Joe, friend.
@blessed_nothing
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Catholic. married. drainer.
Joined September 2015
In the twilight of life, we will be judged by our love.
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“Nothing lasts forever” alternatives: 1. Nothing is eternal (Farsi) 2. No one’s candle is lit till dawn (Serbian) 3. No evil shall last a hundred years (Spanish) 4. All snowstorms eventually subside (Icelandic) 5. Everything has an end, except the sausage, which has two (German)
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νιφοβλής, “snow-struck” νιφοκτύπος, “snow-hammered” νιφάς, ή: “snow, snow flake” νιφετώδης: “snowy, like snow” νιφοβολία: “snowstorm” νιφοστιβής: “snow-covered” νιφοψυχής: “snow cold”
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“It was winter and it was snowing” χειμὼν δὲ ἦν καὶ ὑπένειφεν… #Thucydides
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@bottomsplitCEO This is a sculpture facing the tower. Nothing creepy. Just jetliners falling from the sky.
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"By withdrawal from human affairs, by leisure, solitude, constancy, by theology, the more esoteric philosophy, superstition, magic, agriculture, and by sorrow, we come under the influence of Saturn."
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Rilke's "Archaic Torso of Apollo" (1908), where the poet exhorts us to change our lives is an ekphrastic poem i.e. a verbal description of a visual work of art, seeking to reveal new insights into its meaning Rilke likely saw the Miletus Torso [Apollo?] c. 480 BC at the Louvre.
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A map of the United States with each state’s name replaced with its etymological root translated into English.
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Hieronymus Bosch c. 1503-1504 - Garden of Earthly Delights (detail)
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