Again, following on from clarity.
In 1894 Gustav Klimt was commissioned to do three paintings for the University of Vienna entitled Philosophy, Medicine and Jurisprudence.
This is the picture he presented for Philosophy:
The philosophy professors were outraged when they saw this and refused to accept his paintings. They wanted an image showing “The triumph of light over darkness” [...]
Following on from clarity.
When we have a clear understanding of something, is this called wisdom? So the wise person is the person who sees things clearly? Perhaps. In think wisdom is more intuitive and wide ranging than the clarity I have been writing about, although I may be over estimating the role of education and [...]
I recently realised that one of the big goals in my life is the pursuit of clarity. Clarity in all things, in my understanding of myself, my relationships and those around me. Clarity in an intellectual sense; that I have clear justified opinions crafted out of deep and sound knowledge. Clarity in an emotional sense, that I am [...]
Part of my motive for getting involved in the smallholding was to understand, and gain some experience of, the process in which animals are reared and processed to produce the steak or joint in the butchers. With this in mind, we recently took the pigs to slaughter at a local abattoir.
I wasn’t really sure how emotional this was [...]
Autumn is here.
The next candidate I would like to consider as part of my Modern Cathedrals series (Part 1 here) is the stadium.
Stadiums are amongst the largest, most open and community-centred buildings of our time. A stadium is one of the few buildings where tens of thousands of people can come together for a single purpose, or to [...]