merry Christmas Wishes 2019
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Narr here. 1039AMCDT, last comment visible timed as 855AM.
Just thought I might start using a time header as a gauge of the flow around here.
One thing I love about this place is that it's littered with poetry (Cavafy!) and song lyrics (Zeppelin!) w/o attribution. That's good, really!
Puts me in mind of the Glass Bead Game, for some reason.
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The world is all that is the case for some values of world, all, and case
Fernandistein @10/19/19, 6:50 PM: I just saw this. Very cool! Thanks.
They tell us that they do this so that the female (the non-dancing partner) doesn't eat the male, or at least not right away.
I'm sure that many hours were spent getting this little clip. Just keeping the damn things in focus at those magnifications is very difficult.
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