http://elizabethmyers.vox.com/library/posts/2007/05/page/1/ en Vox Wed, 02 May 2007 23:25:04 -0400 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://elizabethmyers.vox.com/library/post/distinctions.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Liza Myers) http://elizabethmyers.vox.com/library/post/distinctions.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://elizabethmyers.vox.com/library/post/distinctions.html?_c=feed-rss-full Wed, 02 May 2007 23:25:04 -0400 <p><span style="color: #df8504"><a name="ThomasJefferson"></a><span style="color: #cc6600"><em>I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern.</em></span></span><span style="color: #df8504"><span style="color: #cc6600"><em>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; - Thomas Jefferson</em></span><br /></span>A brilliant man, who lived in a hopeful time. The young nation was full of possibilities, without the scars and traumas of middle aged politics.. in a world where communication took weeks, and horrors and atrocities were not facilitated by technology. Global annihilation by any number of means didn&#39;t hover constantly in his consciousness. <span style="color: #df8504"><br /><em>I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.- Jefferson</em><br /></span>Interesting that he would choose the altar of God, when there is so much hostility and tyranny engendered by intolerant religion.<span style="color: #df8504"><br /><span style="color: #000000">I am hopeful for the French elections, hopeful for the turning political tide<span style="color: #df8504">.<span style="color: #000000">Segolene Royal is a hopeful person.</span></span></span><br /></span> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00d09e453ffbbe2b00d4143270226a47" at:format="medium" at:align="left" class="enclosure enclosure-left enclosure-medium photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center; float: left;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://elizabethmyers.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e453ffbbe2b00d4143270226a47.html"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d09e453ffbbe2b00d4143270226a47-200pi" alt="Thomas Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://elizabethmyers.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e453ffbbe2b00d4143270226a47.html" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <span style="color: #000000">Meanwhile, back at the farm, long days on Wednesdays teaching from 9 am to 9 pm: college students all day, and a fabulous group of adults in the evening. Dedicated to their work, eager for info and technique, it is a balm to the weary muse to work with them.<br />Now the week is mine, wholly mine, from today until next Wednesday, to paint and work with clay. Except for a FEW other commitments and obligations. <br />Tonight I painted watercolor with my class... So much fun, such a re-entry into a celebration of color. New Gamboge, Orange, opera and permanent magenta create such vibrant and intense reds. Energy and flow made visible. Thomas Jefferson would have loved it.<br /></span><span style="color: #000000"><br />Spring beckons, FINALLY! The seasons are shifting: spring is later...everything is later. Everything is unpredictable, unreliable.<br />Friends dropped off two tiny bloodroot starts from their forest garden, resilient starshaped blossoms atop the slender orange stems. They sat in rainy mist last night, and tomorrow I will put them in a cozy spot in our woodland and hope they are happy enough over the winter to re-emerge next spring.<br />Now to drive home under the full moon..<br /></span></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://elizabethmyers.vox.com/library/post/distinctions.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e453ffbbe2b00d41434d1583c7f?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> hope thomas jefferson bloodroot new gamboge