Rethinking History

The Daughter of Time
by Josephine Tey
1951

As the old proverb says,
"Truth is the daughter of Time."

Now, I didn't really get that meaning
until I read Tey's novel of Richard the III.
The man that is known as a historical murder.
Even Shakespeare made an excellent play of it.
And yet, here Tey points out, what makes that story so true?
I mean, now to think of it, where did that story root out of?

History, we may say,
but here is a Tey saying, are you so sure of that.
We live in a world with too much information,
and thus assume too much of that information as flat out truth.
I wonder how much history or so called "truth" that we know of
is not the actual "truth."

"Truth is the daughter of Time"
Time will tell the truth.

So, tell me, what do you see in this portrayal?
Is he really just a man with such murderous look?
Give a full minute, and look back.
Are you sure that your first instinct was right?





Maybe, we are all blinded by our presumption stated by nature around us. Much of what we define as the Truth seems to have just rooted out from our imagination and hope of seeing a certain thing in a certain way. Give some time, maybe we will be deeply disappointed. But don't let that time comeover you. You might get too discouraged to see the REAL TRUTH.

Simple Secret to How to Enjoy Your Life

Kerouac obviously knew how

to live and to enjoy living THE LIFE.

I'm ready for that too.

Are you?

Belief and Technique for Modern Prose

Jack Kerouac's
list of thirty "essentials" in life.

1.Scribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for your own joy
2.Submissive to everything, open, listening
3.Try never get drunk outside your own house
4.Be in love with your life
5.Something that you feel will find its own form
6.Be crazy dumbsaint of the mind
7.Blow as deep as you want to blow
8.Write what you want bottomless from bottom of the mind
9.The unspeakable visions of the individual
10.No time for poetry but exactly what is
11.Visionary tics shivering in the chest
12.In tranced fixation dreaming upon object before you
13.Remove literary, grammatical and syntactical inhibition
14.Like Proust be an old teahead of time
15.Telling the true story of the world in interior monolog
16.The jewel center of interest is the eye within the eye
17.Write in recollection and amazement for yourself
18.Work from pithy middle eye out, swimming in language sea
19.Accept loss forever
20.Believe in the holy contour of life
21.Struggle to sketch the flow that already exists intact in mind
22.Don't think of words when you stop but to see picture better
23.Keep track of every day the date emblazoned in yr morning
24.No fear or shame in the dignity of yr experience, language & knowledge
25.Write for the world to read and see yr exact pictures of it
26.Bookmovie is the movie in words, the visual American form
27.In praise of Character in the Bleak inhuman Loneliness
28.Composing wild, undisciplined, pure, coming in from under, crazier the better
29.You're a Genius all the time
30.Writer-Director of Earthly movies Sponsored & Angeled in Heaven

Happiness is something that comes

in all different shapes and sizes,

but the secret is that

it's not hidden somewhere that far,

it's all in your heart.

-wishstar87

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"Happy World"

Kang Ik Joong

http://www.ikjoongkang.com/

cooking 2

Other than just delicious lunch dishes, I've also tried making some dessert treats for myself. Started off with muffin making and even to biscotti and chips. The first muffin I started off with a all-ready-to-go mix from JiffyMix for the corn muffins. This turned out pretty good, but I hoped to make my next one from scratch, which I did succeed. For my second muffin, I made carrot muffin made with carrot, walnut, cranberry, and semi-sweet chocolate. The outcome was wonderful. My third attempt was with biscotti, a favorite snack for tea and coffee drinkers. The only thing that surprised me is how much sugar this dessert needed. Nevertheless with the chocolate, walnut, and cranberry mix the result turned out pretty nice too. Today, I even tried making vegetable chips based on the online recipies. The process wasn't hard but it required a lot of time. Still, I'm pretty satisfied with the results. I think I'm ready to make a different kind of dessert, any suggestions? :)

1. Corn Muffin

2. Carrot Muffin

3. Biscotti

4. Vegetable Chips

Summer Cooking

June, 2009

Although I had the opprotunity to enjoy good food, I never took the chance to cook good food for myself. This summer will be a change in this pattern, though. Not only have I started cooking for myself starting with salad but also started backing desserts. I am proud to say I have a little library in my room full of books about cooking, baking, mixing drinks, wine, and other different interest that I have long had but never had much chance to work on. Now this will be the chance. Here, I will share some of the dishes I have been making and treating myself. If you were here, I would have loved to share them too. Because the othe joy of cooking that I realized is not just thinking and knowing what you can make, but also the pleasure of knowing that you can share this with someone else and make that person happy. I'm learned the pure pleasure of cooking and sharing!

1. Salad Mix

2. Bagel Sandwhich v.1

3. Potato Salad with Grilled Tomato and Squash

4. Grilled Tomato and Squash

5. Veg. Roll with Beans

6. Bagel Sandwhich v.2

Baroque Art

Baroque Art

16th -17th cen. in Europe

Capturing the peak moment of movement was one of the characteristics of Baroque art. Unlike the previous Renaissance art that highlighted idealized and perfect presentation, Baroque art prioritiezed naturalism and realism. The few paintings and statue share below are some examples that I enjoy the most. The moment we set our eyes on them, as if we were thrown back to their time and space, we see them come alive in front of us. Additionally, every painting tells a story, and not just one story but several stories! Under each layer, the painting brings up a multi-layed story in action, right in front of our eyes.

I would love to have the chance to visit Europe agian to see these masterpieces in person. Now, having studied a little of it, I would be able to appreciate them more. Europe, here I will go someday!

The Fortune Teller (second ver.)

Caravaggio, 1595

Louvre, Paris

Susanna and the Elders
Artemisia Gentileschi, 1610
Schoborn collection in Pommersfelden

The Calling of St. Matthew
Caravaggio, 1599-1600
San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome

Apollo and Daphne
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1622-1625
Galleria Borghese, Rome

The Cardsharps
Caravaggio, 1594
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth

Good Morning, New America!

"The road ahead will be long," he said. "Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America — I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you — we as a people will get there."

Barack Obama
2008 US President
victory speech at Chicago's Grand Park