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coronado sets out to gimhae

we set out west in the early afternoon. drove through mandeok tunnel and over the nakdong gang. arrived  around four in gimhae, ancient capital of the gaya kingdom. my new scooter, coronado, choked up climbing a hill.  it refused to restart. carburetor problems. all scooter shops were closed. we coasted on coronado down until the street leveled off. we pushed it for about a kilometer, passing old scrap metal dealers and sleepy streets. parked it under inje university’s light rail transit station next to two other dead scooters. we shall return for you.

coronado sets out to the north by frederic remington via wikipedia

frederic remington painter, sculptor, writer, illustrator.

harry truman’s rebuilding of the white house article in the new york times.

book to get:

the book of legendary lands by umberto eco

al andalus, granada y 1492


Lamento De Boabdil

Gaspar Cassadó – Integral Per Violoncel i Piano

Muhammad XII of Granada (Boabdil)

Les_Adieux du roi Boabdil a Grenade by Alfred Dehodencq (circa 1860) Musee d’Orsay.

Emirate of Cordoba

“…10th century cordoba was the most populous city in the world.”

from Cordoba, Andalusia  wikipedia entry.

foreign policy article. controversy over the mosque-cathedral of cordoba.

 

Al-Andalus

circa 1000 AD | via wikipedia

The Capitulation of Granada. Boabdil confronts Ferdinand and Isabella. Artist: Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz. 1882. via wikipedia

the course of empire

Thomas Cole

Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_The_Savage_State_1836

The Savage State

Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_The_Arcadian_or_Pastoral_State_1836

The Arcadian State

Cole_Thomas_The_Consummation_The_Course_of_the_Empire_1836

The Consummation of Empire

Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_Destruction_1836

Destruction

Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_Desolation_1836

Desolation

the course of empire
1833-1836

http://www.nyhistory.org/course-empire-thomas-cole
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Course_of_Empire

On display at New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
at Richard Gilder Way (77th Street)
New York, NY 10024

wabi sabi aesthetic

Zen and Mahayana Buddhism influence.
Imperfection. Simplicity. Transience. Economy. Asymmetry. As opposed to western Apollonian aesthetics.

Three marks of Existence.
Emptiness. Impermanence. suffering.

Wabi sabi style music: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shikanotoone_new.ogg

Desolation and solitude.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_garden

Read essay In Praise of Shadows by Tanizaki.

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ali/2010ema8600/tanizaki_in%20praise%20of%20shadows.pdf

see
mono no aware http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_no_aware

Found it while listening to The Man In The High Castle.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi