October 12, 2008

  • Review:

    "Elegant"

    -- Today's New York Times
    review of the Very Rev.
    Francis Bowes Sayre Jr.

    Related material:

    Log24 entries from
    the anniversary this
    year of Sayre's birth
    and from the date
    of his death:

    A link from the former
    suggests the following
    graphic meditation--

    The Windmill of Time and the Diamond of Eternity
    (Click on figure for details.)

    A link from the latter
    suggests another
    graphic meditation--

    A 2x4 array of squares

    (Click on figure for details.)

    Although less specifically
    American than the late
    Reverend, who was
    born in the White House,
    hence perhaps irrelevant
    to his political views,
    these figures are not
    without relevance to
    his religion, which is
    more about metanoia
    than about paranoia.