Monthly Archives: November 2007
By Tim Girvin at 2:45 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Lines of thought: sight lines 11.28 | NYC ….. What about lines? I’ve been thinking about them. And they’re everywhere. Obviously. But what I’m curious about is the patterning of the line — and what lies in the heart of … Continue reading →
By Tim Girvin at 10:35 am on Saturday, November 17, 2007
Yes, that is a star in the branches. —- to your notes on Gratitude. —- Getting up, starting that day, this day, thinking about that — what more to be thank full for? What more, to be given to me … Continue reading →
By Tim Girvin at 11:30 am on Sunday, November 4, 2007
Indian Journal How beauty, full — the people. i ask you: really, what could be better than watching — and photographing, the people? There’s nothing more fascinating for me — than the people. And in India, and surely in Bhutan, … Continue reading →
By Tim Girvin at 10:10 am on Sunday, November 4, 2007
Indian Journal It works. Somehow. It does. I’ve wondered about that idea about the collapse of some civilizational virtues; it all falls apart. But being in India — and at points, Bhutan, you see in a way how it works, … Continue reading →
By Tim Girvin at 9:31 am on Sunday, November 4, 2007
Beginning now. Just after 4.00am, here in Delhi. Haven’t picked up a new mail in several days — due to the annoying habit of this computer / emailing system wanting to rebuild every single mail from the last month. But, … Continue reading →
By Tim Girvin at 9:32 am on Saturday, November 3, 2007
Indian Journal In a way, these two images say something of what the opening of Delhi felt like for me — physically, emotionally. Hot, disconnected, out of focus — slightly poisonous. Dizzying and entirely disorienting. India(ns) 11.03 The character of … Continue reading →
By Tim Girvin at 11:35 am on Friday, November 2, 2007
She | 11.2 | Paro Dzongdrakha Gompa We see things, those remote places, and decide it’s worth climbing to them, exploring them. And if you look out there, to virtually any vista, there’s something tucked up there, attached in some … Continue reading →
By Tim Girvin at 8:31 am on Friday, November 2, 2007
Blessings | His Holiness Je Khenpo On the day of our departing, there was a massive blessing ceremony by the one person whose relationship to the King of Bhutan is on an equal. This is His Holiness Je Khenpo. Arising … Continue reading →
By Tim Girvin at 12:35 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2007
We’d gone to a massive ceremony celebrating the presence of His Holiness Je Khenpo, this, actually, being at the end of the trip, the end of a day so long and filled with experiences and adventure, that I’d thought really … Continue reading →
By Tim Girvin at 10:42 am on Thursday, November 1, 2007
Bhutan Journal I’ve been thinking about the concept of the stair. You go up. You go down. There are the two ways; there’s not much else. One path, ascension. One path, descent. I’m finding myself being focused on that, the … Continue reading →