the universe will not be controlled by the likes of us
the title is a brilliant phrase uttered on the intertubes by AdamSelene @ theoildrum.com. this space accumulates other such short, poetic, and found-elsewhere insights into the limits of human cognition. it is a project dedicated to Wes Jackson’s vision of an “ignorance-based worldview.” a brilliant phrase uttered by his friend Wendell Barry in a letter.Archive for joy
elements of my new life
the view from the House of Tony
the sun sets after a shared meal with the lovely neighbors
eating together, walking through fields splashed by wildflowers, running, reading, writing, building a cabin, sharing things, sharing ideas, sharing calm and edifying conversations, being open, being honest, being oneself, asking questions, listening to bluegrass (some of which live), thinking, watching plants grow, eating things grown by God and people (Murray/God’s collard greends sauteed with Tony/God’s wild garlic and corporate-industrial balsamic vinegar are delicious), thinking about and planning the New Paradigm for Everything: i love this life very much.
i saw ravens playing
in Iceland, the sun always seems to be in the wrong place. remember the last time you saw a solar eclipse, and everywhere you looked, not just at the sun and the moon, but the whole earth, the light seemed utterly strange, but beautiful? that’s how it seems to me every day here, when the sun is out. especially this past sunday. it was a stark blue, twilight day, and very windy. i went to the edge of steep slope that overlooks the airport, in the hopes filming a crosswind landing. what i didn’t know is that this is what i would see instead (if the embedded video doesn’t work below, here’s the youtube link).
