Zen Pencils by Gavin Aung Than for January 17, 2014

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    Ida No  almost 11 years ago

    Walt was a much better animator than he was an astronomer…

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    j2p2  almost 11 years ago

    Though I always found that loafing and inviting my soul was very animating…wish I had time for it now…

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    Vet Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    May times the beauty of something is that it is just what it is.So just take it for that and enjoy.

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    emptc12  almost 11 years ago
    I think people these days know much more about the stars than they actually look at them. In most of past history it was the opposite. People around cities have to travel miles away to see the sky in its true glory. How does that affect our cosmic outlook? And how many people get the full impact from realization that the stars aren’t just above — they’re all around?
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    ossiningaling  almost 11 years ago

    Reminds me of “Dead Poets Society” and the formula for how to measure if a poem is good or not.

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    Old Man River  almost 11 years ago

    I’m betting this was before light pollution. I Haven’t seen the milky way since I was a young’un

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    lisapaloma13  almost 11 years ago

    The unfamiliarity of the average person with the night sky and the unfamiliarity of the average person with Walt Whitman are both disturbing.

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    ART Thompson Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    I’m with you Lisa. Most people never look up even.

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    Ida No  almost 11 years ago

    You mean Whitman couldn’t animate?

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    LittleCatFeet  almost 11 years ago

    @Three Steps: absolutely, in a different sense. I have both read Whitman and dabbled in animation myself, and I think the art would have bored him, actually. It takes a certain mindset.I look at the night sky almost every evening. I live in a rural area, so an arm of the Milky Way is very visible over my front yard at certain times of the year.

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