tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537189553329943096.post9036372732349988878..comments2023-08-07T13:16:19.790+01:00Comments on london muse: Why London?ingrid newtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04661606991014236125noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537189553329943096.post-91682981619197712982011-01-15T12:06:16.395+00:002011-01-15T12:06:16.395+00:00Thanks for your comments Philine - yes, you can cl...Thanks for your comments Philine - yes, you can click on any image to enlarge. I prefer to keep them this size on the blog for consistency. I'm not sure I want to go down the route of labelling all the locations and times as it is not my intention to be making a historical or factual tour but rather to give a flavour of the place and to make my own interpretations of other people's words and impressions. I look upon it as a sort of journey of discovery with literature and art as my guide. Of course, if you are especially interested in a particular photograph, I would of course give you the information! <br /><br />I hope you enjoy Samuel Pepys. I have not read the entire diary, but have read the abridged version and am currently listening to an excellent audiobook of the Diaries read by English actor Kenneth Brannagh - he really brings them to life.ingrid newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04661606991014236125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537189553329943096.post-50777673368944881542011-01-10T21:23:29.427+00:002011-01-10T21:23:29.427+00:00Oh, sorry, I forgot to enlarge the photo by clicki...Oh, sorry, I forgot to enlarge the photo by clicking -I have a close look at them- very fine! The most intriguing picture is nr. 1! I personally were interested in a short footnote en petit about location/day of the photograph- but maybe, this doesn't suit your intention?Philine Kleinknechthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18370437261050391305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537189553329943096.post-77075526137950787712011-01-10T17:49:02.386+00:002011-01-10T17:49:02.386+00:00I found via google: "In the city of London. T...I found via google: "In the city of London. The (St. Olave's) churchyard was used as a burial place for large numbers of plague victims in 1665. Writes Sir Samuel Pepsy: "I was much troubled at it and do not think to go through it again a good while."<br />Christus vivere mors mihi lucrum<br />"For me to live is Christ and to die is gain." 1 Philippians 21"<br />Samual Pepsy's "Die geheimen Tagebücher" have been just published in a new German edition that makes some fury, completed by a lot of notes - would you like to follow him?Philine Kleinknechthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18370437261050391305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537189553329943096.post-75092127861814189632011-01-10T17:31:04.176+00:002011-01-10T17:31:04.176+00:00Yes, a city like London (or Berlin in my case) is ...Yes, a city like London (or Berlin in my case) is like a "palimpsest" that has to be deciphered and to be read in a new way - we have to de-tect its different, various layers to understand the 'soul' of a city of that dimension, that biography, and history. I like very much to combine different media, pictures and words - and I find your discoveries interesting and moving - sometimes a closer look were my wish in order to read the words ("Christus ... mors mihi incertum"?)- but it is our task to decode...-I bought Ackroyd's book "London...", tr. in German, some times ago and I have to study it with fresh eyes. I am convinced that we might see more if know more ..., but the serendipities are also some wonderful keys to open some doors!Philine Kleinknechthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18370437261050391305noreply@blogger.com