Guest guest Posted October 4, 2001 Report Share Posted October 4, 2001 Dear Nina, thanks for the "beating buncha flowers" picture. By stretching my imagination greatly I could discern the "flowers" there; now the only question remaining is, whom are they beating? :-) It is wonderful that you are playing these musical instruments. You know, I grew up in Vienna, Austria, just across the street from where Mozart spent the last few years of his all-too-short life. I attended the same High School Franz Schubert had attended about two centuries ago, which in turn is just a few blocks from a place where Beethoven lived for a while... As you probably know, Beethoven was quite a quarrelsome fellow. It is said he liked to throw chamber pots at his landlords when they dared to disturb him for as mundane a reason as the payment of his rent; in consequence, he had to change apartments frequently. That's why there are a lot of "Beethoven Houses" in Vienna. Even today, music is all-important in this city. Vienna is one of the few places I know of where the conductor of an orchestra (the Vienna Philharmonics) and the director of the opera house (Staatsoper) have more prestige and political clout than even the mayor. More than once have I seen new opera productions get front page coverage in the Vienna papers, with the political news a distant second. Now don't hold this against me, but I confess I wanted to become an opera singer, too. I had a good baritone voice, and took training in classical music and singing for a while. Finally, I had to decide between singing and mathematics, which I also loved, and, to the benefit of my future audiences, gave up the singing. My apologies to you and to the list for burdening everyone with these totally unimportant reminiscences, but still I love classical music, and when I read about your violin and the cello-to-be, I guess I got carried away. All the best, Michael > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- > Von: murrkis [murrkis] > Gesendet: Thursday, October 04, 2001 19:11 > An: > Betreff: Re: Mike .. stone not too heavy > > > Fabulous formula, Mike, though I'll have to take your word for > it, as I have no idea how to plot it. > > I looked around for something to send you in return for your > beating buncha flowers formula and found a photograph capturing a > scene that may be seen as a beating buncha flowers. > > Regarding my fields of interest, they are expanding and > overlapping every day. I hardly have time to enjoy them fully, so > I grab what I can along the way. > > A few of today's grabs: hunting for a good violin that fits my > budget (and keeping my eye out for that "free" cello that will > soon fall from the sky), dancing, playing with the greyhounds, > enjoying the weather and people on the street, plus a few more... > > have a good day, > Nina > > , MikeSuesserott@t... wrote: > > Dear Nina, > > > > no, I am no geologist either (just sending out those occasional > > philosophical stones). I studied pure mathematics and astronomy a longer > > time ago than I'd care to mention. In return for your stone I > can send you > > this equation in polar coordinates: > > > > r = sin(t) + cos(2t) + sin(3t) , 0 <= t <= 2pi > > > > If you know how to plot it, you will see the equation describes > a curve that > > looks like a bunch of flowers with a heart inside. :-) > > > > What are your fields of interest? > > > > Michael > > > -- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > > > /join > > > > > > All paths go somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, > sights, perceptions, and indeed all experiences arise from and > exist in and subside back into the Space of Awareness. Like waves > rising are not different than the ocean, all things arising from > Awareness are of the nature of Awareness. Awareness does not come > and go but is always Present. It is Home. Home is where the Heart > Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the Finality of Eternal Being. A > true devotee relishes in the Truth of Self-Knowledge, > spontaneously arising from within into It Self. Welcome all to > a. > > > > Your use of is subject to > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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