Nino con hambre, Mexico, 1976: photo by Marcelo Montecino, 5 November 2013
Santuario de Luciérnagas, Bosque Esmeralda… Amecameca, EDOMEX 2018… : photo by Fermin Guzman, 21 July 2018
Santuario de Luciérnagas, Bosque Esmeralda… Amecameca, EDOMEX 2018… : photo by Fermin Guzman, 21 July 2018
Santuario de Luciérnagas, Bosque Esmeralda… Amecameca, EDOMEX 2018… : photo by Fermin Guzman, 21 July 2018
The Human Condition, Mexico: photo by Marcelo Montecino, 12 February 2005
Veracruz, Mexico: photo by Marcelo Montecino, 9 March 2005
Santuario de Luciérnagas, Bosque Esmeralda… Amecameca, EDOMEX 2018… : photo by Fermin Guzman, 21 July 2018
Santuario de Luciérnagas, Bosque Esmeralda… Amecameca, EDOMEX 2018… : photo by Fermin Guzman, 21 July 2018
Santuario de Luciérnagas, Bosque Esmeralda… Amecameca, EDOMEX 2018… : photo by Fermin Guzman, 21 July 2018
Andrew Marvell: The Mower to the Glo-worms (Millennial Displacement, in Time of the Trepidation of Nations)
Noctilucent clouds, Kuresoo bog, Soomaa National Park, Estonia: photo by Martin Koitmäe, 2009
Noctilucent clouds, Kuresoo bog, Soomaa National Park, Estonia: photo by Martin Koitmäe, 2009
The Mower to the Glo-worms
I
Ye Living Lamps, by whose dear light
The Nightingale does sit so late,
And studying all the Summer-night,
Her matchless Songs does meditate;
Ye Living Lamps, by whose dear light
The Nightingale does sit so late,
And studying all the Summer-night,
Her matchless Songs does meditate;
Female Glow Worm (Lampyris noctiluca) in field grass, Princes Risborough, Bucks.: photo by Timo Newton-Syms, 2007
Ye Country Comets, that portend
No War, nor Prince’s funeral,
Shining unto no higher end
Than to presage the Grasses fall;
Contrail across tail of Comet 2004/F4, seen from Cactus Flats: photo by The Starmon, 2004
Ye Glo-worms, whose officious Flame
To wandring Mowers shows the way,
That in the Night have lost their aim,
And after foolish Fires do stray;
Laser beam directed toward the centre of the Milky Way from Yepun laser star guide facility at ESO Paranal Observatory, Chile, crossing the southern sky and creating an artificial star at 90 km. altitude in Earth's mesosphere: photo by ESO/Yuri Beletsky, 2010
Your courteous Lights in vain you wast,
Since Juliana here is come,
For She my Mind hath so displac’d
That I shall never find my home.
Glow-worm heaven [Lampyris noctiluca swarm], Waitomo Caves, Waitako, New Zealand: photo by milkthebasic, 23 October 2006
Andrew Marvell (1621-1678): The Mower to the Glo-worms [summer 1650 or summer 1651], from Miscellaneous Poems, 1681
Child Sick with Malaria, Southern Mexico: photo by Marcelo Montecino, 12 August 2014
Texcoco, EDOMEX 2018… [Santa Catarina del Monte, Mexico]: photo by Fermin Guzman, 16 July 2018
Texcoco, EDOMEX 2018… [Santa Catarina del Monte, Mexico]: photo by Fermin Guzman, 16 July 2018
Texcoco, EDOMEX 2018… [Santa Catarina del Monte, Mexico]: photo by Fermin Guzman, 16 July 2018
Sierra Madre, Mexico: photo by Marcelo Montecino, 10 November 2006
Amecameca, EDOMEX 2018… [Barrio San Juan, Amecameca de Juarez, Mexico]: photo by Fermin Guzman, 21 July 2018
Amecameca, EDOMEX 2018… [Barrio San Juan, Amecameca de Juarez, Mexico]: photo by Fermin Guzman, 21 July 2018
Amecameca, EDOMEX 2018… [Barrio San Juan, Amecameca de Juarez, Mexico]: photo by Fermin Guzman, 21 July 2018
Child Sick with Malaria, Southern Mexico: photo by Marcelo Montecino, 12 August 2014
Texcoco, EDOMEX 2018… [Santa Catarina del Monte, Mexico]: photo by Fermin Guzman, 16 July 2018
Texcoco, EDOMEX 2018… [Santa Catarina del Monte, Mexico]: photo by Fermin Guzman, 16 July 2018
Texcoco, EDOMEX 2018… [Santa Catarina del Monte, Mexico]: photo by Fermin Guzman, 16 July 2018
Mexico, 1981, 222776622mm-29m: photo by Marcelo Montecino, 23 October 2013
One night in the fog | San Francisco CA: photo by Robert Ogilvie, 18 July 2018
One enchanted morning | San Francisco CA: photo by Robert Ogilvie, 26 July 2018
Bus stop | San Francisco CA: photo by Robert Ogilvie, 26 July 2018
nasa tailfeathers, tucson, az. | a derelict lockheed C-130 hercules cargo plane rots in an arizona airplane boneyard. NASA 707 NC-130B was used for earth survey research in the 1970s and was retired to the boneyard in 2000.: photo by eyetwist, 2 March 2015
