"Beginning Sunday, you can immerse your senses in “Water Lilies,” the triptych with the 40-foot-plus wing span, and “Water Lilies,” the wide-angle, single-panel mural. On one wall the triptych rumbles forth its rich panoply of blues, greens, lavenders, creams and pinks, like a full-bodied symphony. Opposite, the lone panel responds, a glissando of ( Read more... )

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Today a big summer thunderstorm broke suddenly. The street filled with water and our sky light made a huge racket as the rain hit it. Cool air rushed in from all of the open windows. And the smell of rain. I was sad not to be out there-- I love the way it feels to get caught in a big storm. I decided to go out anyway but, by the time I was dressed ( Read more... )

It's what inside that counts.
I remember how adults used to say this too me and I'd roll my eyes since clearly they hadn't been teased the way I was being teased. Later as a teen I picked of the retort "It's what inside that counts? Oh that's just something sad ugly people say." If I was to be ugly at least I would not be deluded too.

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I come out of my building this morning and this is what I see:


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I wrote this years ago... back in 2001. But I still feel the same way Something about this time of year:

For some reason for the past few days I have been thinking of the idea of heaven. I've dreamed of a distant parade of people and beasts (most especially the dogs and the lions all with garlands of pale flowers about their necks) and the people ( Read more... )

It felt good to zone out for a week-- but the time has come to do my homework.

Also I'm clearly depressed again. I'm so sick of this. I wish that my mood would match my life. I know I should feel happy but I don't.

Darkness and despair etc.

At least back when I was a little mini-goth being depressed made me feel cool-- now it's just like having a cold-- it gets in the way of doing stuff-- I can't get in to it and "enjoy it" it' ( Read more... )

Is there a sequence in l2 that converges to every possible sequence in l2... are there elements in l2 which are like the transcendental numbers... in that they are not governed by a polynomial, but they are still convergent when you square the terms ( Read more... )