Let Ithaka be always in your thoughts.
To get there is your goal and destiny.
But do not hasten to your journey’s end:
it’s better if it lasts for many years
so that you'll reach the island when you’re old,
wealthy with all you’ve gained along the way,
not hoping Ithaka will make you rich.
Your marvellous journey is Ithaka’s gift.
Without her you would not have started out.
But she has nothing more to give you now.
And if you find she's poor, you’ve not been fooled.
So wise have you become, so much you’ve learned,
that you will know what Ithakas must be.
Source: Seen in passing on X-Twitter. Holler if you want the whole thing.
Author/Translator: Armand D'Angour, Professor of Classics, Oxford. Cello lover. Larkin about. Turning life into Latin verse, one hexameter at a time. Podcast “It’s All Greek (& Latin!) to Me”.
Posted: Feb 06
Remarkably similar, including the lighting and the clouds. I was thinking how ubiquitous the grasses of the earth, as that common Aussie Masked Lapwing could be sitting in my backyard and who would know it was not in Sydney but the photographer? The grasses in both “red” locales also increase the sense of familiarity. To my eye, the red rocks of Prince Edward Island and the red earth in the state of Georgia have the same hue, which must be iron. Now, there’s a research project for a less busy day!
Laurna – It took me a while but now I see what you mean – and why. These shots are both the hill in Alice Springs. (Sorry – I was talking about two places and showing two photos, but from only one place.) As I understand it, red soil/rock always indicates oxidized iron, wherever it occurs.
Nice golden light on red rock/soil. Great timing Isabel.
Jim – Yes, it was extraordinary light. We went there before dawn on purpose, but got better than we had any right to expect.