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The Imago Theatre perform and fittingly open Silhouettes, The Art Institute of Portland's fashion show with their unique dance style. From adaptations of classics to excursions into vaudevillian existentialism, Imago's repertoire is as vast as the forms they shape.
Learn more about Imago Theatre: www.imagotheater.com
Learn more about The Art Institute of Portland: www.artinstitutes.edu/portland
Photo: Lulu Hoeller
PH: Lilia Pereira Fotografías
Serie analógica, toma directa, Año 2003/2004
"El Alma de la Ausente" nace como un proyecto expositivo que va mas allá de la mera exhibición de imágenes religiosas. La obra pretende una reflexión hacia ciertos temas introspectivos, tales como la muerte, el juego de los dobles, el trauma, el placer, lo sagrado, el vacío, la metamorfosis, etc.
Estas fotografías dialogan tácitamente con una de las obras mas grandes del cine sueco "Det sjumde inseglet", 1957, (El séptimo sello) de Ingmar Bergman. El cine de Bergman siempre se caracterizó por la introspección y el tratamiento de los temas que mas afectan al ser humano. En "El séptimo sello" se expresa el existencialismo, la eterna búsqueda del ser humano por darle sentido a su vida, la vida, la muerte y todo lo que ello conlleva.
"El Alma de la Ausente" intenta plantear la ambigüedad de los temas antes mencionados, como característica principal, proponiendo al espectador que apele a su subjetividad para conectarse con lo mas oculto de su ser. Lilia Pereira.
Series analog, direct, Year 2003/2004
"The Soul of the Absent" was created as an exhibition project that goes beyond the mere display of religious images. The book is intended to reflect certain introspective themes such as death, the game of doubles, the trauma, pleasure, the sacred, the vacuum metamorphosis, and so on.
These photographs tacit dialogue with one of the greatest works of Swedish film "Det sjumde inseglet", 1957, (The Seventh Seal) Ingmar Bergman. Bergman's films are always characterized by introspection and treatment of the issues that most affect humans. In "The Seventh Seal" is expressed existentialism, the eternal human quest to make sense of life, life, death and everything that entails.
"The Soul of the Absent" attempts to raise the ambiguity of the aforementioned issues, as its main feature, offering the viewer that appeals to their subjectivity to connect with the most secret of your being. Lilia Pereira.
The Postcard
A postcard with a divided back that was published by Hartmann.
The card was posted in London on Thursday the 9th. January 1908 to an address in Bohemia.
Simone de Beauvoir
So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?
Well, the 9th. January 1908 marked the birth in Paris, France of Simone de Beauvoir.
Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir was a French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist and social theorist.
Simone was educated at the University of Paris, gaining her B.A. degree in 1928 and an M.A. in 1929.
Although she did not consider herself a philosopher, she had a significant influence on both feminist existentialism and feminist theory.
Beauvoir wrote novels, essays, biographies, autobiographies and monographs on philosophy, politics, and social issues.
She was known for her 1949 treatise The Second Sex, a detailed analysis of women's oppression and a foundational tract of contemporary feminism.
Simone was also known for her novels, including She Came to Stay and The Mandarins.
Her most enduring contribution to literature are her memoirs, notably the first volume, “Mémoires d’une Jeune Fille Rangée” (1958), which have a warmth and descriptive power.
She was also known for her open, lifelong relationship with French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre from 1929 until his death in 1980.
The Death of Simone de Beauvoir
Simone died at the age of 78 in Paris, France on the 14th. April 1986.
Another photo for FGR and the *Inspire and Be Inspired* theme. Siddartha and The Stranger are among my favorite books of all time. And every time i read them again (i read Siddhartha every year around my birthday, so i just finished it a few days ago) i find that i see them a little bit differently. Basically, i've learned a lot from all of these, and i grow each time i revisit them. And springy plastic monks are just cute.
Texture comes from here
A kind of a collage thing i did with some pictures i took....
