Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Ο θάνατος
Ο θάνατος πρέπει να είναι ένα ντελικάτο πέρασμα, μια απαλή διολίσθηση προς την ανάπαυση.
Muriel Barbery [Η κομψότητα του σκαντζόχοιρου, 2006]
Muriel Barbery [Η κομψότητα του σκαντζόχοιρου, 2006]
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Float to another sun
Union your feathers, heavenly brothers, float to another sun,
Changing the manner, climbing the ladder, becoming more human.
Blasted Mechanism [Total Rebellion, 2007]
Changing the manner, climbing the ladder, becoming more human.
Blasted Mechanism [Total Rebellion, 2007]
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
Physics
Physics is like sex. Sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.
Richard P. Feynman (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1965)
Richard P. Feynman (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1965)
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Leben wie ein Fest
dann wird es werden wie ein Fest.
You must not understand life,
then it will become a feast.
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926)
You must not understand life,
then it will become a feast.
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926)
Friday, July 10, 2009
Η καλύτερή σου μέρα
Thursday, July 9, 2009
A boundary, yet not a boundary
Kyoto Train Station / © I.A. Daglis
In the magnificent train station in Kyoto, escalators climb toward the shimmering open-air heavens. The glass shelter over the concourse represents the traditional Japanese aesthetic of a boundary, yet not a boundary. A person traversing the station will recollect the sky.
Kyoto Train Station / © I.A. Daglis
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Excellence
Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.
Booker Taliaferro Washington (American educator, 1856–1915)
Booker Taliaferro Washington (American educator, 1856–1915)
Monday, July 6, 2009
Αιέν αριστεύειν
Sunday, July 5, 2009
there was no one left
There was no one left ... Mesta, Chios / © I.A. Daglis
Als die Nazis die Kommunisten holten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Kommunist.
Als sie die Sozialdemokraten einsperrten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Sozialdemokrat.
Als sie die Gewerkschafter holten,
habe ich nicht protestiert;
ich war ja kein Gewerkschafter.
Als sie die Juden holten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Jude.
Als sie mich holten,
gab es keinen mehr, der protestieren konnte.
When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
you see, I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
you see, I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
you see, I was not a trade unionist.
When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
you see, I was not a Jew.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.
(German anti-Nazi theologian and Lutheran pastor, 1892-1984)
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
Mars consciousness
Mars was empty before we came. That’s not to say that nothing had ever happened. The planet had accreted, melted, roiled and cooled, leaving a surface scarred by enormous geological features: craters, canyons, volcanoes. But all of that happened in mineral unconsciousness, and unobserved. There were no witnesses – except for us, looking from the planet next door, and that only in the last moment of its long history. We are all the consciousness that Mars has ever had.
Kim Stanley Robinson [Red Mars, 1993]
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Aurora Conceptions
In Middle-Age central Europe, the Northern Lights were considered a bad omen. They warned of illness, plague and death. On the contrary, up in the North, in Scandinavia, people’s conceptions were more characterized by wonder and awe for this impressive phenomenon. One was warned to step carefully during auroral displays and in no way should the Northern Lights be frightened by waving, whistling, staring or by showing any other form of disrespect …
I.A. Daglis and S.-I. Akasofu [Recorder, 29, pp. 45-48, November 2004]
I.A. Daglis and S.-I. Akasofu [Recorder, 29, pp. 45-48, November 2004]
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