Just got home from spring break with my mom, and realized there are a million little funny things that happened that I won't remember because I never wrote them down. Soon the semester will just become one big mush of a happy memory, with no specifics to speak of.
BLIP NUMBER ONE:
"Opportunity" Girolamo da Carpi
After visiting what seems like a million art galleries across Europe (with more to come), this was my favorite painting. It's the Greek god of opportunity, Kairos. He represents the "brief moment in which things are possible."
He's running on a ball, representing the way you have to keep on your toes for opportunities. In his right hand is a dagger, representing the way one must be sharp to catch him. He only has one long lock of hair, which means he is "easy to catch as he approaches, yet, when he has passed by, the moment of action has likewise expired, and that, if opportunity (kairos) is neglected, it cannot be recovered."
The sad lady on the side represents missed opportunities.
Missed opportunities are my least favorite thing in the world.
He's running on a ball, representing the way you have to keep on your toes for opportunities. In his right hand is a dagger, representing the way one must be sharp to catch him. He only has one long lock of hair, which means he is "easy to catch as he approaches, yet, when he has passed by, the moment of action has likewise expired, and that, if opportunity (kairos) is neglected, it cannot be recovered."
The sad lady on the side represents missed opportunities.
Missed opportunities are my least favorite thing in the world.
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