Tag: Ruminations

It’s a thought that first came to mind as I sat in the Acropolis, probably in my third or fourth hour of just staring at the Parthenon in awe. Parts of the structure remain standing, but the inside is hollowed out and empty, and the entire roof is gone. Nearly the entire famed facade lies in t...

“I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passion...