Like father, like son *

"Our test of truth is a reference 

to either a present or imagined future majority 

in favour of our view."

Junior, one of the most cited legal scholars in the 20th Century: 

an American jurist and Associate Supreme Court Justice. 

Senior, arguably one of the best writers in the 19th Century: 

an American physician and Fireside poet. 

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Both Harvard alumni. 

Both enshrined in history as leaders of their respective fields.

And both,

an inspiration.

Beautiful intelligence *

"Beauty without intelligence is an illusion that is close to disenchantment. 

It is like a fairy that fascinates us, 

as long as we look at her through the enchanting prism of her beauty. 

However, it disappears as soon as the light of reason 

penetrates beyond the place where the eyes can see." 

- Mercedes Cabello de Carbonera, 1876

kate upton

Got rice *

Simplicity speaks for itself. 
Easy to please but difficult to impress. 
This classic chinese dish is made by, literally, throwing everything in!

fried rice

chinese bbq pork, egg, shallots

Homeless *

To those who sleep along the pedestrian way. 
Tucked inside a niche in the wall
littered around Sydney CBD, and sadly,
many other locations to find refuge from Winter's cold. 

Less is more.
Being bothered by trivial first world problems - 
an upcoming exam, stresses from work, a car breaking down,
seems to be cast in ridicule compared to Those 

who struggle from dawn to dusk, in order to survive.

Latin, to be Learned *

mutantur omnia nos et mutamur. tempus fugit. eheu, fugaces labuntur anni. respice, adspice, prospice. non est vivere sed valere vita est. si vis amari, ama. nosce te ipsum. perfer et obdura; dolar hic tibi proderit olim. possunt quia posse videntur. Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus. ipsa scientia potestas est. 

non est ad astra mollis e terris via. 

...

all things change and we change with them. time flies. alas, the fleeting years slip by. examine the past, the present and the future. life is not being alive but being well. if you wish to be loved, love. know thyself. be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you. they can because they seem to be able to: positive thinking. we are slaves of the Law, in order that we may be able to be free. knowledge is power. there is no easy way from the earth to the stars. 

every person is architect of their own fortune. 

Justinian says *

According to the Law of logic, 
there is only such thing as a glass of wine 
- or none, as the case may be.

The Café Terrace on the Place du Forum *

Towards the artificially lit terrace of a popular coffee house,  facing south, into the enforced darkness of the rue du Palais. Beyond this is the now Musée Lapidaire. Towards the right Van Gogh indicated a lighted shop and some branches of the surrounding trees surrounding, yet he omitted the remainder of some Roman monuments. Being the first painting in which he featured starry backgrounds, Van Gogh mentioned the Café Terrace painting in a letter written to Eugène Boch on 2 October 1888.

Arles, September 1888