García, Héctor, and Francesc Miralles. Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life. New York: Penguin, 2016. Hard Cover. 198 pages. $27.50. This is a book about an aspect of Japanese culture written by non-Japanese authors. Although one of them (García) does hold Japanese citizenship, this book is an interesting description of Japan … Continue reading García and Miralles, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life (2016)
Vivaldi, Concerto No. 4 “Winter” (RV 297): 1st Movement (Allegro non molto in F Minor)
https://youtu.be/UWg5ugyMjIc It's that time of year when you listen to Vivaldi's concerto "Winter." It still amazes me (and probably many others) how a mere human being can construe the beauty of four seasons in such a masterfully aesthetic and metaphorically compact way. Antonio Vivaldi (1678−1741) was a Baroque musician and he wrote The Four Seasons … Continue reading Vivaldi, Concerto No. 4 “Winter” (RV 297): 1st Movement (Allegro non molto in F Minor)
Nothing Comes from Nothing
https://youtu.be/UetJAFogqE4?t=55 In the beautiful 1965 movie The Sound of Music, Maria (Julie Andrews) and Captain von Trapp (Christopher Plummer) sing "Something Good," in which they say they must have done something good sometime during their childhood or youth, because they have found each other. What interests me in this song, however, is not their love … Continue reading Nothing Comes from Nothing
Morning Run – Tue, Jun 14, 2022
1.62 km. Aren't you tired of your current desktop background, whatever it may be? As for me, I've been using the same background for longer than I can remember. Have you ever thought of the sky as God's "desktop background" for you? God "refreshes" it all the time. There is no way we can be … Continue reading Morning Run – Tue, Jun 14, 2022