Tag: Thought

Image of the day – 24

Windows have been around almost as long as houses. At first the only opening was the way in and out of the building – think of a tent or an igloo.

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Windows have multiple functions, they let in light and they provide a view, if they can be opened they provide fresh air and allow a room to cool down, when they’re closed they prevent rain from entering and enable sunshine to warm the room.

Windows have been around almost as long as houses. At first the only opening was the way in and out of the building – think of a tent or an igloo, or an Iron-Age thatched hut. Later, other openings, too small and high to walk through, took over the functions of letting in light and so forth, and the doorway could then be closed off with a curtain or a wooden door.

Today we take all of this for granted, of course. As you know, I like to find parallels between the objects in the images and anything else that comes to mind. So today, I’d like to point out the parallel between a window allowing light and fresh air into a room and whatever it is that lets thoughts and fresh ideas into our minds. Some people are more observant than others, some of us have minds that are closed to certain ideas but open to others.

This time I’ll avoid drawing conclusions, but I invite you to give it some thought and share your own ideas and ponderings below.

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Image of the day – 22

Actions are driven by temperament and thought. Habits are formed by actions frequently repeated.

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What’s in an image? Sometimes quite a lot, more than meets the eye.

I’m posting an image every day (or as often as I can). A photo, an image from the internet, a diagram or a map. Whatever takes my fancy.

The pretty village of Chalford

Chalford is a pretty Cotswold village set in a beautiful valley east of Stroud, Gloucestershire. The valley carries a road, a river, a canal and a railway along its length at this point. It’s simply the most obvious route.

The village accommodates these four features with complete ease. The road is quite high up one side and is not visible from the bottom of the valley. The river is, of course, a natural feature; it belongs here in a way that the other three don’t. It’s a delight to see and hear, in some sections constrained by walls and crossed by foot bridges, in other places with natural banks full of plant and animal life. The canal is derelict, but due to be repaired again one day, the railway is barely visible because, like the road, it’s well above the bottom of the valley.

It strikes me that people are rather like the valley in the sense that they carry channels of temperament, thought, action and habit. A person’s temperament is natural, like the river, already present if you will. Thought is a linear process that begins before birth and continues until death, so like a river it has a beginning and an end. Actions are driven by temperament and thought. Habits are formed by actions frequently repeated.

Looking at the news stories in recent days, with wars and riots causing so much pain, anxiety and death in so many places around the world, differing opinions being expressed and denounced, so much trouble everywhere, my hopes and prayers are that the channels of temperament, thought, action and habit in the great majority of people will remain predominantly peaceful and kind, and that life might be as beautiful as the prettiest of valleys, and the places where we all live return to the peaceful life of a village like Chalford.

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