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It is a more worthy intellectual task perhaps to learn to think dynamically and relationally rather than statically.


Ezra likes to cite extensive passages of Goethe as he gazes out at the ocean. I'd like to share them with you, only my German just isn't up to it. I do know that he is very keen on The Sorrows of Young Werther at the moment (we're reading it before bed), but don't all young lads?
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yamini said…
Kris, Please tell Ez that he has now inspired me to start learning German. I am already looking for a class to start with...
So, let more of Goethe come....
30 March 2009 at 15:42
Mary Stebbins Taitt said…
What a totally incredible beautiful evocative picture! I LOVE THIS! It makes my heart sing
31 March 2009 at 01:05
lemon said…
Hahahahahaha, you are...terrible (as we say in Greece)!!!!
31 March 2009 at 06:23
Kris McCracken said…
Yamini, it's a tricky language to perfect, but Goethe is the ideal place to start!
31 March 2009 at 08:58
Kris McCracken said…
Mary, I am very glad to hear that.
31 March 2009 at 08:58
Kris McCracken said…
Lemon, you don't like Goethe?
31 March 2009 at 08:58
KL said…
Yes, indeed :-D. Just ask (request) Ez to teach you German.
1 April 2009 at 22:12
SH -ic said…
nice place to kiss.. as an adult at the beach andthis little ear ..lol
3 April 2009 at 06:45
Kris McCracken said…
KL, he is trying to.
4 April 2009 at 19:00
Kris McCracken said…
One Karma, he loves a kiss on the neck.

Like his mother...
4 April 2009 at 19:01
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