Friday, October 29, 2010
Lambert's DRC
Here's another photo of the Lambert's Bay Dutch Reformed Church (DRC, or NGK) -- at dusk. The Church hall is to the left of the Church, and the Church manse/rectory off the photo to the right. On the far left, I juxtaposed Lambert's Bay's communications tower with the spire. The Church was built in 1957. A large steel archway in front of the Church states: "LIEFDE SONDER GRENSE" ("Love Without Borders"). Click on the photo to enlarge to 260k.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Lutheran Church [2]
This is Cape Town's central Evangelical Lutheran Church. It is the oldest Church building still in use in South Africa. The Church was founded in 1780, and this building consecrated in 1787. There's a photo of the interior at Lutheran Church. Click on the photo to enlarge to 230k.
Journals: Musings
This has been my year of explorations with academic journals, in the fields of theology and philosophy. I have discovered two things: the demands are extremely high (but I am pitching high), and the journals are extremely voguish (forget it if your work isn't voguish). This is not to say that I don't see signs of success. I do. However, I'm having a rethink about my focus now. OBSERVATION: In fact, I should have known. As a technical writer, I have had very many articles published in (serious) magazines. But some of these articles, I pitched at journals. I was delighted to see some success -- however, it was no fun.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Graafwater Church
Here is another photo of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC, or NGK) Graafwater, a village a few hours by road to the north of Cape Town. This Church was awkward to photograph, as it is surrounded by trees. It has two typical DRC mirror-image "transepts" with steeple in the centre. You may click on the photo to enlarge.
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NOTE: It seems like yesterday that I began to feature local Churches on this blog. Earlier this month, I posted my 100th photo of local Churches.
Graafwater Steeple
You'll be forgiven for wondering where Graafwater is. This is the steeple of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC, or NGK) Graafwater, nearly 300km/200mi north of Cape Town. At the bottom of the photo, one sees the emblem of the DRC (click on the image to enlarge to a far more detailed 870k). The Church's foundation stone was laid in 1954. The architects were Louw & Louw -- I suspect that one of these is Wynand Hendrik Louw, who has been described, together with Gerard Moerdyk, as "the first Afrikaans architects".
Monday, October 18, 2010
Cartoon Book (Continued)
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Last week, I rediscovered a cartoon book that records (imaginatively) scenes from my early years -- made for me by my grandfather. There is some genius in this book. Among other things, I like the tension that he creates in the scenes -- like a Gauguin painting. This picture, on the second page, is titled: "The boat to Hoek van Holland". Here's the accompanying verse, translated from German: "Lübeck-bound is the intended journey / Come up here and come on board / Yet at the gangplank he says: Halt / Don't you go falling in the water." (Click on it to enlarge).
Last week, I rediscovered a cartoon book that records (imaginatively) scenes from my early years -- made for me by my grandfather. There is some genius in this book. Among other things, I like the tension that he creates in the scenes -- like a Gauguin painting. This picture, on the second page, is titled: "The boat to Hoek van Holland". Here's the accompanying verse, translated from German: "Lübeck-bound is the intended journey / Come up here and come on board / Yet at the gangplank he says: Halt / Don't you go falling in the water." (Click on it to enlarge).
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Cartoon Book
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Yesterday I made a serendipitous find: a cartoon book, lost for years, that my grandfather made for me at (best guess) age 4. It records (imaginatively!) some scenes from my early years. This picture, from the first page, is titled: "Continental train to Harwich". Here's the accompanying verse, translated from German: "We're travelling in the train / The driver's driving, fast as he can / It appears that the man didn't take care / His foot is off, now he's close to tears." (Click on it to enlarge).
Yesterday I made a serendipitous find: a cartoon book, lost for years, that my grandfather made for me at (best guess) age 4. It records (imaginatively!) some scenes from my early years. This picture, from the first page, is titled: "Continental train to Harwich". Here's the accompanying verse, translated from German: "We're travelling in the train / The driver's driving, fast as he can / It appears that the man didn't take care / His foot is off, now he's close to tears." (Click on it to enlarge).
Friday, October 15, 2010
Simulators And Conventionalism
I am well known as an electronics designer. I dislike ... call it conventionalism. Yesterday an Arab student wrote to me, asking me for advice. But, he said, any advice had to run on standard simulators -- Spice or Microsim. I wrote to him that if I had used Spice or Microsim, half of my designs would never have seen the light of day. He replied: "Really the world [of electronics] is bigger than that."
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Lausanne III Venue
Here's a "Church" picture with a difference. It's the venue of Lausanne III (on the right of the photo -- the Cape Town International Convention Centre, or CTICC). When they built this, they surprisingly didn't predict that they would turn the street into a giant wind tunnel. They needed to do some big fixes. OBSERVATION: I was closely involved with Lausanne III in the early stages, as liaison officer for the local Churches. I took the photo yesterday (it's in VGA if you click on it). See Local Churches for my news, views, and photos of many local Churches.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Lutheran Church
I called in at Cape Town's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Strand Street this morning. The photo is taken from the altar, looking out towards Strand Street (click on it for VGA). Consecrated in 1787, this is the oldest Church building still in use in South Africa. Its services are held mostly in English. I preached there once.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Leipoldtville DRC
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Velddrif Organ
I took a turn at the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC, or NGK) Velddrif – and noticed that it was standing open. The “organ works”, too, were standing open. The cleaner had knocked off to go and buy some cigarettes. It seems a lot better organised than our own organ. However, few organs have the quality of sound that ours does. See Fishers of Men? for a photo of this Church. The organ photo is in VGA if you click on it.
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