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Wislawa Szymborska: Utopia

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:38:00 +0200

Island where all becomes clear.

Solid ground beneath your feet.

The only roads are those that offer access.

Bushes bend beneath the weight of proofs.

The Tree of Valid Supposition grows here
with branches disentangled since time immemorial.

The Tree of Understanding, dazzlingly straight and simple,
sprouts by the spring called Now I Get It.

The thicker the woods, the vaster the vista:
the Valley of Obviously.

If any doubts arise, the wind dispels them instantly.

Echoes stir unsummoned
and eagerly explain all the secrets of the worlds.

On the right a cave where Meaning lies.

On the left the Lake of Deep Conviction.
Truth breaks from the bottom and bobs to the surface.

Unshakable Confidence towers over the valley.
Its peak offers an excellent view of the Essence of Things.

For all its charms, the island is uninhabited,
and the faint footprints scattered on its beaches
turn without exception to the sea.

As if all you can do here is leave
and plunge, never to return, into the depths.

Into unfathomable life.

From “A large number”, 1976, Translated by S. Baranczak & C. Cavanagh

Alberto Galducci, Italy, 1955 Thanks to greeneyes55

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:31:44 +0200

Alberto Galducci, Italy, 1955

Thanks to greeneyes55

André Kertész, Clock of the Académie Française, Paris, 1932

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:05:58 +0200

André Kertész, Clock of the Académie Française, Paris, 1932

André Kertész, Quartet, 1930

Wed, 01 May 2013 20:33:05 +0200

André Kertész, Quartet, 1930

Tibor Honty, Sans Titre, ca. 1950

Wed, 01 May 2013 20:32:10 +0200

Tibor Honty, Sans Titre, ca. 1950

Atín Aya, Escultor imaginero en su taller del barrio de Triana,...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:45:55 +0200

Atín Aya, Escultor imaginero en su taller del barrio de Triana, 1991

Hervé Lucien, Les toits de Paris, 1952

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:15:41 +0200

Hervé Lucien, Les toits de Paris, 1952

Lucien Hervé, Le Corbusier, Façade of the Secretariat Building,...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:50:11 +0200

Lucien Hervé, Le Corbusier, Façade of the Secretariat Building, Chandigarh, 1961

Nicolas Guilbert, Abbaye de Montmajour, 2011

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:34:08 +0200

Nicolas Guilbert, Abbaye de Montmajour, 2011

Minor White, Road and Poplar Trees, 1955

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:54:00 +0200

Minor White, Road and Poplar Trees, 1955

"Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves..."

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:18:50 +0200

“Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.”

- Immanuel Kant, Critique of Practical Reason, 1788

Emile Savitry, Anton Prinner in his studio, next to his...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:20:57 +0200

Emile Savitry, Anton Prinner in his studio, next to his sculpture “Woman with big ears”, Paris, 1946

Brassaï, Avenue du Maine, Paris, 1931-1932 Thanks to m3zzaluna

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:15:08 +0200

Brassaï, Avenue du Maine, Paris, 1931-1932

Thanks to m3zzaluna

J.S. Bach: Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn, BWV 152 - Sinfonia

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:52:14 +0100

J.S. Bach: Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn, BWV 152 - Sinfonia

Nikos Economopoulos, Kastro village. Children diving in the...

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:26:28 +0100

Nikos Economopoulos, Kastro village. Children diving in the harbour, 1998

Ruth Thorne-Thomson, From the book Within this Garden, 1993

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:44:45 +0100

Ruth Thorne-Thomson, From the book Within this Garden, 1993

Alfredo Camisa, Inverno, 1956

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:21:00 +0100

Alfredo Camisa, Inverno, 1956

Florence Henri, Vue de ma fenêtre (Bretagne), 1935

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:13:31 +0100

Florence Henri, Vue de ma fenêtre (Bretagne), 1935

Nigel Henderson, Bethnal Green, 1949-52

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:51:00 +0100

Nigel Henderson, Bethnal Green, 1949-52

Herbert List, Naples, Italy, 1959

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:22:00 +0100

Herbert List, Naples, Italy, 1959