Doing the sampling was time-consuming and demanding in the extreme, but I was so eager to know what was happening that I spent Christmas Day of 2010 collecting samples, the ones that ultimate were used for our article. It is still the longest, the happiest and the most exciting Christmas Day I have had in my life.
Essays
On the Wings of a Seagull
The time had stopped. Watching the chaotic ballet of ripples in the lake, I was thinking of the deep connections that unify seemingly disparate phenomena. The direction of the wind was fluctuating from second to second, switching the direction of the ripples almost in synchrony with my thoughts. In the Platonic tradition, I have always … Continue reading On the Wings of a Seagull
Beauty
I open my eyes and see beauty, a gratifying perception that inspires respect and reverence, that directs my actions and endows them with meaning and purpose. What is it? It is beyond me to verbally articulate it and yet I feel compelled to share the emotion and power that beauty engenders in me, even try … Continue reading Beauty
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