R.L. Swihart's Blog, page 82
October 29, 2020
Madrid (2019)
Madrid (2019). Our last afternoon. Beautiful Day. We didn't go boating, instead we sat in the shade, people-watched, and sipped a beer.
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October 28, 2020
New Gerald Desmond Bridge
Long Beach. On my way to and from the new Gerald Desmond Bridge (old one stands beside and below it). This was as close as I could get on foot (the foot/bike path on the south side is still a work-in-progress).
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Versailles: Train Station (2019)
Versailles-Chateau-Rive-Gauche Station. Morning. I went looking for the perfect Pain aux Raisin and a good cup of coffee (not at the station but down the street).
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October 27, 2020
Bricolage: Birdcolage
Long Beach. Seal Beach. Breakfast with Birds Collage.
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Doctor Zhivago: Accursed Questions
Footnote #13:
13. the accursed questions: Dostoevsky coined this phrase (prokliatye voprosy) for the ultimate questions of human existence—the nature of man, the existence of God, the problem of evil, the meaning of life, the riddle of death—“the great Russian questions,” as Nicolà Chiaromonte called them, which Pasternak raises again in Doctor Zhivago, “when it seemed that history … had suppressed them forever” (“Pasternak’s Message,” in Pasternak: Modern Judgements, edited by Donald Davie and Angela Livingstone, Nashville and London, 1970).
October 26, 2020
Long Beach: Breakfast with Birds
Long Beach. Colorado Lagoon and Marine Stadium. Invigorating wind. Breakfast with the birds.
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October 24, 2020
From Doctor Zhivago
Now, as never before, it was clear to him that art is always, ceaselessly, occupied with two things. It constantly reflects on death and thereby constantly creates life. Great and true art, that which is called the Revelation of St. John and that which goes on to finish it.
October 23, 2020
Long Beach. Belmont Shore. Marine Stadium. Bayshore. Exer...
Long Beach. Belmont Shore. Marine Stadium. Bayshore. Exercise: paddle board or walking. Fallish. Cool. Delicious clouds.
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October 22, 2020
Long Beach: Red Car Greenbelt
Long Beach. Red Car Greenbelt. Space and Views. Great place to ride a bike or walk the dog.
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Franz Nolken in Hamburg
Hamburg (2018/2019). We were there for New Year's. Franz Nolken Exhibit @ Ernst Barlach Museum. You'll need to click on some of the pics.
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