Sometimes you think that everything is random until you come up with some sort of fabricated logic to mend the shattered pieces of your reality. Other times we are offered a quick "plug-in" fix made up by others....who do you trust? and what sense does sense really make? And the more you think, the more random it all seems.
Kierkegaard had two homes on Norregade street one at the door on the left and another home on the right side at the very end.
While paying tremendous amounts of attention today in "The History of Existentialism" I doodled out this non-lining, mostly sans-serif set of numerals on some Kierkegaard. I am quite fond of the little guys. Does anyone know of a font with a numeral set that lines like this?
The Imago Theatre perform and fittingly open Silhouettes, The Art Institute of Portland's fashion show with their unique dance style. From adaptations of classics to excursions into vaudevillian existentialism, Imago's repertoire is as vast as the forms they shape.
Learn more about Imago Theatre: www.imagotheater.com
Learn more about The Art Institute of Portland: www.artinstitutes.edu/portland
Photo: Lulu Hoeller
Romantic Opulence
The skyline looms like a crown of jagged opulence, a symbol of our triumph over the constraints of earth and sky. Towers pierce the heavens, their mirrored skins refracting the dying sunlight into shimmering hues of orange and gold. The couple sits in silence at a table perched above this modern empire.
The man, dressed in a jacket that seems more armour than fabric, rests his gaze on her but does not see her. His thoughts are elsewhere, adrift in the city's polished glass and cold steel before them. Each spire reminds him of their victories, the accolades, and the wealth accumulated through relentless ambition. He knows he has lost his connection to the raw simplicity of the lives they once knew.
She, poised in a white dress that gleams under the twilight, tilts her head slightly, resting her chin on delicate fingers. Her expression is serene, but her eyes betray the faintest shadow of yearning. She knows she should feel great, but all that surfaces is an expression of muted longing. Could she still recall the scent of wild grass from their first home as the touch of rain fell on land?
The trappings of luxury. Crystal glasses, golden accents, and candles that burn with exotic scents. The wine glows amber in their glasses, its richness a hollow metaphor for the lives they’ve sculpted. Their carefully built victories have become the walls of their gilded cage. And yet, they cannot stop. What is the next conquest? They can scent the next achievement. Their ambition has become their lifeblood. As the city hums beneath them, alive with its indifference, the couple silently drink to a future they can no longer define.
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Dystopia, Utopia, Existentialism, Decay, Resilience, Transformation, Hope, Desolation, Journey, Rebirth, Solitude, Redemption, Wellness, Love, Prosperity
Kierkegaard had a home in the white building at the far end on the right in Lovestraede 7. It was his 2nd home and his first away from his family home.
Chiharu Shiota, site specific installation
Exhibition view "Francis Bacon and Existential Condition in Contemporary Art", CCC Strozzina, Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze
© photo Martino Margheri
While asking myself the question, I try to get close to the light from the window, in order to feel the warmth of this world.
after midnight, when I finished playing guitar in a pub - then I'm always glad to find an opened Diner in my hometown ...
Antibes1983; Analog picture taken with Pentax; digital version created by scanning negative with Canoscan 8800F
Søren is sitting on the chair, but you can have the park bench behind him. You can sit there and think that existentialism is a humanism. Or something else.
Library Garden, The Royal Library, Copenhagen
I had a close relative die recently. I also lost a friend who was my own age last month. Makes you think. (Self-portrait.)
Neuroscientist and Author Abhijit Naskar at TEDxIIMRanchi, 2019, during his talk entitled "Neurons Giveth, Neurons Taketh Away"
Obsessive Compulsive Strange Thoughts of Life & Existentialism
A film about a man with a very serious problem. A man who sometimes forgets where he is and has obsessive strange thoughts about life and existentialism which usually comes out of nowhere.
He starts to panic because he doesn’t understand what is happening to him. He is also afraid to go to sleep at night because he believes he won’t wake up. He ponders how strange life is that he exists.
