Here I've got something which could be a good mantra for all of us who will be lucky enough to see our January comet this evening. Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843), a more than legitimate resident of Parnassus, wrote - as I don't have an official English translation here, please excuse my private try - the original is much better.
"Möcht' ich ein Komet seyn? Ich glaube. Denn sie haben die Schnelligkeit der Vögel; sie blühen an Feuer, und sind wie Kinder an Reinheit." "Do I want to be a comet? I believe so. Because they own the velocity of birds; they're blossoming with fire and are like children in innocence." (quoted from the poem 'In lieblicher Bläue'/'In lovely blueness'; by the way: great American painter Sam Francis once dedicated a real masterwork to this poem - a good example for the r e a l globalization ...) Matthias Baermann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Altmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Matthias Bärmann'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 11:15 PM Subject: AW: [meteorite-list] Re-2: January Comet? "wohl aber merkte ich, daß die Leute verändert waren, zu flüstern begannen, wenn ich in die Nähe kam und mich mitleidig ansahen. Die bulgarischen Mädchen flüsterten nicht, sie sagten es alles heraus und von ihnen erfuhr ich, auf ihre derbe Art, daß das Ende der Welt gekommen sei. Es war der allgemeine Glaube in der Stadt und er muß eine Weile vorgeherrscht haben, da es sich mir, ohne daß ich mich selbst vor etwas Bestimmten fürchtete, so tief einprägte." ...Eines Nachts hieß es, jetzt sei der Komet da und jetzt werde er auf die Erde fallen. Ich wurde nicht schlafen geschickt, ich hörte jemand sagen, das hätte jetzt keinen Sinn, die Kinder sollten auch in den Garten kommen." Wer? -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Matthias Bärmann Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. Januar 2007 22:51 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Re-2: January Comet? Quiz (Svend Bugl out of contest): A famous German author of 20th century was so lucky to see Halley twice, in full consciousness, and wrote a book about this experience. Who was it (don't google, have a look around in your private libraries :-) Matthias Baermann ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:31 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Re-2: January Comet? > Gary disappointedly comments: > > Clouds to the west the last two nights. I got > some good sunset pics, but no comet :( Gary > > Now, drum roll, ... my comment: > > Clouds here to the west, east, north and south the last two nights :-( > Thomas Tuchan must have been extremely lucky ... his home town Ulm > is only about 200 km from where I live. Sincere congrats, Thomas! > > Well, you can't have it all - I saw Halley, I saw Hale-Bopp, I saw > Hyakutake, ... plus some telescopic comets, so I shouldn't complain! > > Cometary Cheers, > > Bernd > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
