tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547316294063297137.post88037987066367199..comments2024-01-12T00:39:09.411-05:00Comments on Medieval Meets World: Get Well CardsAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02067391488336878220noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547316294063297137.post-79934740105121391292011-01-03T07:55:05.949-05:002011-01-03T07:55:05.949-05:00Ah! You and I meet in the work of Caspar David Fri...Ah! You and I meet in the work of Caspar David Friedrich (who has his own website by the way! http://www.caspardavidfriedrich.org/) where the self, it seems to me, is whole but lonely because it is the world (as represented by? as displayed in? as projected through? nature) that has become contingent - on time, if not the vicissitudes of humanity. Mmmm - wish I could join you, Bill and Hansi for that cup of coffee and more talk.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02067391488336878220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547316294063297137.post-69309092228599929942011-01-03T07:30:23.183-05:002011-01-03T07:30:23.183-05:00I think Iris is really on to something with the id...I think Iris is really on to something with the idea of sending herself Get Well wishes! So perceptive. <br /><br />I really wish I could take any of your classes, but especially the new one on "Environmental Consciousness in Medieval Art". It speaks to me as a scholar of (German) Romanticism who is interested in Concepts of Nature and "Naturphilosophie" and I can't help but wonder how the concept of "The Book of Nature" fits into this--perhaps as another "fantasy of wholeness -or contingency".Cathiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08807778672792217733noreply@blogger.com