After he left the military and the 2001 attacks, the man now identified as Ping Pong, sees life like something out of a bad horror movie. He needs to go to sleep but knows what is coming. He starts freaking out.
Evidence points to him having a mild dissociative condition, possibly related to stressful conditions he encountered and an underlying anxiety disorder plus the Chinese made medications he is taking and the lack of true wonder “recreational drugs”.
Life to him is really strange and odd but most people around him don’t notice this because they remain deeply embedded in American culture which encourages it’s citizens to focus on mundane things such as watching television and the grim reality of providing for one’s own family by getting ahead in a dead-end job.
After graduating from Harvard University, Ping Pong realizes that thoughtfulness in the USA is not encouraged and neither is noticing the strangeness and arbitrariness of life by frightening people so he does not get noticed or labeled as odd or mentally ill.
He seeks a different way to cope so he becomes a photographer and writes comments about his subjects which interacts with his artwork.
His dissociation is a mental phenomena in how attention, memory, and emotions work in the form of “spacing out”, so he decides to become an astronaut in China’s new space program after being influenced by Neil Armstrong and Navin Johnson.... BUT in fact it turned out that he had been a gifted and talented child raised in a classless society which turned him to experience a type of depression referred to as existential depression.
Existential depression is a depression that arises when an individual confronts certain basic issues of existence such as the four issues--death, freedom, isolation and meaninglessness.
Humans do not enter a world which is inherently structured but given a world structure created by other humans. And most of these humans are messed up.
Isolation is not possible on earth and existential concerns occur disproportionately among gifted persons, because gifted people as idealists are able to consider how things should be, however, they see the world is falling into how it should not be.
Ping Pong becomes disassociated, disappointed, and frustrated when such ideals are not reached. He notices the inconsistencies and absurdities in society and the behaviors of those around them. Traditions are ultimately questioned and challenged.
When he shares these concerns with others, he usually met with reactions ranging from puzzlement to hostility. He attempts to find some sense of meaning to grasp and pull himself out of the mire of "unfairness”, acutely aware that his life is finite and brief, and that he is alone as one small organism in a quite large world, and that there is a frightening freedom regarding how one chooses to live one's life in an absurd, arbitrary, and capricious world where his life will have little impact and then die.
Breaking the "failure to thrive" syndrome came with no need for daily hugs or physical connection. Just apeirophobia: the fear of eternity and knowing everything will be wiped out.
He had forgotten due to having to pay for his phone and cable bill why he was here and that it was all a waste of time. The most important question was to make the most of what he has. How was he going to go about given his developed talents and time spent would make the difference.
Looking back on his life on board the new and improved Chinese space ship, “Firecracker”, right before blast-off, sitting alongside fellow astronauts, Clink Clack, Pritt Pratt, and Charlie Chan, he regrets his former life and time spent on earth, but now not the past, nor the future, but now, everything will have a massive effect on what happens later knowing that nothing easy is going to make him happy. Anything that is worth it in life is never going to be easy. He dismisses existential questioning because it will only waste the time he has left to live his life as a true space cadet basically ignoring Aristotle for Confucianism …
He believed that it was cool to reflect the principles upon which the United States was founded, especially after men from earth walked on the moon.
He believed in cultural and ethnic diversity, the free exchange of creative ideas, and an entrepreneurial spirit that lifts all citizens in a community.
He believed it was cool to welcome and celebrate a diversity of visitors, the way Provincetown, Massachusetts, has been welcoming LGBTQ+ travelers for decades.
He believed it was cool to live in harmony with nature, the way Pacific Grove, California, became Butterfly Town USA and Saranac Lake, New York, and its neighboring towns in Adirondack State Park have pursued a sustainable tourism industry that respects the region’s pristine lakes and mountains and rips off dumb-ass tourists.
