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Jan 29, 2025,02:26 AM
 

To refence Plotinus, a Greek Platonist philosopher of Roman Egypt times, the time we inhabit is nothing but the moving image of eternity. 


'An insignificant second hand sweeping over the face of the vast, immobile clock, never grasping more than a fraction of its surface.'

Now, back to my baseline obligations on the beachside in L.A. smile........







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By: InHavenPro : January 29th, 2025-06:58
I felt, this was now the 'proper' start to my new year given the events that happened locally throughout January.... Cheers, Filip

As proper a start as it gets with that quote and a matching selfie!

 
By: Echi : January 29th, 2025-10:44
Here’s one of my favorite quatrains from the The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.. β€œβ€™Tis all a chequer-board of nights and days, Where Destiny with men for pieces plays: Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the closet lays.” ... 

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By: InHavenPro : January 29th, 2025-17:11
Couldn't agree more with you my friend! Thanks for looking and chiming in, cheers, Filip

=)

 
By: InHavenPro : January 29th, 2025-18:52
As you might be able to discern from the images, there was a fortuitous break in the flow of people at the moment I chose to take the two pictures. It being early afternoon on a Tuesday likewise helped the cause as well . Thanks for looking Mike, likewise...