tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post3224223302706183661..comments2024-03-27T15:44:43.564-08:00Comments on What Do I Know?: The Idea Of The Getty - Homage to Man's Power To Conquer NatureStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-25623185537028530192011-01-07T16:34:30.594-09:002011-01-07T16:34:30.594-09:00nswfm, they have been nice. I've got a pictur...nswfm, they have been nice. I've got a picture from last night I haven't had a chance to put up. Perhaps a post of miscellaneous LA shots. And I hope I made it clear that man's assault is ultimately in vain, but with much collateral damage in the meantime.<br /><br />Thomás, yes, this is one of your themes, so glad you think I did it ok.<br /><br />Jay, Ah yes, thank you. I read that first at UCLA long ago. <br /><br />Thanks to all for your comments.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-77534230548070216912011-01-07T12:45:08.746-09:002011-01-07T12:45:08.746-09:00Ah, sounds neo-Romantic!
I met a traveler from an...Ah, sounds neo-Romantic!<br /><br />I met a traveler from an antique land<br />Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,<br />Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,<br />And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,<br />Tell that its sculptor well those passions read<br />Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;<br />And on the pedestal these words appear:<br />“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:<br />Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”<br />Nothing beside remains. Round the decay<br />Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare<br />The lone and level sands stretch far away.<br /><br />Percy Bysshe Shelley » OzymandiasJacob Dugan-Brausehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06287631724339961459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-50386488211746069262011-01-07T11:45:56.491-09:002011-01-07T11:45:56.491-09:00Steve, a really great post.Steve, a really great post.Tomás Serranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02226351503142214617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-55991946261517486892011-01-07T11:31:14.215-09:002011-01-07T11:31:14.215-09:00Oh, nature will always win in the end. But I'm...Oh, nature will always win in the end. But I'm glad you are here to enjoy the wintertime sunsets.nswfmnoreply@blogger.com