<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Early-spring images from the headwaters of the Mississippi River]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by sagetimber http://www.grist.org/article/and-so-it-begins/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:05:43 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/and-so-it-begins/1 peaceful

Thanks Mark, that really was peaceful.  glad to see someone is out of the cube farm taking beautiful photos so folks like me can mellow out for a minute.  Much appreciated.  

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Thanks Mark, that really was peaceful.  glad to see someone is out of the cube farm taking beautiful photos so folks like me can mellow out for a minute.  Much appreciated.  

]]> Comment #2 by Kiara http://www.grist.org/article/and-so-it-begins/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:08:58 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/and-so-it-begins/2 Headwaters

Yes, thanks Mark.  Good for the soul.

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Yes, thanks Mark.  Good for the soul.

]]> Comment #3 by caniscandida http://www.grist.org/article/and-so-it-begins/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:00:28 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/and-so-it-begins/3 gorgeous!

These are magnificent images.  Number 17 is a very unusual shot, probably something that they tell you in photography school you should never do, and yet it is fascinating.  Number 23 is also unusual, but a bit more classic.

Of course, I love the photos of the three animals.  The personalities of the otters especially come through.

By the way, there is nothing Latin, from any period, about "Itasca."  In classical Latin, "true head" is "caput verum;" "true source" is "fons vera;" "true eye" (i.e., as in Spanish "ojo," meaning source, by way of Arabic "'ayin," from the Semitic metaphor of "eye" to mean "source of a river") is "oculus verus."

"True" in the sense of "faithful," "reliable," is "fidelis, fidelis, fidele."  Hence, "caput fidele," "fons fidelis," "oculus fidelis."

My guess is, "Itasca" is either vaguely acronymic (perhaps the final "ca" is a way non-classical abbreviation of "caput"), or something from another language entirely, perhaps Native American.

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These are magnificent images.  Number 17 is a very unusual shot, probably something that they tell you in photography school you should never do, and yet it is fascinating.  Number 23 is also unusual, but a bit more classic.

Of course, I love the photos of the three animals.  The personalities of the otters especially come through.

By the way, there is nothing Latin, from any period, about "Itasca."  In classical Latin, "true head" is "caput verum;" "true source" is "fons vera;" "true eye" (i.e., as in Spanish "ojo," meaning source, by way of Arabic "'ayin," from the Semitic metaphor of "eye" to mean "source of a river") is "oculus verus."

"True" in the sense of "faithful," "reliable," is "fidelis, fidelis, fidele."  Hence, "caput fidele," "fons fidelis," "oculus fidelis."

My guess is, "Itasca" is either vaguely acronymic (perhaps the final "ca" is a way non-classical abbreviation of "caput"), or something from another language entirely, perhaps Native American.

]]> Comment #4 by Kobre http://www.grist.org/article/and-so-it-begins/ Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:44:24 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/and-so-it-begins/4 Headwaters by Mark Hirsch

Fantastic photography. The images really caught the feeling of being there. Great sense of light.
Ken Kobre

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Fantastic photography. The images really caught the feeling of being there. Great sense of light.
Ken Kobre

]]> Comment #5 by Green Granny http://www.grist.org/article/and-so-it-begins/ Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:45:24 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/and-so-it-begins/5 Beautiful

Thanks for sharing these photos.

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Thanks for sharing these photos.

]]> Comment #6 by Katharine Wroth http://www.grist.org/article/and-so-it-begins/ Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:59:32 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/and-so-it-begins/6 "Latin"

For Canis and other curious types: the origin of Itasca is explained as a combination of "verITAS CAput." Perhaps better described as a bastardization than a neologism.

Glad you enjoyed the images!

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For Canis and other curious types: the origin of Itasca is explained as a combination of "verITAS CAput." Perhaps better described as a bastardization than a neologism.

Glad you enjoyed the images!

]]> Comment #7 by caniscandida http://www.grist.org/article/and-so-it-begins/ Sun, 13 Apr 2008 03:47:07 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/and-so-it-begins/7 "Those bastards! : (" : )

Thanks, Katharine, for that etymology.  So I was on the right track with one of my guesses.

"Veritas" does indeed mean "truth."  But the two nouns together, "veritas" plus "caput," do not amount to anything secondarily meaningful.  It is only in the Germanic languages, and in Sanskrit, so far as I know, that you can thrust two nouns together, rudely, and come up with a third new entity: e.g., "truth serum."  Greek, Latin and the Romance languages are not quite so manipulable.

Maybe Grist should offer a platform for nature photographers, even do a regular feature.

And not just outdoorsy, humans-not-permitted photography.  What ever happened to the young woman who was featured last year (or so) in Grist, who was engaged in studying the environmental significance of urban landscapes, and appreciating them as truly "natural" subjects?

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Thanks, Katharine, for that etymology.  So I was on the right track with one of my guesses.

"Veritas" does indeed mean "truth."  But the two nouns together, "veritas" plus "caput," do not amount to anything secondarily meaningful.  It is only in the Germanic languages, and in Sanskrit, so far as I know, that you can thrust two nouns together, rudely, and come up with a third new entity: e.g., "truth serum."  Greek, Latin and the Romance languages are not quite so manipulable.

Maybe Grist should offer a platform for nature photographers, even do a regular feature.

And not just outdoorsy, humans-not-permitted photography.  What ever happened to the young woman who was featured last year (or so) in Grist, who was engaged in studying the environmental significance of urban landscapes, and appreciating them as truly "natural" subjects?

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