David Given Schwarm

Sin City

I saw this based on Louis’s recommendation – that and the fact that I almost always like comic book movies. The dialog ruled, the feel of the film was awesome, but the violence really disturbed me – something that does not happen in movies that often these days. Some of the mad cap crazy stuff…
Angels vs Mariners

Jack, Kate and I went to the Angels game yesterday & it ruled. The Angels lost, but it did not matter since we did not see much of the game – we did have icee’s, corn on the cob, popcorn, cracker jacks, bought rally monkeys & t-shirts and just had a great time. We even…
weight of water

The fact that the pressure of water is exactly proportional to its height has always struck me as very very odd. And I am not sure why – I mean it makes exact sense, but still seems counter intuitive when one thinks of dams, surf, and other large bodies of water. The sheer volume of…
Grateful Dead – "Days Between"

There were daysThere were daysThere were days I knowWhen all we ever wantedWas to learn and love and growOnce we grew into our shoesWe told them where to goWalked halfway around the worldOn promise of the glowStood upon a mountain topWalked barefoot in the snowWe gave the best we had to giveHow much we’ll never…
William Wordsworth – "The Prelude"

Blilss was it in that dawn to be alive,But to be young was very heaven!
Omphaloskepsis

contemplation of one’s navel
Henry Miller – Tropic of Cancer

I was permitted to hear an incredible music…I heard teh gestation of the new wrold…the sound of stars grinding and chafing, of fountains clotted with blazing gems…Music is planetary fire, and irreducible which is all sufficient; it is the slate-writing of the gods.
Stefan Ruiz – The Art Land

Close scrutiny is the governing principle of Minimalist art. Once you have seen the infinitely complex in the seemingly simple, you are far better equipped to observe the obviously complex.
May Sarton – Journal of Solitude

I think of the trees and how simply they let go, let fall the riches of a season, how without grief (it seems) they can let go and go deep into their roots for renewal and sleep. … Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same…
Enchilladas

Yesterday, my mom came over for diner & lisa made enchalladas. they were awesome. afterwards we had homemade cookies. a fantastic night of eating…