He believed it was cool to live in a community where he would be able to boast of a vibrant downtown, with cutting-edge cuisine, and a community spirit that makes visitors feel like friends, as all the towns on the 'A' list do while paying high property taxes for the liberal schools who house the children of illegal immigrants who have never paid taxes so they can learn to be either good sheep or cattle..
He was no longer Ping Pong but now known as Ding Dong to the men at space command back on earth, believing to himself he would create such a life beyond Pluto reflecting upon his favorite american movies, "It's a Wonderful Life" & "The Best Years of Our Lives".
Enjoying the Moment surrounded by super polished calibrated light mirrors.. precision laser light beams.. stretching space... gravity waves… they cannot be seen or heard.. . a dense universe where light cannot travel.. it cannot be caught.. a nice idea.. but no one detected it.. the last frontier.. cosmic ice age light disappears in the last burning star.. it’s a degenerate era.. he eventually disappears into a black hole wondering ‘What else makes a small town cool”?
The Postcard
A postcard that was published by H. G. L. The card has a divided back.
The illustrated poem comprises three verses, all of which are on the photostream. The full text of the poem is as follows:
"My wife - God bless her! - the day before
I sailed, sat by my foot,
And the sunlight kissed her auburn hair,
And the dainty fingers, deft and fair,
Knitted a baby's boot.
The voyage was o'er, I came ashore,
What, think you, found I there?
A cottage empty and dark as night,
Gone was my darling with face so bright -
And this beside the chair.
The little boot 'tis unfinished still,
Of all I prize, most dear;
But the knitter has gone away to rest,
With the babe asleep on her quiet breast,
Down in the churchyard drear".
The card was posted in Gosport on the 9th. January 1908 to:
Miss L. H. Harvey,
97, Dunraven Place,
Ogmore Dale,
Nr. Bridgend,
S. Wales.
The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"Dear Cretia,
Sorry I have been unable
to write sooner, I have been
unable to get writing paper.
The mumps is dying out here
now, so I don't suppose we
will be camping much longer.
I received the paper alright,
and also your letter.
Glad you received P. alright.
Hope this will find you all
quite well.
I will write as soon as I get
some paper.
Yours,
G. N."
Simone de Beauvoir
So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?
Well, the 9th. January 1908 marked the birth in Paris, France of Simone de Beauvoir.
Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir was a French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist and social theorist.
Simone was educated at the University of Paris, gaining her B.A. degree in 1928 and an M.A. in 1929.
Although she did not consider herself a philosopher, she had a significant influence on both feminist existentialism and feminist theory.
Beauvoir wrote novels, essays, biographies, autobiographies and monographs on philosophy, politics, and social issues.
She was known for her 1949 treatise The Second Sex, a detailed analysis of women's oppression and a foundational tract of contemporary feminism.
Simone was also known for her novels, including She Came to Stay and The Mandarins.
Her most enduring contribution to literature are her memoirs, notably the first volume, “Mémoires d’une Jeune Fille Rangée” (1958), which have a warmth and descriptive power.
She was also known for her open, lifelong relationship with French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre from 1929 until his death in 1980.
The Death of Simone de Beauvoir
Simone died at the age of 78 in Paris, France on the 14th. April 1986.
Looking southeast
"The 6th arrondissement of Paris (VIe arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, it is referred to as le sixième.
The arrondissement, called Luxembourg in a reference to the seat of the Senate and its garden, is situated on the Rive Gauche of the River Seine. It includes educational institutions such as the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, the École des hautes études en sciences sociales and the Institut de France, as well as Parisian monuments such as the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, the Pont des Arts, which links the 1st and 6th arrondissements over the Seine, Saint-Germain Abbey and Saint-Sulpice Church.
This central arrondissement, which includes the historic districts of Saint-Germain-des-Prés (surrounding the abbey founded in the 6th century) and Luxembourg (surrounding the Palace and its Gardens), has played a major role throughout Parisian history and is well known for its café culture and the revolutionary intellectualism (existentialism, authors such as Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir) and literature (writers Paul Éluard, Boris Vian, Albert Camus and Françoise Sagan) it has hosted.
