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.


#rlswihart13 @rl_swihart #madrid2019 #spain #madrid #poetry #readmorepoetry #parks #boats #recreation #walking #beauty #sittinginshade #sippingbeer #repeat







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Published on October 29, 2020 07:09

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).


#rlswihart13 @rl_swihart #bridges #newgeralddesmond #longbeach #poetry #readmorepoetry #architecture 











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Published on October 28, 2020 13:42

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).


#rlswihart13 @rl_swihart #versailles #france #trainstations #stations #beauty #architecture #morning #summer2019 #poetry #ReadMore 




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Published on October 28, 2020 08:32

October 27, 2020

Bricolage: Birdcolage

Long Beach. Seal Beach. Breakfast with Birds Collage.


#rlswihart13 @rl_swihart #birds #breakfast #collage #bricolage #birdcolage #poetry #ReadMore #LongBeach #sealbeach #autumn 




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Published on October 27, 2020 16:05

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).

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Published on October 27, 2020 07:34

October 26, 2020

Long Beach: Breakfast with Birds

 Long Beach. Colorado Lagoon and Marine Stadium. Invigorating wind. Breakfast with the birds.


#rlswihart13 @rl_swihart #poetry #morepoetry #birds #allbirds #birdsofafeather #coloradolagoon #marinestadium #longbeach #wind #dustinair #autumn #thatscalifornia







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Published on October 26, 2020 14:13

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.

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Published on October 24, 2020 06:49

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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@rl_swihart #longbeach

#belmontshore

#marinestadium #paddleboard #walking #coolweather #clouds





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Published on October 23, 2020 10:14

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.


#rlswihart13 @rl_swihart #poetry #readmorepoetry #longbeach #greenbelt #redcar #parks #views #bikes #dogs 











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Published on October 22, 2020 18:31

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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Published on October 22, 2020 13:03