tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post6181892353954822743..comments2023-11-02T03:10:39.674-07:00Comments on GeeeeeZ!: GRACE...U2Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-91842222558935975982012-06-21T12:58:00.397-07:002012-06-21T12:58:00.397-07:00IndeedIndeedelmers brotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382038085149828957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-66729714452937875712012-06-21T11:43:14.401-07:002012-06-21T11:43:14.401-07:00Morning Glory....Evening Grace, Elbro :-)Morning Glory....Evening Grace, Elbro :-)Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-87526509550023838772012-06-21T11:31:32.552-07:002012-06-21T11:31:32.552-07:00And grace to giveAnd grace to giveelmers brotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382038085149828957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-73235077988220733782012-06-21T10:13:24.116-07:002012-06-21T10:13:24.116-07:00Bunkerville, thanks...
it's a very personal th...Bunkerville, thanks...<br />it's a very personal thing. <br />I wish I could say more. SOme day, I might have to. I hope not.<br /><br />FrogBurger, it's a beautiful name, isn't it.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-30322123260520202012012-06-21T09:13:27.346-07:002012-06-21T09:13:27.346-07:00I love the word and first name "Grace." ...I love the word and first name "Grace." If I had a daughter that would be the name I would give her.<br /><br />FrogBurgerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-17288645919868572412012-06-21T07:43:24.012-07:002012-06-21T07:43:24.012-07:00Good one for today and nice reminder.Good one for today and nice reminder.Bunkervillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427978686579892380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-51653793231877086992012-06-21T07:16:46.255-07:002012-06-21T07:16:46.255-07:00..but then, where would the risk in drinking from .....but then, where would the risk in drinking from the offered outstretched cup be?Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-60759095506082758782012-06-21T07:14:58.114-07:002012-06-21T07:14:58.114-07:00Ouch! And if only everyone always had all the fac...Ouch! And if only everyone always had all the facts.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-41474122417754461242012-06-21T07:13:03.194-07:002012-06-21T07:13:03.194-07:00Grace by Christ, Grace from people.....what a peac...Grace by Christ, Grace from people.....what a peace that brings.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-55384861344477814262012-06-21T07:11:01.563-07:002012-06-21T07:11:01.563-07:00SF, it's an odd one, I know, but it's very...SF, it's an odd one, I know, but it's very important to me, as is Elbro's friendship.<br />I'm glad you appreciated it.<br /><br />Elbro, thanks.xx<br /><br />Joe, and if only everyone understood boundaries and the feelings of others, right?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-15540273230228522582012-06-21T07:09:59.247-07:002012-06-21T07:09:59.247-07:00...or atop neo-Gothic cathedrals performed under t......or atop <a href="http://youtu.be/irlQiGnUuMQ" rel="nofollow">neo-Gothic cathedrals</a> performed under the watchful eye of a singular genius. ;)Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-5067741078438449592012-06-21T07:05:41.297-07:002012-06-21T07:05:41.297-07:00The omission of several relative categories, inclu...<i>The omission of several relative categories, including a broader Chinese art category or an Indian art category, are due to a lack of identifiable figures as most of the work is anonymous.</i><br /><br />Slave labor inside Egyptian pyramids...Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-27932298743389471622012-06-21T07:00:12.841-07:002012-06-21T07:00:12.841-07:00Anonymous outside of China? Most definitely.
But...Anonymous outside of China? Most definitely.<br /><br />But then, China has been around for a lot LONGER than most cultures last. And with a billion )plus) citizens, there's GOT to be a least ONE or TWO genius' (by definition) amongst them, even today. :)Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-22445751175367836382012-06-21T06:42:26.174-07:002012-06-21T06:42:26.174-07:00I was amused by the contention at your link that m...I was amused by the contention at your link that most Chinese artists are anonymous, Farmer.<br /><br />Utter nonsense.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-54416703994285719232012-06-21T06:30:41.710-07:002012-06-21T06:30:41.710-07:00The obverse "grace" argument from Robin ...The <a href="http://youtu.be/PVBdnY3WgPY" rel="nofollow">obverse "grace" argument</a> from Robin Trower (as Xeno would do for Parmenides)-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-77523623705773735472012-06-21T06:06:13.493-07:002012-06-21T06:06:13.493-07:00You can read about them here.You can read about them <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Accomplishment" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-65547704586016405492012-06-21T06:02:31.922-07:002012-06-21T06:02:31.922-07:00Some for the pleasures here below
Others yearn for...<i>Some for the pleasures here below<br />Others yearn for The Prophet's Paradise to come;<br />Ah, take the cash and let the credit go,<br />Nor heed the rumble of a distant drum<br /><br />And much as Wine has played the Infidel<br />And robbed me of my robe of Honour, well ...<br />I often wonder what the vintners buy<br />One half so precious as the stuff they sell<br /><br />For some we loved, the loveliest and best<br />That from His rolling vintage Time has pressed,<br />Have drunk their glass a round or two before,<br />And one by one crept silently to rest<br /><br />But helpless pieces in the game He plays<br />Upon this chequer-board of Nights and Days<br />He hither and thither moves, and checks ... and slays<br />Then one by one, back in the Closet lays<br /><br />"The Moving Finger writes: and, having writ,<br />Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit<br />Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,<br />Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it."</i><br /><br />"Ditto"<br /><br />Every culture experienced at least ONE genius over its' peaks and valleys. But only one culture has consistly produced THOUSANDS of them.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-44193331040301890632012-06-21T05:41:58.649-07:002012-06-21T05:41:58.649-07:00Bono's a pretty spiritual guy. I had not hear...Bono's a pretty spiritual guy. I had not heard that song. Thanks for this post!Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-18117160497167792362012-06-21T05:36:25.228-07:002012-06-21T05:36:25.228-07:00I was disturbed that
he brought me into being,
and...I was disturbed that<br />he brought me into being,<br />and nothing has grown <br />through my life<br />like my bewilderment at it.<br />We’re forced to depart,<br />and don’t even know what<br />the point is <br />of all this coming <br />and going and being.<br /><br />---<br />from Omar Khayyam’s RubaiyatDucky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-8866278953839131082012-06-21T05:29:22.504-07:002012-06-21T05:29:22.504-07:00Thanks Z, its me who is blessed to call you friend...Thanks Z, its me who is blessed to call you friend.elmers brotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382038085149828957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-45530428704322578082012-06-21T04:39:13.281-07:002012-06-21T04:39:13.281-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-10916287713011894352012-06-21T04:38:40.027-07:002012-06-21T04:38:40.027-07:00The quality of mercy is not strain'd,
It dropp...<i>The quality of mercy is not strain'd,<br />It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven<br />Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;<br />It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:<br />'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes<br />The throned monarch better than his crown;<br />His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,<br />The attribute to awe and majesty,<br />Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;<br />But mercy is above this sceptred sway;<br />It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,<br />It is an attribute to God himself;<br />And earthly power doth then show likest God's<br />When mercy seasons justice. </i> - Shakespeare, "Merchant of Venice"<br /><br />Elbro's a rock. No doubt about it. ;)Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-28255137788804844372012-06-21T02:17:05.745-07:002012-06-21T02:17:05.745-07:00Wouldn't hurt for most of us to exude more gra...Wouldn't hurt for most of us to exude more grace-ciousness.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09693381971064363612noreply@blogger.com