With its cityscape, intellectual tradition, history, architecture and central location, the arrondissement has long been home to French intelligentsia. It is a major locale for art galleries and fashion stores, as well as Paris's most expensive area. The arrondissement is one of France's richest districts in terms of average income; it is part of Paris Ouest alongside the 7th, 8th and 16th arrondissements, as well as the Neuilly-sur-Seine inner suburb. The 6th arrondissement is the smallest in Paris in terms of area covered.
Paris (French pronunciation: [paʁi]) is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,150,271 residents as of 2020, in an area of 105 square kilometres (41 square miles). Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, science and arts. The City of Paris is the centre and seat of government of the Île-de-France, or Paris Region, which has an estimated official 2020 population of 12,278,210, or about 18 percent of the population of France. The Paris Region had a GDP of €709 billion ($808 billion) in 2017. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit Worldwide Cost of Living Survey in 2018, Paris was the second most expensive city in the world, after Singapore, and ahead of Zürich, Hong Kong, Oslo and Geneva. Another source ranked Paris as most expensive, on a par with Singapore and Hong Kong, in 2018.
The city is a major railway, highway and air-transport hub served by two international airports: Paris–Charles de Gaulle (the second busiest airport in Europe) and Paris–Orly. Opened in 1900, the city's subway system, the Paris Métro, serves 5.23 million passengers daily; it is the second busiest metro system in Europe after the Moscow Metro. Gare du Nord is the 24th busiest railway station in the world, but the first located outside Japan, with 262 million passengers in 2015 Paris is especially known for its museums and architectural landmarks: the Louvre was the most visited art museum in the world in 2019, with 9.6 million visitors. The Musée d'Orsay, Musée Marmottan Monet, and Musée de l'Orangerie are noted for their collections of French Impressionist art, the Pompidou Centre Musée National d'Art Moderne has the largest collection of modern and contemporary art in Europe, and the Musée Rodin and Musée Picasso exhibit the works of two noted Parisians. The historical district along the Seine in the city centre is classified as a UNESCO Heritage Site, and popular landmarks in the city centre included the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, on the Île de la Cité, now closed for renovation after the 15 April 2019 fire. Other popular tourist sites include the Gothic royal chapel of Sainte-Chapelle, also on the Île de la Cité; the Eiffel Tower, constructed for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889; the Grand Palais and Petit Palais, built for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900; the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Élysées, and the Basilica of Sacré-Coeur on the hill of Montmartre.
Paris received 38 million visitors in 2019, measured by hotel stays, with the largest numbers of foreign visitors coming from the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and China. It was ranked as the second most visited travel destination in the world in 2019, after Bangkok and just ahead of London. The football club Paris Saint-Germain and the rugby union club Stade Français are based in Paris. The 80,000-seat Stade de France, built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, is located just north of Paris in the neighbouring commune of Saint-Denis. Paris hosts the annual French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament on the red clay of Roland Garros. The city hosted the Olympic Games in 1900, 1924 and will host the 2024 Summer Olympics. The 1938 and 1998 FIFA World Cups, the 2007 Rugby World Cup, as well as the 1960, 1984 and 2016 UEFA European Championships were also held in the city. Every July, the Tour de France bicycle race finishes on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
Now on Instagram.
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (French pronunciation: [saʁtʁ], English: /ˈsɑrt/; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was a French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic. He was one of the leading figures in 20th century French philosophy and Existentialism, and his work continues to influence further fields such as sociology and literary studies.
"The Jardin du Luxembourg (French pronunciation: [ʒaʁdɛ̃ dy lyksɑ̃buʁ]), known in English as the Luxembourg Garden, colloquially referred to as the Jardin du Sénat (Senate Garden), is located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. Creation of the garden began in 1612 when Marie de' Medici, the widow of King Henry IV, constructed the Luxembourg Palace as her new residence. The garden today is owned by the French Senate, which meets in the Palace. It covers 23 hectares (56.8 acres) and is known for its lawns, tree-lined promenades, tennis courts, flowerbeds, model sailboats on its octagonal Grand Bassin, as well as picturesque Medici Fountain, built in 1620. The name Luxembourg comes from the Latin Mons Lucotitius, the name of the hill where the garden is located.