it's a long ride from the big top to the big house. 2018. | no clowning around in the junkyard after dark. nikon D7000 + nikkor 10-24mm, 2min exposure under full moon, light painting with protomachines flashlight. [california desert]: photo by eyetwist, 27 June 2018
it's a long ride from the big top to the big house. 2018. | no clowning around in the junkyard after dark. nikon D7000 + nikkor 10-24mm, 2min exposure under full moon, light painting with protomachines flashlight. [california desert]: photo by eyetwist, 27 June 2018
it's a long ride from the big top to the big house. 2018. | no clowning around in the junkyard after dark. nikon D7000 + nikkor 10-24mm, 2min exposure under full moon, light painting with protomachines flashlight. [california desert]: photo by eyetwist, 27 June 2018
The Lords of Altamont | Next to 580, late at night. The first climb out of Livermore, up the eastbound side, you know the spot. 337-second exposure, full moon and Protomachines flashlight.: photo by Troy Paiva, 13 July 2014
The Two Towers [Sacramento County]: photo by Dave Van Hulsteyn, 1 October 2017
Broken arch alley [south LA]: photo by Andrew Murr, 26 July 2018
Headlight on wall [eastside LA]: photo by Andrew Murr, 27 July 2018
Self portrait with googly eyes #elcerrito #eastbay #sfbayarea #california #Neighborhood #house #rocklawn #googlyeyes: photo by neocles, 4 July 2018
#mural #albany #eastbay #sfbayarea #california #ohlonetrail #hipstamatic #photohgraphy: photo by neocles, 14 July 2018
Neighborhood Nights (Slow return) [El Cerrito, CA]: photo by neocles, 14 February 2018
Cactus and Laundry [Oakland, CA]: photo by neocles, 4 February 2015
Marin Deer 1/4 [China Camp, Marin County]: photo by neocles, 6 February 2016
Owens Valley Crepuscular [Swall Meadows, Owens Valley]: photo by neocles, 22 August 2012
Smoke has clouded the air in Yosemite’s famous valley.: photo by Noah Berger/AP, 27 July 2018
Smoke swirling through clouds in Shasta County #CarrFire US Forest Service calls it a Pyrocumulus smoke column: image via Kim StephensVerifiedaccount @KimKMPH, 27 July 2018
Here are recent maps of the #CarrFire using satellite detected heat signatures (MODIS) and aircraft mapped heat signatures (CalFire). #cawx: image via NWS Sacramento @NWSSacramento, 7:37 AM, 27 July 2018
Here are recent maps of the #CarrFire using satellite detected heat signatures (MODIS) and aircraft mapped heat signatures (CalFire). #cawx: image via NWS Sacramento @NWSSacramento, 7:37 AM, 27 July 2018
Dozens of homes have been destroyed as the #CarrFire continues to burn out of control in #Redding CA. One #firefighter dozer operator has died and three others were injured battling the 28,000 acre blaze.: image via Justin Sullivan @sullyphoto, 27 July 2018
Dozens of homes have been destroyed as the #CarrFire continues to burn out of control in #Redding CA. One #firefighter dozer operator has died and three others were injured battling the 28,000 acre blaze.: image via Justin Sullivan @sullyphoto, 27 July 2018
Dozens of homes have been destroyed as the #CarrFire continues to burn out of control in #Redding CA. One #firefighter dozer operator has died and three others were injured battling the 28,000 acre blaze.: image via Justin Sullivan @sullyphoto, 27 July 2018
Dozens of homes have been destroyed as the #CarrFire continues to burn out of control in #Redding CA. One #firefighter dozer operator has died and three others were injured battling the 28,000 acre blaze.: image via Justin Sullivan @sullyphoto, 27 July 2018
Residents flee California wildfire as it tears through towns | Photo Noah Berger: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 27 July 2018
Residents flee California wildfire as it tears through towns | Photo Noah Berger: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 27 July 2018
Residents flee California wildfire as it tears through towns | Photo Noah Berger: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 27 July 2018
Residents flee California wildfire as it tears through towns | Photo Noah Berger: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 27 July 2018
