NGC 1333: Stellar Nursery in Perseus
‘Let art be content with its lofty, splendid mission of being a substitute for reality in case of its absence, and of being a textbook of life for man. Reality stands higher than dreams, and essential purpose stands higher than fantastic claims.’
N.G. Chernyshevsky, ‘The Aesthetic Relation of Art to Reality’, MA thesis, 1855, in Selected Philosophical Essays, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow, 1953, 379
I was looking forward to a cheese sandwich for tea but, no butter…
So I went to the local supermarket, bought this, took it home and set out the ingredients ready for assembly, wolfing-down and digestion.
Imagine my surprise when I took off the lid and foil of the butter container!
…Nature didn’t even have to try.
‘Let art be content with its lofty, splendid mission of being a substitute for reality in case of its absence, and of being a textbook of life for man. Reality stands higher than dreams, and essential purpose stands higher than fantastic claims.’
N.G. Chernyshevsky, ‘The Aesthetic Relation of Art to Reality’, MA thesis, 1855, in Selected Philosophical Essays, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow, 1953, 379
‘Let art be content with its lofty, splendid mission of being a substitute for reality in case of its absence, and of being a textbook of life for man. Reality stands higher than dreams, and essential purpose stands higher than fantastic claims.’
N.G. Chernyshevsky, ‘The Aesthetic Relation of Art to Reality’, MA thesis, 1855, in Selected Philosophical Essays, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow, 1953, 379
Callas’ stage presence is magnificent.
Evening Light, Lake Manapouri
Lake Mackenzie
I pushed through a wall of trees and bushes and suddenly found myself in this natural amphitheatre. It was utterly silent and but for the clouds drifting slowly, completely still.
materialism, mysticism and art 