To worry is to be. To be is to worry.
I’ve come to realize that I don’t have the same level of intensity of thought of even some of today’s lesser philosophically minded, pseudo-insightful thinkers. This realization came to me as I was wandering through the Musée national du Moyen Âge (National Museum of the Middle Ages) in Paris. Before I get into how I [...]
A few posts ago I wrote about one of my visits to the Louvre and, in particular, the people checking out the Mona Lisa. Sometime later, I had another thought. The thought was getting terribly lonely in my brain, so I decided to let it out. Here it is: With all of the glass and [...]
After a late dinner—late by North American standards, but probably at roughly the socially correct time in the Parisian culture—on a rare rainless evening during my visit to Paris, I took a walk on the sidewalk of the broad boulevard that is the Champs-Elysées. Walking from the Place de la Concorde toward the Arc de [...]
In the Louvre, I wandered into a much-neglected gallery housing sculptures from Europe, mostly Italy. I’m writing these words a bit after the fact, so memory might not serve me exactly, but I seem to recall seeing pieces from between the 14th and 16th century, inclusive, in that lonely room. What struck me was a [...]
After spending time in a number of museums in Paris I’ve seen a lot of sculptures. I adore the sculptures of women, particularly the gorgeous, naked ones. I’m straight, but I also appreciate the statues of nude males. The penises on most of these stone dudes seem to me to be quite small in proportion [...]
I’ve written about the trouble I had when attempting to learn French and my failure to do so. I’ve also written about how I think French is a much more complex language than English. Nonetheless, if you repeat something often enough, even the most language-challenged person, such as myself can learn a word or two. [...]
The signs describing the exhibits at the Musée de l’Armée (Army Museum) in Paris are in both English and French. This is a good thing because it enabled me to learn something about the Battle of Rocroi, which was fought between the French and the Spanish in 1643. According to the display in the museum, [...]
If you visit Paris and the weather forecast says that it’s going to be cool and rainy the whole time you are there, you might decide to climb the tower of the famous Notre Dame cathedral when it is cold and only occasionally drizzling, rather than when it is cool and pouring rain steadily. If [...]
