“It was for this love for a body politic that made it possible to them all, that each was willing to share in the burden of jurisdiction, defense and administration of the public realm.” — The Human Condition
the space that allows such appearances, plurality of relations/interests in-between
“for what appears to all, this we call
Being, and whatever lacks this appearance comes and passes
away like a dream, intimately and exclusively our own but without
reality.”
“these activities (of Being) despite their material futility, possess an enduring quality of their own because they create their own remembrance”
Poems about Suzhou by Li Bai –
旧苑荒台杨柳新，
菱歌清唱不胜春。
只今惟有西江月，
曾照吴王宫里人。
《苏台览古》
越王勾践破吴归，
战士还家尽锦衣。
宫女如花满春殿，
只今惟有鹧鸪飞。
《越中览古》
Salmonlilies 