War, Barbara Kingsolver

War, Barbara Kingsolver

There's a graveyard in northern France where all the dead boys from D-Day are buried. The white crosses reach from one horizon to the other. I remember looking it over and thinking it was a forest of graves. But the rows were like this, dizzying, diagonal, perfectly straight, so after all it wasn't a forest but an orchard of graves. Nothing to do with nature, unless you count human nature.

- Barbara Kingsolver (1955~)

프랑스 북부엔 D-데이 전사자들이 매장되어 있는 묘지가 있다. 하얀 십자가의 무덤이 지평선에서 지평선까지 이어지고 있다. 난 그것을 보며 묘비의 숲이라고 생각했던 걸 기억한다. 하지만 묘비의 행렬이 현기증이 날 정도로 완벽한 일직선으로 늘어져 있어서, 묘비의 숲이 아니라 묘비의 과수원이었던 것이다. 무수한 묘비가 펼쳐진 그런 광경은 자연이 만들어낸 게 아니라, 인간이 지닌 폭력성이 만들어낸 거라고 봐야만 했다

- 바바라 킹솔버

Image: Trevor Noah (right) and Barbara Kingsolver | Date: 30 May 2018 | Author: Terry Ballard from Merrick, New York, USA | Wikimedia Commons under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BookExpo_2018_(40684622550).jpg

Image: Trevor Noah (right) and Barbara Kingsolver | Date: 30 May 2018 | Author: Terry Ballard from Merrick, New York, USA | Wikimedia Commons under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BookExpo_2018_(40684622550).jpg

Life, Dewey Wilkerson

Life, Dewey Wilkerson


I guess all we can do is live our lives with as much kindness and decency as possible, and try not to dwell on God standing over us with a giant shovel.

- Dewey Wilkerson, Malcom in the Middle


나는 우리가 할 수 있는 모든 것은 가능한한 친절하고, 예절을 지키고, 커다란 삽을 들고 우리 곁에 서있는 신을 생각하지 않으려 노력하면서 살아가는 것이라고 생각합니다.

- 듀이, 말콤 인 더 미들



Trifolium repens (white clover)

Trifolium repens (white clover)

Image: Trifolium repens (white clover) | Date: 2 April 2010 | Author: Supportstorm | Source: Wikimedia Commons in the public domain | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trifolium_repens_Leaf_April_2,_2010.jpg

Image: Trifolium repens (white clover) | Date: 2 April 2010 | Author: Supportstorm | Source: Wikimedia Commons in the public domain | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trifolium_repens_Leaf_April_2,_2010.jpg

Cereus jamacaru

Cereus jamacaru

Image: Cereus jamacaru | CC-PD | Date: 1 April 2009 | Author: Tangopaso | Source: Wikimedia Commons in the public domain (CC-PD) | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cereus_uruguayanus_monstruosus.jpg

Exotic Garden of Monaco
Le Parc, 98000 Monaco
43°43'56.0"N 7°24'50.0"E
43.732222, 7.413889

Image: Cereus jamacaru | CC-PD | Date: 1 April 2009 | Author: Tangopaso | Source: Wikimedia Commons in the public domain (CC-PD) | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cereus_uruguayanus_monstruosus.jpg


Rain, Edith Sitwell

Rain, Dame Edith Sitwell


Still falls the rain --
Dark as the world of man, black as our loss --
Blind as the nineteen hundred and forty nails upon the Cross.

- Dame Edith Sitwell (1887~1964), Still falls the rain


아직도 비가 내린다 --
인간의 세계처럼 어두운, 우리의 상실(喪失)처럼 검은--
십자가에 박는 천구백 사십개의 못처럼 맹목(盲目)으로.

- 이디스 시트웰, 아직도 비가 내린다


Images: Sitwell Family; From left: Edith Sitwell (1887-1964), Sir George Sitwell, Lady Ida, Sacheverell Sitwell (1897-1988), and Osbert Sitwell (1892-1969)

Asphodelus ayardii

Asphodelus ayardii


Asphodelus ayardii is a species of asphodel found in North Africa and the Middle East.[1]


Image: Asphodelus ayardii | CC-PD | Date: 29 March 2010 | Author: Javier martin | Source: Wikimedia Commons in the public domain (CC-PD) | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asphodelus_ayardii_enfoque_2010-3-29_DehesaBoyalPuertollano.jpg[2]

Description
Asphodelus ayardii close up, Dehesa Boyal de Puertollano, Spain

Date
29 March 2010


Dehesa Boyal de Puertollano, Spain
38°40'59.9"N 4°06'00.0"W
38.683300, -4.100000
13500 Puertollano, Ciudad Real, Spain



[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asphodelus_ayardii

[2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asphodelus_ayardii_enfoque_2010-3-29_DehesaBoyalPuertollano.jpg


Advice, Sejong the Great

Advice, Sejong the Great


I am neither virtuous, nor skilful at governing. There will definitely be times when I do not act upon the heavens’ wishes. So look hard for my flaws and make me answer to their reprimands.

- Sejong the Great (1937~1450), 1425


나는 고결하지도, 통치에 능숙하지도 않소. 하늘의 뜻에 어긋날 때도 있을 것이오. 그러니 내 결점을 열심히 찾아보고, 내가 그 질책에 답하게 하시오.

- 세종 (世宗, 1937~1450), 1425년





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Ribes uva-crispa (gooseberry)

Ribes uva-crispa (gooseberry)

Image: Ribes uva-crispa (gooseberry) | CC-PD | Date: 26 March 2014 | Author: AnRo0002 | Source: Wikimedia Commons in the public domain (CC-PD) | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20140326Ribes_uva-crispa10.jpg

Reilingen, Germany

Image: Ribes uva-crispa (gooseberry) | CC-PD | Date: 26 March 2014 | Author: AnRo0002 | Source: Wikimedia Commons in the public domain (CC-PD) | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20140326Ribes_uva-crispa10.jpg

Beauty, Stendhal

Beauty, Stendhal


There are as many styles of beauty as there are visions of happiness.


- Stendhal (Marie Henri Beyle, 1783~1842), Love 


행복을 바라보는 시각처럼 아름다움의 스타일도 많은 종류가 있습니다.


- 스탕달 (Stendhal | Marie Henri Beyle, 1783~1842), Love 




Veronica persica (birdseye speedwell)

Veronica persica (birdseye speedwell)

Image: Veronica persica (birdseye speedwell) | CC-PD | Date: 21 March 2009 | Author: Kaldari | Source: Wikimedia Commons in the public domain | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Speedwell_1_Nashville.jpg

Image: Veronica persica (birdseye speedwell) | CC-PD | Date: 21 March 2009 | Author: Kaldari | Source: Wikimedia Commons in the public domain | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Speedwell_1_Nashville.jpg