“Blood moon” eclipse, as viewed today from Corsica: #AFP: image via Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC, 27 July 2018
Emergency workers among damaged vehicles in a open parking area of northern Athens after a flash flood struck the Greek capital.: photo by Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty Images, 27 July 2018
Extreme global weather is 'the face of climate change' says leading scientist: Prof Michael Mann declares the impacts of global warming are now ‘playing out in real-time’: Damian Carrington, Environment Editor, The Guardian, 27 July 2018 (extract)
Prof Mann said that asking if climate change “causes” specific events
is the wrong question: “The relevant question is: ‘Is climate change
impacting these events and making them more extreme?’, and we can say
with great confidence that it is.”
Other senior scientists agree the link is clear. Serious climate change is “unfolding before our eyes”, said Prof Rowan Sutton, at the University of Reading. “No one should be in the slightest surprised that we are seeing very serious heatwaves and associated impacts in many parts of the world.”
It is not too late to make the significant cuts needed in greenhouse
gas emissions, said Mann, because the impacts progressively worsen as
global warming increases.“It is not going off a cliff, it is like walking out into a
minefield,” he said. “So the argument it is too late to do something
would be like saying: ‘I’m just going to keep walking’. That would be
absurd – you reverse course and get off that minefield as quick as you
can. It is really a question of how bad it is going to get.”
People on Bournemouth beach enjoy the summer weather while it lasts. Humidity is expected to peak on Friday.: photo by Andrew Matthews/PA, 25 July 2018
epa editor's choice 26 July 2018: Supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) celebrate a day after
general elections in Peshawar, Pakistan, 26 July 2018. Former cricketer
and PTI leader Imran Khan on 26 July has claimed victory in the parliamentary elections, amid threats of violence by extremist militant groups and allegations of fraud by rivals. #TehreekeInsaf #PakistanElection #PakistanElections2018 #PTI #ImranKhan #imrankhanPTI #Peshawar #Pakistan #epaphotos Photo epa-efe / Bilawal Arbab: image via epapphotos @epaphotos, 27 July 2018
#Pakistan Pakistani Muslim worshippers attend prayers at the illuminated Grand Faisal Mosque in Islamabad, #Pakistan Photo Aamir Qureshi: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAIILLY, 27 July 2018
#Pakistan Pakistani Muslim worshippers attend prayers at the illuminated Grand Faisal Mosque in Islamabad, #Pakistan Photo Aamir Qureshi: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAIILLY, 27 July 2018
Amecameca, EDOMEX 2018… [Barrio San Juan, Amecameca de Juarez, Mexico]: photo by Fermin Guzman, 21 July 2018
Amecameca, EDOMEX 2018… [Barrio San Juan, Amecameca de Juarez, Mexico]: photo by Fermin Guzman, 21 July 2018
Amecameca, EDOMEX 2018… [Barrio San Juan, Amecameca de Juarez, Mexico]: photo by Fermin Guzman, 21 July 2018
Texcoco, EDOMEX 2018… [Santa Catarina del Monte, Mexico]: photo by Fermin Guzman, 16 July 2018
Texcoco, EDOMEX 2018… [Santa Catarina del Monte, Mexico]: photo by Fermin Guzman, 16 July 2018
Texcoco, EDOMEX 2018… [Santa Catarina del Monte, Mexico]: photo by Fermin Guzman, 16 July 2018
Sleeping Child, Mexico DF: photo by Marcelo Montecino, 5 September 2015
Mexico, 1981, 222776622mm29-m: photo by Marcelo Montecino, 23 October 2013
In the shade | Bon Tempe Lake, Marin Co. [Fairfax, Ca.]: photo by efo, 17 July 2018
In the shade | Bon Tempe Lake, Marin Co. [Fairfax, Ca.]: photo by efo, 17 July 2018
In the shade | Bon Tempe Lake, Marin Co. [Fairfax, Ca.]: photo by efo, 17 July 2018
So many bouncy houses | A Sunday in Richmond [Richmond, Ca.]: photo by efo, 16 July 2018
So many bouncy houses | A Sunday in Richmond [Richmond, Ca.]: photo by efo, 16 July 2018
So many bouncy houses | A Sunday in Richmond [Richmond, Ca.]: photo by efo, 16 July 2018
bouncy houses
Prof Bo Peep said the little temples of whoops
and screams
and sugarfueled hyped into orbit space-x
kid attitude
