New Zealand has reclaimed the world record for the largest mass haka after 6,531 people performed the Māori dance, dethroning France. “We want to bring the mana [pride] of the haka back home,” the organizer said. (The Guardian, September 30, 2024)
Category: Video
Wednesday Morning Wake-Up Call
Do not shorten the morning by getting up late, or waste it in unworthy occupations or in talk; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred. Evening is like old age we are languid, talkative, silly. Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.
— Arthur Schopenhauer, The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims (A.W. Hayn, 1851)
Notes:
- Video: 6:26 am this morning at Cove Island Park. More pics from this morning’s walk here.
- Quote – Thank you Kurt @ Cultural Offering & @SchopenhauerNow for the quote.
Go Flossy!
Sunday Morning
Lightly Child, Lightly.
how old am i?
today, i’m today.
i’m as old as whatever light touches me.
— Danez Smith, from “summer, somewhere“
Notes:
- And today, yes, yet another Time Lapse video with light progression that touched me — this despite near 100% cloud cover and light rain. 90 Minutes in 21 seconds (4:35 to 6:05 am). 64° F. August 8, 2024. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT. More photos from this morning’s walk here.
- Poem Source from “More Than Ideas“
- 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.