The Luxembourg Palace (French: Palais du Luxembourg, pronounced [palɛ dy lyksɑ̃buʁ]) is at 15 Rue de Vaugirard in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was originally built (1615–1645) to the designs of the French architect Salomon de Brosse to be the royal residence of the regent Marie de' Medici, mother of King Louis XIII. After the Revolution it was refashioned (1799–1805) by Jean Chalgrin into a legislative building and subsequently greatly enlarged and remodeled (1835–1856) by Alphonse de Gisors. The palace has been the seat of the upper houses of the various French national legislatures (excepting only the unicameral National Assembly of the Second Republic) since the establishment of the Sénat conservateur during the Consulate; as such, it has been home to the Senate of the Fifth Republic since its establishment in 1958.
Immediately west of the palace on the Rue de Vaugirard is the Petit Luxembourg, now the residence of the Senate President; and slightly further west, the Musée du Luxembourg, in the former orangery. On the south side of the palace, the formal Luxembourg Garden presents a 25-hectare (62-acre) green parterre of gravel and lawn populated with statues and large basins of water where children sail model boats.
The 6th arrondissement of Paris (VIe arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, it is referred to as le sixième.
The arrondissement, called Luxembourg in a reference to the seat of the Senate and its garden, is situated on the Rive Gauche of the River Seine. It includes educational institutions such as the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, the École des hautes études en sciences sociales and the Institut de France, as well as Parisian monuments such as the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, the Pont des Arts, which links the 1st and 6th arrondissements over the Seine, Saint-Germain Abbey and Saint-Sulpice Church.
This central arrondissement, which includes the historic districts of Saint-Germain-des-Prés (surrounding the abbey founded in the 6th century) and Luxembourg (surrounding the Palace and its Gardens), has played a major role throughout Parisian history and is well known for its café culture and the revolutionary intellectualism (existentialism, authors such as Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir) and literature (writers Paul Éluard, Boris Vian, Albert Camus and Françoise Sagan) it has hosted.
With its cityscape, intellectual tradition, history, architecture and central location, the arrondissement has long been home to French intelligentsia. It is a major locale for art galleries and fashion stores, as well as Paris's most expensive area. The arrondissement is one of France's richest districts in terms of average income; it is part of Paris Ouest alongside the 7th, 8th and 16th arrondissements, as well as the Neuilly-sur-Seine inner suburb. The 6th arrondissement is the smallest in Paris in terms of area covered.
Paris (French pronunciation: [paʁi]) is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,150,271 residents as of 2020, in an area of 105 square kilometres (41 square miles). Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, science and arts. The City of Paris is the centre and seat of government of the Île-de-France, or Paris Region, which has an estimated official 2020 population of 12,278,210, or about 18 percent of the population of France. The Paris Region had a GDP of €709 billion ($808 billion) in 2017. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit Worldwide Cost of Living Survey in 2018, Paris was the second most expensive city in the world, after Singapore, and ahead of Zürich, Hong Kong, Oslo and Geneva. Another source ranked Paris as most expensive, on a par with Singapore and Hong Kong, in 2018.
