Two
possibilities exist: either
we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying. -
Arthur C. Clarke
The Magic of the Cities.
Zen promotes the rediscovery of the obvious, which is so often lost in its familiarity and simplicity. It sees the miraculous in the common and magic in our everyday surroundings. When we are not rushed, and our minds are unclouded by conceptualizations, a veil will sometimes drop, introducing the viewer to a world unseen since childhood. ~ John Greer
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Our Star
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Winter Scenes of New York
The artists must see all things as if he were seeing them
for the first time. All his life he must see as he did when he was a child. - Henri Matisse
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Rural Scenes
" I believe all suffering is caused by
ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their
happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of peace and
contentment, which in turn must be achieved through the cultivation of
altruism, of love and compassion, and elimination of ignorance, selfishness,
and greed. " -Dalai Lama
" Creo que todo sufrimiento es causado
por la ignorancia. Las personas infligen dolor a otros en la búsqueda egoísta
de la felicidad o satisfacción. Sin embargo, la verdadera felicidad proviene de
una sensación de paz y satisfacción, que a su vez debe ser alcanzada a través
del cultivo del altruismo, del amor y la compasión y la eliminación de la
ignorancia, el egoísmo y la codicia. " -Dalai Lama
Monday, January 21, 2013
Referendum
Rio de Janeiro Square |
MEXICO CITY – Every day before dawn, dozens of men appear in the Mexican capital’s hip Condesa and Roma neighborhoods and block off parking spaces along entire streets using water jugs, cardboard boxes, buckets, crates and even blocks of cement.
As visitors start arriving for the district’s restaurants,
organic food stores, boutiques and art galleries, the men collect 20 to 40
pesos ($1.50-$3), remove the obstructions and let drivers park.
Here and in other well-to-do areas of traffic-choked Mexico
City, authorities are trying to take back the streets by installing parking
meters. They say the meters will make the area safer and more orderly, as well
as encouraging less driving, which will be a boon for a polluted city with more
than 4 million cars.
Residents of Condesa and Roma, a bohemian neighborhoods,
decided in a referendum this Sunday whether they want the meters on their
streets.
[The News] Published on Monday, 21 January 2013.
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Opuntia
Opuntia, also known as nopales or
paddle cactus, is a genus in
the cactus family, Cactaceae.
Currently,
only prickly pears are included in this genus of about 200 species distributed
throughout most of the Americas.
The most commonly culinary species
is the Indian
Fig Opuntia (O.
ficus-indica). Most culinary uses
of the term "prickly pear" refer to this species. Prickly pears are
also known as "tuna", "nopal" or nopales, from the Nahuatl word nōpalli for the pads, or nostle, from the
Nahuatl word nōchtli for the fruit; or paddle cactus.
The genus is named for the Ancient Greek city of Opus where, according to Theophrastus, an
edible plant grew which could be propagated by rooting its leaves. [Wiki]
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