tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post7232862285897620038..comments2024-03-18T15:17:26.003-05:00Comments on l'astronave: Epiphany: You MatterFrescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-19290407980417676952010-01-07T09:30:23.385-06:002010-01-07T09:30:23.385-06:00MOMO: Yes, that's what these cakes look like t...MOMO: Yes, that's what these cakes look like too, minus the whipped cream. I guess you could add that yourself. Next year?<br /><br />Ten must be the perfect age to meet Jane Eyre. Remember when she's little (is she ten, even?) and stands up to that horrid Mr. Brocklehurst in her aunt's parlor? What a clear-eyed human being, living in such an impoverished human landscape...<br /><br />I haven't actually watched the other SofS videos--a little auto-tune goes a long way.Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-23833626189145101292010-01-07T09:17:10.863-06:002010-01-07T09:17:10.863-06:00In Spain the 3 kings cake is called roscón, and is...In Spain the 3 kings cake is called roscón, and is a ring/wreath of sweet dough, sliced in half and filled with whipped cream. <br /><br />Jane Eyre was one of the first literary characters I consciously identified with as a 10 year old loner. Not the marrying Rochester part,but wanting the resolve and strength of character.<br /><br />I do love that autotune-the-universe clip. It only really works for this one for me, though.momohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149328149132703479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-21348821076545874662010-01-07T09:12:53.160-06:002010-01-07T09:12:53.160-06:00SPARKER: I've read Jane Eyre several times sin...SPARKER: I've read Jane Eyre several times since I was ten years old, but it was only this past year that I read it slowly, every word, looking beyond and behind the plot, and really felt I met the freakish genius of the author herself. I thought it was as much about the struggles of being a writer/artist as anything.<br /><br />MOMO: I want a present! Or, better, a cake. They sell 3-kings cakes (looks like a sweet bread) at the Mexican bakery around the corner--one year I'm going to buy one.<br /><br />MARGARET: Paradoxically, I too find it liberating--and even comforting, yes-- not to matter. <br />I think Jen's later comment puts this well:<br />in the scale of infinity (whether one calls that divinity or the universe), we both matter and don't matter at all. <br />I'd say we matter most when we are our most authentic selves--it's a self-determination thing.<br /><br />CROW & JEN: The wonderful Symphony of Science must be making the rounds. <br />Aren't they great?!<br />Ive long liked Feynman, and he's my favorite, here, with his palpable glee at physics: <br />"It's really really there... but you've got to think about it to get the pleasure.'<br />This could be the motto of my life.Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-42750344853443759292010-01-07T08:56:28.019-06:002010-01-07T08:56:28.019-06:00Oh, Symphony of Science! I have been literally si...Oh, Symphony of Science! I have been literally singing snippets from that video and some others for a month or so now. I find them amazingly uplifting and...I don't know, I guess consoling. At that level, "mattering" and "not mattering" seem to mean the same thing, I think. We are all totally meaningless in the vast scheme of things, tiny specks, and that makes us all equally and infinitely precious as well, because we're the only tiny specks we've got...Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13923745480765984429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-19598420644029533742010-01-06T23:17:21.608-06:002010-01-06T23:17:21.608-06:00Synchronicity strikes again! Received an email to...Synchronicity strikes again! Received an email today about the newest vid from Symphony of Science - too cool.<br /><br />:)The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846997590157958766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-46693939981413183412010-01-06T22:29:21.262-06:002010-01-06T22:29:21.262-06:00The video is wonderfully mind blowing. Personally,...The video is wonderfully mind blowing. Personally, I find it more comforting to think I don't matter than to think I do. Well, perhaps not more comforting, but at least more liberating, as you said.Marzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05258262409718943594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-82727358166504889362010-01-06T18:30:13.586-06:002010-01-06T18:30:13.586-06:00Happy Epiphany! In Spain, the three kings would be...Happy Epiphany! In Spain, the three kings would be bringing us presents today.momohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149328149132703479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-5936520163334377282010-01-06T13:06:59.162-06:002010-01-06T13:06:59.162-06:00I have also been thinking about Jane Eyre and want...I have also been thinking about Jane Eyre and wanting to reread it.ArtSparkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875996639432864367noreply@blogger.com