The city is a major railway, highway and air-transport hub served by two international airports: Paris–Charles de Gaulle (the second busiest airport in Europe) and Paris–Orly. Opened in 1900, the city's subway system, the Paris Métro, serves 5.23 million passengers daily; it is the second busiest metro system in Europe after the Moscow Metro. Gare du Nord is the 24th busiest railway station in the world, but the first located outside Japan, with 262 million passengers in 2015 Paris is especially known for its museums and architectural landmarks: the Louvre was the most visited art museum in the world in 2019, with 9.6 million visitors. The Musée d'Orsay, Musée Marmottan Monet, and Musée de l'Orangerie are noted for their collections of French Impressionist art, the Pompidou Centre Musée National d'Art Moderne has the largest collection of modern and contemporary art in Europe, and the Musée Rodin and Musée Picasso exhibit the works of two noted Parisians. The historical district along the Seine in the city centre is classified as a UNESCO Heritage Site, and popular landmarks in the city centre included the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, on the Île de la Cité, now closed for renovation after the 15 April 2019 fire. Other popular tourist sites include the Gothic royal chapel of Sainte-Chapelle, also on the Île de la Cité; the Eiffel Tower, constructed for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889; the Grand Palais and Petit Palais, built for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900; the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Élysées, and the Basilica of Sacré-Coeur on the hill of Montmartre.
Paris received 38 million visitors in 2019, measured by hotel stays, with the largest numbers of foreign visitors coming from the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and China. It was ranked as the second most visited travel destination in the world in 2019, after Bangkok and just ahead of London. The football club Paris Saint-Germain and the rugby union club Stade Français are based in Paris. The 80,000-seat Stade de France, built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, is located just north of Paris in the neighbouring commune of Saint-Denis. Paris hosts the annual French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament on the red clay of Roland Garros. The city hosted the Olympic Games in 1900, 1924 and will host the 2024 Summer Olympics. The 1938 and 1998 FIFA World Cups, the 2007 Rugby World Cup, as well as the 1960, 1984 and 2016 UEFA European Championships were also held in the city. Every July, the Tour de France bicycle race finishes on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
Now on Instagram.
Okay, well I'm Jacob. I've already posted one picture of all the book shelves, here's a smaller one of a single shelf.
Thinking about this Guardian project made me realize just how many rules and sub-rules I have for categorizing my books. It looks a bit untidy but there's a kind of labyrinthine logic underlying it all. I think.
- All these books fit into 'Philosophy, Religion and the History of Thought'.
- From there, they're organized by height.
- All the books I don't own, haven't read, or don't care much for, go on the top.
- 'Time: A User's Guide' is a tricky one because I haven't read it yet, and don't know whether to stick it with my 'Science and Psychology' books.
- Anyway. Oppy, Kant and Descartes go together, because they're all serious philosophers. Kant and Oppy feel more at home, because they're more technical than Descartes. Descartes feels good next to Kant, because he was rigorously critiqued by him.
- Other examples - The black Penguin editions are together because of their colour. My white Oxford Beyond Good and Evil can go next. He goes next to Hume because, although Nietzsche didn't like him, he would I suspect hold less contempt for Hume than say, Sam Harris - a man who has attempted to come up with a 'science of morality' (exactly what Nietzsche despised). Hume finds good companionship next to Blackburn, a Humean philosopher - and Blackburn sits well next to Dawkins, a man Blackburn respects. Dawkins and Harris go well together as being part of the 'New Atheist' movement.
So here you have about six things all precisely determining where a book should go - the subject matter, whether I've read it, whether I like it, whether it's mine, the height, the colour of the spine, and whether I feel the book authors would agree with each other.
To take one more: Soloman's book 'Continental Philosophy Since 1750'. It's actually the shortest on that shelf, but I wouldn't put it next to Dawkins or Harris on the end, because Dawkins' book contains an essay attacking late continental philosophy, and Harris is similarly unimpressed. Thus I slightly relax my height rule to put him next to Mary Warnock's 'Existentialism' - a far better shelf-mate. However, I can't move 'Six Existentialist Thinkers' along to join its kindred books because that would mess up my height rule just a little too much - and I'm not inclined to go out my way for it anyway, as I'm not overly impressed with the book.
Guarding all of this is the faithful Jean-Paul, a meerkat I picked up at Newquay Zoo. He's been there since this collection was much smaller, still looking out intently as ever.