Ascolta me . . .
Il Giardino Harmonico, Cecilia Bartoli, Georg Friedlich Händel:
SACRIFICIUM
Voice, resonant acoustic string sound, *simplice* straight-
from-the-heart verse.
The beauty of steadfast pines, a spring which
keeps giving despite all the neglect and noise around
it.
Rhythms that cycle slowly round and
round in 3’s, from earth to distant stars . . .
“Never was the shade of any plant sweeter,
dearer, more agreeable.”
Revised a piece in THE LITTLE CLAVIER.
More in line with my motto, I hope:
Strong, simple, bold, clear, lines . . .
ENERGY iPod
Sine sole sileo
(Without sun I am silent)
Imagine a handy little device you could put in your
pocket, one that condenses and stores, instead
of an entire library’s worth of information,
an entire household’s worth of kilowatts.
Energy solely from the Sun. Is this possible?
Why not? If the whole of Shakespeare can be
condensed to the head of a pin, so might the
whole of Tesla or Einstein.
The only thing missing, it seems to me, is a clear
perception of necessity, of the ethical imperative
of a change of direction. Once we see with absolute
clarity that the current fossil fuel path is taking us
straight into a new dark age of shortages, pollution, climate
chaos, and resource wars, we will see that we have no
alternative but to resolutely change course, and follow the
way of the Sun. What could be more beautiful than that?
Page is at:
http://picture-poems.com/photoweek/sun-charge_7-16-09.html
First day of new snow in Eagle Valley. Just a dusting here;
perhaps 40 cm. at 1600 m., tapering off by 30% or more
moving from South to North across the Wallowas.
Wind from North.
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The Latin epigram above, Sine sole sileo (Without the
Sun I am silent), was used originally on sundials.
Now, it might make a good epigram for an entire
culture.