Thursday, October 11, 2012

Away from Tawdry Empty Stimuli


Okay—no, seriously, I am here.  Only rustic in that this lovely building is made of old adobe, with thick walls muffling sound.

I do look out on trees, and birds, and fog; and shall do nothing for four days but write and read.

Heaven!

... the greatest menace to our capacity for contemplation is the incessant fabrication of tawdry empty stimuli which kill the receptivity of the soul. 
—Josef Pieper, Happiness and Contemplation





image:  The Adobe on Green

2 comments:

  1. This is really heaven indeed!
    I wonder where it is...

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  2. Santa Cruz; just over the coastal mountains from home (but far removed).

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