15 4 / 2012
"Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason. Ralph Waldo Emerson"
11 3 / 2012
Neruda - If you forget me
I want you to know
one thing.
You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.
Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.
If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.
If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.
But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine.
27 2 / 2012
nybg:
Will the lower Hudson valley soon have its very own High Line? If Supervisor Paul Feiner gets his wish, cyclists and foot traffic may enjoy a new parkland high above the Hudson.
Originally scheduled for demolition while we wait for 2017’s completion of the replacement, a $150 million price tag to knock down the 56-year-old Tappan Zee bridge has Governor Cuomo and others reconsidering Feiner’s proposal; state government had initially deemed the idea “impractical.” But it’s funny how quickly minds change when the prospect of repurposing and beautifying an old structure may actually turn out cheaper than hauling everything to the dump.
Groups have been pushing for the reopening of the bridge as a pedestrian walkway ever since the proposal for its demolition came to light, including urban planner Milagros Lecuona (whose imaginative early rendering you can see above).
More green, less barren concrete? I’m for it. —MN
(Image source: Treehugger)
(Source: inhabitat.com)
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04 2 / 2012
"When I am with you, we stay up all night.
When you’re not here, I can’t go to sleep.
Praise God for those two insomnias!
And the difference between them."
18 1 / 2012
nybg:
A shot of our Igiri tree (Idesia polycarpa) from absolutelymayb.
The berries are especially bright this time of year, with all the heart-shaped leaves fallen.
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