tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577067803721337165.post7874797824740881876..comments2023-08-12T15:11:08.612+01:00Comments on Snapper and the Griffin: Love among the StarsGriffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863034333159354009noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577067803721337165.post-31948457400712085212008-04-12T04:00:00.000+01:002008-04-12T04:00:00.000+01:00It's a sculpture at Sydney's Olympic Park/designed...It's a sculpture at Sydney's Olympic Park/designed by Imants Tillers ~ an Australian artist..<BR/><BR/>the following from The Olympic Park website:<BR/><BR/>"Each of the six rungs of The Attractor bear a word from the lowest rung upwards, sensus, imaginatio, ratio, intellectus, intelligentia, verbum. <BR/><BR/>Sensus - percieve, feeling <BR/>Imaginatio - imagination <BR/>Ratio - account, reckoning, reason <BR/>Intellectus - understand, realise, meaning <BR/>Intelligentia - intelligence <BR/>Verbum - word, proverb <BR/><BR/>The Attractor was inspired by an illustration in a book by seventeenth century metaphysicist Robert Fludd."madameshawshankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07209343417985635423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577067803721337165.post-35406101580215532352008-04-11T08:56:00.000+01:002008-04-11T08:56:00.000+01:00Went goosebumpy as she disappeared into the sky......Went goosebumpy as she disappeared into the sky....oh oh oh what a journey she's having...star-dappled..'n such a meeting I imagine...I think she was exceptionally brave..to reach that top rung and then more..that stepping out and trusting to life business that some, a few, do. Can feel Stella urging us to climb our own particular stairways to heaven...Griffin, 5 stars!madameshawshankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07209343417985635423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577067803721337165.post-18529199983366195872008-04-10T18:21:00.000+01:002008-04-10T18:21:00.000+01:00Ahh, well astronomy is science, but love is magic!...Ahh, well astronomy is science, but love is magic!<BR/><BR/>Another story tomorrow... I hope! I am thinking about the image trying to let it speak to me. So far it's saying nothing! ;)Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863034333159354009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577067803721337165.post-65224348356295272102008-04-10T17:16:00.000+01:002008-04-10T17:16:00.000+01:00This makes me think of a singer named Keely Smith ...This makes me think of a singer named Keely Smith (anybody remember?) singing "Fly Me to the Moon". Which in turn makes me think of "Stairway to Heaven", (urban legend status!) Also Billy Pilgrim on Tralfamadore, and the Little Prince on his home asteroid!Rosemary in Utahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00368563504158928668noreply@blogger.com