Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Monday, 23 January 2012
Time, that which he called the best counsellor, proved him right
"What
you leave behind is not what is engraved on stone momuments, but what
is woven into the lives of others."
Pericles,
Statesman, orator, general of Athens, promoter of the arts, culture
and literature (495 - 429 BC)
Sunday, 22 January 2012
Saturday, 21 January 2012
Friday, 20 January 2012
Ici
« Ton
ici est mon ailleurs, »
dit
le voyageur,
à
celle dont le cœur,
épris,
pleure.
Et
sur l'heure,
elle
sourit.
« Je
suis ici et ailleurs, »
dit-elle
sans pudeur,
à
celui qui vit,
sans
heurts,
là
où l'on meurt,
puis
revit.
« Voyageur,
je
te suis ici. »
Thursday, 19 January 2012
Perhaps I will be an enchanter too, one day.
"In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends imprisoned by an enchanter in paper and leathern boxes."
Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Cathédrale St-Pierre-et-St-Paul de Nantes
Figure de la Justice, statue d'angle du tombeau de François II, dernier Duc de Bretagne, et de Marguerite de Foix, mère d'Anne de Bretagne
Figure de la Prudence. La tête du vieillard se situe à l'arrière de la tête de la statue. La Prudence tient un miroir pour mieux se connaître, le visage du vieillard symbolisant les années passées, la sagesse et l'expérience. Noter l'utilisation des cheveux pour faire la barbe...ou l'inverse.

Pas grand-chose sur cette stèle...des amateurs éclairés ?
Christ en croix déposé.
J'aime beaucoup l'escalier en colimaçon ajouré.
Les deux battants des portes. Des plaques rappellent les dates de décoration (et de pose ?) des portes: 1481
Ou comment se choper un cancer des poumons en faisant les poussières
The cathédrale.
A handful of opinions on solitude
"I owe my solitude to other people."
Alan Watts, British writer, philosopher and interpreter of Eastern philosophies (1915 - 1973)
"The worst solitude is to have no real friendships."
Francis Bacon (which one? Does anyone know? I lean towards the philosopher...but nothing's certain.)
"Writing is sweat and drudgery most of the time. And you have to love it in order to endure the solitude and the discipline."
Peter Benchley, American writer and father of Jaws (1940-2006)
"La tristesse vient de la solitude du coeur."
Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, moraliste, philosophe et écrivain (1689-1755)
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
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