Finally day breaks over things that I can’t predict, as I cannot predict myself. Only a stone, a celestial body, a fool can, sometimes, be predictable. Finally day breaks over a circumstantial, differentiated, risky, improbable world, as concrete, multicolored, unexpected, and, yes, beautiful as the one I see, feel, touch, admire.
— Michel Serres, in Italo Calvino’s from “Ilya Prigogine and Isabelle Stengers, La Nouvelle Alliance” in “The Written World and the Unwritten World: Essays. Translated by Ann Goldstein. (Mariner Books Classics, January 17, 2023)
Notes:
- Photo: Daybreak. 29° F, feels like 21° F. 6:00 to 7:00 am. March 16, 2023. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT. See more photos from yesterday’s daybreak walk here.
- Post Title & Inspiration: Aldous Huxley: “It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.
Very nice quotation… Fantastic Photo! Absolutely Beautiful. Hope you’re having a good week Dave.
PS: “Wally’s Great Adventures” are definitely addictive! You may have to register him with the FDA as a controlled substance 🙂
Thank you Paul. Yes I am. Hope you are too. TGIF!
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nothing is certain
If it was, this would be an incredibly dull place
The magic inherent in surprises and feint of hand – it’s just the universe reminding us that it’s got a bigger brush and a canvas upon which to improvise..
Beautiful! Thanks Mimi.
Truth…
Your photos are like an evening with a good book, a pipe and a dram of Scotch. It never disappoints.
You made my day Ray. Thank you!
Wow. Stunning capture. And I might have to give Calvino another chance.
I would strongly advise against starting with this book. Strongly advise NOT to start here.
Interesting, why not? I’ve tried some of his short stories before but I wasn’t a huge fan of his style. I think the collection was called Difficult Loves.
Dense. Intellectually (over my head) and thesis-like. Some nuggets but I simply slogged through most of it.
Ah, ok. Yeah I don’t think I need more slogging at the moment 😅 Thanks for the heads-up. Have you read his other work?
I haven’t Laila. My first book of his.
Perfect photo to go with that quote. Have a lovely day, David.
Thanks Dale.
Another incredible moment brought to us by creative curator David Kanigan. Boo ya!
Some predictable things indicate stability, but if everything in life were predictable, it would soon become boring.
Exactly!
Addressing the stunning photo, first: My first thought is Grace Unfolding…/// Michel Serres, passage speaks to Anticipation, Hope for a New Morning in which a person can Immerse themselves in the Gift of Eyesight, while Letting in the Always Changing, Kaleidoscope of Nature…
Yes! Thank you Christie!