August 2010
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“You can’t convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on...”
– Carl Sagan. The title of today’s but does if float. Whilst I concur with the second half of the quotation, I feel very uneasy about the first statement.
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“Scientists have faith that the material world can be explained through observation and logic. So do religious...
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“The metric academics need to hit is “good enough,” and after that,...”
– Iterate toward perfection - Matt Might.
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“It was also a wake up call for me, living in cultures that endorse “instant”...”
– Lana was just one of the amazing people I met at Roche Continents. Here she recognises a great point: The course as a call for a passionate, engaged life. We all can be so much better.
I really must get around to writing my own thoughts on the whole surreal experience, before the memories start to...
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Quid Est Deus. A live translation →
On Monday I had the pleasure of hearing Wolgang Rihm’s epic cantata for choir and orchestra Quid Est Deus (What is God?) performed in Salzburg’s beautiful Kollegienkirche.
It consists of twenty four answers to the question What is God?, taken from a Latin text from the Apocrypha, ascribed to the mythical Hermes Trismegistus. The programme to the Kontinent Rihm concert series, of...
“I looked at the children asleep after dinner before joining Henry [Asquith, the...”
– Prime Minister Asquith’s wife, Margot, on 4th August 1914.
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Now everything changes
Roche Continents at the Salzburg Festival was the most surreal event of my life. I’m simply lost for any sort of words to describe it. Amazing people; incredible creativity; beautiful, inspiring and shocking music; Ridiculous generosity.
To maintain the suspense for future participants, I’ll avoid discussing the magical programme of events, but hopefully I’ll post something on...