"Guest House"
This being human is a guest house
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.Rumi
Thought Experiments: navigations in time, light + space: the liminal is a mysterious realm much like the body, with associated fascinations and fears. On a metaphoric level Fear of the Deep and Fear of the Body trigger similar visceral reactions; places where psychological shadows lurk, an opportunities exist to engage the Other. These dredgings from underwater/on the flux line/reflected on the shifting surface of water are both metaphoric and real, made strange by light + perspective.
Monday, August 24, 2009
lumens
The lumen (symbol: lm) is the SI unit of luminous flux, a measure of the perceived power of light. Luminous flux differs from radiant flux, the measure of the total power of light emitted, in that luminous flux is adjusted to reflect the varying sensitivity of the human eye to different wavelengths of light.
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I am grateful, not on;y that they came, but that they stayed.
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