[FRIAM] Sun After the Rain
George Duncan
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Sat Jul 2 11:18:52 EDT 2022
I agree, Frank. Excellent contribution!
George Duncan
Emeritus Professor of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
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My art theme: Dynamic exposition of the tension between matrix order and
luminous chaos.
"Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may
then be a valuable delusion."
>From "Notes to myself on beginning a painting" by Richard Diebenkorn.
"It's that knife-edge of uncertainty where we come alive to our truest
power." Joanna Macy.
On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 9:17 AM Frank Wimberly <wimberly3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My wife Deborah publishes a weekly message that she sends to family and
> friends. I thought this week's version might be appropriate for Friam.
>
>
> From: Deborah Wimberly
>
>
> The Weekly Offering: As we anticipate the 4th of July, there is cause for
> concern about so many things.
>
> Fireworks
>
> The birth of our nation,
> the golden idea,
> now ravaged by myriad works of deceit
> meant to unhinge the bravest among us.
> Fireworks could be different this year.
> The brilliant illusions might ignite
> the eyes, the arms, the heart of a people
> in defense of freedom's voice.
> Deborah Wimberly
>
> Here are some voices that have not been silenced despite the challenges
> they have faced.
>
> "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government
> when it deserves it."
> Mark Twain
>
> "The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest,
> truthful, and virtuous."
> Frederick Douglass
>
> "In the face of impossible odds, people who love their country can change
> it."
> Barack Obama
>
> "I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility
> that comes with his
> freedom" Bob Dylan
>
> "Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish
> from the Earth."
> Abraham Lincoln
>
> "In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved."
> Franklin D. Roosevelt
>
> "The advance and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true
> liberty.
> James Madison
>
> "The truth will set you free but first it will piss you off."
> Gloria Steinem
>
> "I love America better than any other country in this world, and, exactly
> for this reason, I insist on the right to
> criticize her perpetually." James Baldwin
>
>
> Frank C. Wimberly
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>
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