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As a comment to Naming Infinity: A True Story of Religious Mysticism and Mathematical Creativity, a book by Loren Graham and Jean-Michel Kantor, I post this image “Vespers” by John Singer Sargent.
I love it for the expression of a specific concentration of mind which could be read as mystical — or mathematical, if one inclined so. What is the difference, after all? This is a common facial expression of a person in communication with the deepest level of his subconsciousness. Sargent painted “Vespers” in an Orthodox monastery at Corfu, but I have seen the same faces, in the same kind of mediterranean light, say, at Luminy.
The painting is in a museum in Liverpool, I can attest that the original is much subtler than any reproduction.
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- black lion
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- lion at bellecour
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- lion at cafe leffe
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- another lion at bellecour
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- lion at villemanzy
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- lion on a bridge
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- pink lion
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- winged lion
Halle de Lyon
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- lionathalledelyon
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- ladyandlion
Посольский тракт
A mesmerising painting. This photograph gives only a hint of a subtle interplay of colours.
Osman Hamdi Bey, The Tortoise Trainer
The legendary Kawiarnia Szkocka of 1930-s (when I visited the place some years ago, it was called "Кафе Диетическое"). I cannot read on the photo its current name.
Today is the 105th anniversary of the birth of one Mr. Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to the world as the incredible, indelible Dr. Seuss. Nowadays, the real fame is when you are celebrated by Google:
… to infuse confidence into the failing financial sector. A screenshot of a real Google search, for “dunfermline building society”, at 10:06 am 27 Feb 2009:
Ooops!
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