mangofirst

Tried the green on some pinto beans the other night. Very tasty! Not too hot for me.

One of those Bosch images came from the Prado website. I'm such a nerd that I actually got out a measuring tape to see how big the Garden of Earthly Delights is. I would of course love to see famous works IRL. My only problem with taking a trip to Europe (besides funding) is choosing which countries to visit. I think I would have to just take an entire year to do all I want to do.

Outside? What's that like?

Just work in a school, ER, or nursing home. You'll always know when the moon is full.

I didn't really care for the first image you posted but like you said, it's a completely different experience to view them IRL. I like this one very much, though.

What the hell is that? It's a lil silicone thingie that you stick your iPhone in (instead of using a cup or bowl) to amplify the speakers. I paid too much for it ($10) but it's kind of awesome.

look, you guys have to forgive my non-existent knowledge of speakers. I swear I'm doing my homework. Here's my system...my first horn (besides the Old's cornet I played in high school):

The OGs for real.

See the post above yours , or do you want to know specific songs? Okay yeah, I figured that you listened to the music on/through the fancy, beautiful, amazing sounding Klipsch speakers. But what songs did you play? :-D What the what? I swear I read this thread. Sorry, I guess my brain is mush from all the stupid that is standardized testing.*edit* or we were in one of those inter webs time warps.

See the post above yours , or do you want to know specific songs? Okay yeah, I figured that you listened to the music on/through the fancy, beautiful, amazing sounding Klipsch speakers. But what songs did you play? :-D

What did you play?

Nope no gators! Girl Dog and Katie, the Yorkies, keep them run off. See, the thing about swimming in that lake for me is the snakes. I prefer not to meet up with water moccasins on their own "turf." And I don't really care for the feel of fish swimming around.

Tondal's Vision

I have followed this thread from the start and not being a student of art history declined to join in............ but the dialogue has been most impressive. I have some news words for Scrabble and lots of grist for new nightmares. My brother made his living as a fine artist. He's good but poor acuz he refused to accommodate the desires of others. No patrons. Sold what he sold, and his tastes were not shared by enough folks. Mebbe after he dies. You're the second person I've seen who has said something like this. You don't have to be a student or expert on art or literature to respond to it. That's the whole reason I started this thread: to see responses from all. I love seeing interpretations that are different than the standard.

Shifting from Bosch to Campbell now I reckon. A favorite response from him:

I've not read him; but, what does he say about his own conclusions -- does he consider them myths as well? Hmmm.... his conclusions aren't in story form ....While I think about your question, just to make sure we are all on the same page, I need to assert that Campbell, Jung, and some other students of mythology are not thinking of myths as misconceptions or falsehoods, and they are not thinking of them as depicted in your local planetarium, as primarily attempts to explain nature, history, rituals, etc. Rather, they thought of them as natural products of being human, i.e., products of being "wired" as we are, just as the spiders in the section of my post you quoted are "wired" to make certain kinds of webs. Campbell and Jung thought that this partly explained the similar storylines of myths around the world, as an alternative to the popular idea of cultures "borrowing" from one another. As I read them, they gave some weight to both explanations. To stave off another objection, this "wiring" does not necessarily imply that there is not a Creator (a "master wirer"), or an Intelligence behind all those galaxies out there. In fact, I was introduced to Jung's writings by a Protestant minister. Jung himself, in a reversal of the way terminology is usually used, said that since beliefs were what intellectuals in his generation came to after adding up the evidence, he, in that sense, did not "believe" that there was a God. On the other hand, he said, he knew that there was a God, because he could experience this God directly, the way he could taste a piece of fruit. I think they both thought of myths as reactions to, or vessels of, basically ineffable truths and elicitors of insight in listeners (and now readers) into those truths. At one point, I think Campbell characterized myths as poetic readings of the mystery of life. So, Bigstewman, I'm not at all sure if I can answer your question. Campbell acknowledged a category of mythology as deliberately composed (Lord of the Rings, The Hobbitt, and I'm sure, though I never read it, or heard him say it, Star Wars and 2001: A Space Odyssey, since both filmmakers explicitly credited Campbell's writings as being an inspiration). But the question of whether he considered his conclusions in his essays and books to be myths ... my guess is he would be very unlikely to put it that way, but he acknowledged that serious writers of non-fiction, as well as teachers, attempt to close in on the truth, and that their works, like myths, with luck, stimulate a search for truth that goes far beyond the printed page, the classroom, or the campfire circle. The Power of Myth is the written version of the PBS Bill Moyers interview of Campbell that I saw someone mention earlier in the thread. I think I like best Campbell's view of rites of passage and what the lack of them could mean for a society. Also in honor of Star Wars Day, BAM: May the Fourth be with you.

I can't believe I didn't get credit for the topo map. :-P great blog!

Blackbirds, flowers, a crutch, a flute... this is art? It's not normal. Well, maybe unless you're Alyson Hannigan. "This one time, at band camp..." Hahaha I thought the same thing when I saw that in the painting.

Oh gosh, you don’t want these guys in your head - trust me. Too late.

Jealous? Gonna start getting the pools ready this week. <3 Rodney's by the way.

Oh great, shes now going to be correcting our grammar. Funny I just took my compass examine for school(which is kind of like a collage entrance exam). What do you know it says I need some English classes do to my score on the writing part. I only correct your grammar in my head. Silently.

Zepplin makes me wanna wiggle...or Deep Purple...or maybe a little CCR. I wish I were better at puns, euphemisms and other word games.

Mangofirst, Research some of Thebes posts. The twins go "way back"! LOL Being an English teacher you will enjoy his posts....well worth the read! LOL Mangofirst, Research some of Thebes posts. The twins go "way back"! LOL Being an English teacher you will enjoy his posts....well worth the read! LOL Earlier I searched his profile and found that he was interested in Anything that comes in TWINS! I shall go do further research now. Excuse me. What guy wouldn't be???? LOL My original post asked if this was a thread about boobs, but I edited it.

Mangofirst, Research some of Thebes posts. The twins go "way back"! LOL Being an English teacher you will enjoy his posts....well worth the read! LOL Mangofirst, Research some of Thebes posts. The twins go "way back"! LOL Being an English teacher you will enjoy his posts....well worth the read! LOL Earlier I searched his profile and found that he was interested in Anything that comes in TWINS! I shall go do further research now. Excuse me.

Aww this makes me so happy!