tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post527920804793057824..comments2024-03-28T14:53:38.827-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: Born 108 Years Ago TodayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-35403366454910627232015-02-21T17:13:45.103-05:002015-02-21T17:13:45.103-05:00the art museum poem reminds me of what rabbi kushn...the art museum poem reminds me of what rabbi kushner wrote, in his twentieth century best-selling book "why bad things happen to good people" (still in print, over 4 million copies sold) - god cares about suffering, but in building the complicated universe within which we live and move and have our being, it was not possible to avoid the suffering of the innocent - so yeah, god is NOT omnipotent<br /><br />about looking up at the stars, i remember a clear winter night long ago, leaving a bar with a few people after a grad school evening course - about potential futures, taught by lester milbrath - the attractive blonde young woman among us exclaimed 'i love the stars' - i quickly replied 'they feel the same way about you' - i had not read auden's poem yet, of course <br /><br />footnotes - re thinking about complex systems, see donella meadows' book, referenced in this comments section recently<br /><br />about the stars - while stuck at home by the snow i'm binge-watching david meyer's course 'visual guide to the universe with the smithsonian' - very interesting - had the weather been better i would have gone to see 'jupiter ascending' at the movies<br /><br />about those vast herds of reindeer - yes, i agree, very consoling - and when i consider the billions and billions of solar systems out there, i feel comfortable about whatever happens here - there's plenty more where we came from<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-38493071238605572812015-02-21T16:07:49.585-05:002015-02-21T16:07:49.585-05:00Those vast herds of reindeer are a very consoling ...Those vast herds of reindeer are a very consoling thought.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-61964687496207985352015-02-21T12:26:14.289-05:002015-02-21T12:26:14.289-05:00of what meaning in part , in part as always , in p... of what meaning in part , in part as always , in part , in part ..of lovely of the maps of auden's' face , / noting that the swans were in town last night .. . annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15980194518792242338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-84458441683262196712015-02-21T11:44:55.702-05:002015-02-21T11:44:55.702-05:00better with age .. . better with age .. . annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15980194518792242338noreply@blogger.com