Though human ingenuity may make various inventions which, by the help of various machines, answer the same end, it will never devise any invention more beautiful, nor more simple, nor more to the purpose than Nature does; because in her inventions nothing is wanting and nothing is superfluous
Leonardo da Vinci
Sic.
Well, being told my “comment was a bit too short” and so politely asked to “go back and try again”, I do add that spontaneously I thought this is perhaps my favourite amongst all your “Thoughs”, so far.
Wordpress is a bit of a control freak, it won’t allow short comments…
This is one of my favourite quotes too
And what is a missing ‘t’ between friends
Uff! And here’s the missing ‘t’. : )
Was this photo taken from a plane or a mountaintop? Love the layers of mountains.
It was taken from ground level and zoomed in.
Who am I to disagree with Leonardo? … , but… I have met many a person who finds much of nature’s work “wanting”, such as the man I worked with for two years whose eyes had never seen a thing since birth (Wanting? Superfluous? Both?), and the teenager living round the corner from me who is not expected to reach his mid-twenties, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. Nature’s inventions do not come with a right to return defective goods and a warranty, sadly. Leonardo was a lucky man, so well equipped by nature that he became rather naive in his wonderment, I humbly suggest.
And those mountains are being eroded, and will crumble to the sea. Huh. Never rely on Nature, apart from its inevitable decay. It does make some nice things for some, however, in amongst all the horror of predator and prey and the disease and the decay.
But of course the mountains themselves were caused by natures violent events. They may change provide us with a different kind of beauty.
I forgave Nature for not making me tall enough. I’m decaying now but (maybe sadly) it has made me wiser.
Beautiful photo, as always, Cherie. Thank you!
I am glad you like it, the views were spectacular
Your quote has been most thought-provoking today, Cherie. I like the cool treatment of your mountains which makes them look disatnt and dangerous
It is interesting to see how different people interperate things. I am glad you like the mountains, I just zoomed in and it highlighted the mistyness.
“Aerial perspective” is the technical term for the colour shift
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(but you knew that anyway
nice quote; Leonardo’s notebooks are full of such stuff; plus a few jokes believe it or not!
And of course the colours in the foreground that are not visible in this photo were more vibrant.
Leonardo’s thoughts and ponderings cover a lot of ground…
I suppose there are some who can find find something negative/opposite/wrong about every quote or point of view, Cherry. I am not one of them, as you know. I am one for whom nothing is wanting and nothing is superfluous makes a good way to live life…and on whose lips the only prayer is thanksgiving.
I too always try to look on the bright side of life
So who invented “us”?
Were we invented, created or evolved?
Oh yes, we’re all made of stardust.
And Nature is God’s creation.
And Nature is a part of…
It is not unusual for me to disagree. I am a disagreeable old chap.
So with some pleasure I disagree with the great Leonardo, a man I have always admired as many do.
Nature is highly complex and it did not stop him trying to emulate a great deal of it, inventing highly complex machines for the age. A a great effort he made too.
I recall at Uni doing a seminar presentation of Leonardo. It was an ‘art’ course but I focussed on the artistry of his inventions, particularly his war machines. It went down quite well even though I had to perform a few verbal inventiveness of my own linking artistic concepts to war.
Hahahaha.
Your photo series is a wonder itself.
You are in good company, Andrew disagrees with most of my ‘Thoughts for the Week”
Wouldn’t life be boring if everyone agreed about everything? Conversations would become a little boring…
Your presentation sounds as if it was interesting
The mention of art and war in the same context reminded me of this article (Pages 18-20) – Battlefield Banksies:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/39672/DEFENCE_FOCUS_ISSUE__266_DEC_2012_JAN__2013.pdf
PS: Thank you for your comments about my photographs