up and down the block
express
societal release
i get flashes
now of scenes of unanticipated enigmatic
constrained
semi-societally licensed
latitude
played out in lives of ancestors dead long ago
under dusty palms on silent
white tacky little socal streets
all those grim whited out years
behind white windowlace in santa monica
of praying
going to church w pat o'brien and not praying
having an attitude in the dark confessional pews
having ww ii combat vet motorcycle cop
broken marriage ptsd
catching
rectal cancer
and never stopping
privately
wishing
they'd never left chicago
and screams
and sugarfueled hyped into orbit space-x
kid attitude
up and down the block
express
societal release
i get flashes
now of scenes of unanticipated enigmatic
constrained
semi-societally licensed
latitude
played out in lives of ancestors dead long ago
under dusty palms on silent
white tacky little socal streets
all those grim whited out years
behind white windowlace in santa monica
of praying
going to church w pat o'brien and not praying
having an attitude in the dark confessional pews
having ww ii combat vet motorcycle cop
broken marriage ptsd
catching
rectal cancer
and never stopping
privately
wishing
they'd never left chicago
Shining to no higher end
ReplyDeletethan to presage the grasses fall.
Duncan, It's forever a marvel to me that AM could have writ so beautifully when still such a young man, and so deeply in the lyric mode when all round, outside Fairfax's gardens, red war had been going on, and every battlefield had become a site of apocalyptic signs and omens, and like it or no everyone in England had a stake - though perhaps the fieldworkers had their attention on the chores, as the hired help must always do.
ReplyDeleteThe Von Karajan Brahms, magnificent.
None of the intensity or swelling spiritual enormity of world spirit in our Andy, though both these young men, still in their mid thirties, had produced such brilliant work so early.
Brahms would have been brooding - over the deaths of Clara Schumann and, a decade later, of his mother - we're told.
I've always had him down as the brooding sort.
"Inside, I never laugh."
"Life robs us of more than death does."
Obviously these are two distinct mind-sets, or time-ghosts more like.
Always amazed by the playfulness in Marvell, in despite of the parlous times. I think that has to be the 17th century mind. English falls off a cliff thereafter. Having already left us all that marvelous poetry - Marvell's the high point of it, to my belated understanding.
Well, no, Mr Marvel would have not even been 30 at the time he tossed off this nuanced little gem of cabinet poetry for the ages, which will be appreciated as long as there is English and as long as there are comets thought meaningful and civil wars breaking nations and families and yet fireflies in summer and young men in high summer discombobulated by beauty - though there again, what and whom Mr M might gave found beauteous, then, or ever, remains lockt within the mystery he will always be.
ReplyDeleteAfter all, we do know both Clara Schumann and Brahms' mother were actual historical persons, whereas Juliana, not so much... more idea than person.
By the by, while we're doing a minimal bit of background on the AM of the period of the Wars - and do forgive that, it's all down to the beautiful attention of Wooden Boy (thank you again WB!) - ought also to at least mention the great Chilean photographer Marcelo Montecino, intimate chronicler of decades of political repression and resistance; in his own very different epoch MM was equally or in fact far more than equally cognizant of the tragic depths of civil strife, within his family, his homeland, and indeed throughout a hemisphere.
ReplyDeleteHis work from Mexico and that of the contemporary Mexican photographer Fermin Guzman are here with Mr M's for a reason, though that reason may be obscure to everybody but me (wouldn't be the first time tbh).
Now also told that not everybody knows what a bouncy house is.
ReplyDeleteBut anybody who's not yet lost hearing and has loitered within a quarter mile of one will know.
Even the traffic roar can't compete with that level of bedlam.