tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post2118879364590689224..comments2024-01-19T08:08:23.595-08:00Comments on All of My Faults Are Stress-Related: Wooded Mountains at DuskKimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07738706550175991130noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post-38197228430281054112008-06-17T11:42:00.000-07:002008-06-17T11:42:00.000-07:00The links didn't paste properly on the last post. ...The links didn't paste properly on the last post. Oh well. The "Main Street, Vogogna" gives a nice sense of the area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post-635719624124085602008-06-17T11:39:00.000-07:002008-06-17T11:39:00.000-07:00I like mountains with a long record of human habit...I like mountains with a long record of human habitation and creature comforts. Historians' mountains.<BR/><BR/>Like the Italian Alps I visited a month ago. This little one had a nice medieval village on top with a restaurant. Not to mention the stone town at the base (surmounted by the castle seen in the photo).<BR/><BR/>http://gs268.photobucket.com/groups/jj11/OP79KI1KZ/?action=view¤t=JoCastelloVisconteo.jpg<BR/><BR/>Some ruins with altitude:<BR/><BR/>http://gs268.photobucket.com/groups/jj11/OP79KI1KZ/?action=view¤t=JoPanoramico2.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post-69434647768620032632008-06-15T19:11:00.000-07:002008-06-15T19:11:00.000-07:00Kim, I grew up in the far east when Nixon visited ...Kim, I grew up in the far east when Nixon visited China. Prior to two of the envoys giving a slide show to my elementary school, I had assumed that the Chinese art in all the museums I had seen depicting mountains such as these was an abstraction and clearly not like any mountains I had ever seen. I was sure that no mountains looked like that. When the envoys gave the slide show with pictures of China's southwestern karst terrain, my ten-year-old mind was truly blown away. Thanks for the reminder of my childhood awe.coconinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050625735753145388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post-40201040869060591542008-06-15T18:03:00.000-07:002008-06-15T18:03:00.000-07:00Kim, I think the combination of the painting and p...Kim, I think the combination of the painting and poem evoke a real inspiring and calming effect at the same time. And the poem reminds me of some of Edward Abbey's writing about the desert.Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post-39378996563715577232008-06-15T10:06:00.000-07:002008-06-15T10:06:00.000-07:00Oooo. Lovely. Thanks for sharing!Oooo. Lovely. Thanks for sharing!The Ridger, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.com