A Musical Joke©
Arion was the most celebrated musician in his time and he served Periander, the despot of Corinth. After serving him for long he took leave for a certain period. First he sailed for Sicily and went though Italy where his musical gifts earned him great wealth. Then it was time for him to [...]
Archive for January, 2009
How Sailors Came to Sing Shanties
Posted in fiction, history, music, short story on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
L’Atalante-1934 in images
Posted in French cinema, tagged art, Boris Kaufman, bride and the groom, cinematography, guests, Jean and Juliette, Jean Vigo, Louis Berges, wedding on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
L’Atalante-1934 in images
Posted in French cinema, Uncategorized, tagged art, Jean Vigo, Papa Jules, sketches, story board, the kid on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
L’Atalante-1934 in images
Posted in French cinema, art on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here I have sketched the opening sequence. Jean Vigo didn’t live to see the film as it is available now. When you study frame by frame you are able to appreciate more of the art than merely a story. The plot is very simple and yet Jean Vigo was able to create a masterpiece with [...]
Mr.Lazybones Series-2
Posted in short story, tagged flash fiction, humor, laziness on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MR.LAZYBONES AND THE WISHING TREE ©
Mr. Lazybones went in search of work. “A new town is coming up beyond this river,”he heard the people say. ‘But I thought economy was in bad shape?”
“I too heard but never trust rumors,” said one as he passed by. He moved on. When he crossed the river there was [...]
Just One Point
Posted in moral philosophy, philosophy, tagged dictators, equality, good and evil, Law, Representational Dispensation, success on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In analyzing Representational Dispensation we see that evil men like Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler seem to prosper. It may even seem they are instruments of God to be able to get away with great many wrongs. They are equated with success. Naturally one wonders where does morality come in the equation. Evil geniuses and [...]
Anvil of God?
Posted in history, philosophy, tagged Al Gore, character, coincidences, evil geniuses, FDR, history, opportunities, Russia, saviors, Stalin, two laws on January 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Illogical route of history is always given some semblance of shape by the logic of those who are determined to succeed. The son of a drunken Georgian cobbler is hardly the kind of man we expect to make history. This unlikely figure with bad teeth and pock marked face and with a deformed left hand [...]
Two Laws
Posted in nature, philosophy, tagged compensation, deprivation, natural selection, Oneness of Things on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
All life forms are of equal weight in context of Oneness of Things. Thus a man may be felled by a virus strain while a woolly mammoth could be brought down by a gnat. Size is of no consequence.
Natural selection is where each species have succeeded in compensating their inadequacies in other areas at every [...]
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