tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post5309790130483649296..comments2023-08-13T11:58:31.588-04:00Comments on Ghulf Genes: In Praise of MapsADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408980212433714362noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post-34880819889556953222009-10-30T11:39:50.442-04:002009-10-30T11:39:50.442-04:00What a nice thought! Thanks.What a nice thought! Thanks.ADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06408980212433714362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post-79008186926317763022009-10-30T10:44:30.629-04:002009-10-30T10:44:30.629-04:00Very interesting. I’ve always loved maps too.
An...Very interesting. I’ve always loved maps too. <br /><br />And, now that I think about it, if one may define a cartographer, broadly, as one whose works serve to help orient us in life, then, my hat is off to you, Arsen, a master cartographer indeed.Moniquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736499939969754097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post-73396823309743350962009-10-28T08:51:16.682-04:002009-10-28T08:51:16.682-04:00Hi, Peony:
Thanks for the nice comments. Regardin...Hi, Peony:<br /><br />Thanks for the nice comments. Regarding <em>Mountains of the Mind</em> (sounds like a good book), I share your intuition that <em>all</em> maps are of the same kind, thus they are a grasp or realization of hidden structures and relationships. The physical kind are more accessible but also require arduous effort of a physical kind to achieve. In all such matters, the person's attention selects the ranges to be mapped or linked.ADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06408980212433714362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post-85483889778835055622009-10-28T00:36:06.181-04:002009-10-28T00:36:06.181-04:00Hi Arsen,
I-- too-- am a huge fan of maps, and I ...Hi Arsen,<br /><br />I-- too-- am a huge fan of maps, and I bet if I was a collecting type of person I would collect antique maps. And, I agree that while we as a society perhaps tend to hold up madmen and destroyers, that how much more fruitful to take time to sometimes think about those quiet heroes who worked to help orient us-- not necessarily as individuals but orient us in the collective.<br /><br />I read a very nice book about the history of mountainclimbing recently called Mountains of the Mind, in which the author talks about our possession by mountains as occuring at that specific place between physical form (topography) and imagination. Well, I wonder if map-making doesn't also happen at that place between physical form and human imagination....<br /><br />Like Schliemann's project spending all that time digging around Turkey to try and match topography with text-- I don't know why but I find the impulse nothing short of heroic. I was listening to Stanford archaelogist Patrick Hunt talking about his life's work to try and finally _map out_ the exact route that Hannibal took to cross the alps. How could 25,000 plus men and 37 elephants cross the alps and leave no trace, he asks... and so he goes back every summer: climbing, poking around, mapping....<br /><br />**<br /><br />Anyway, this was a great post-- as is the one just below which I also enjoyed. Bravo.<br /><br />I left part two to this comment (about being online) on my blog... <br /><br />Talk to you soon.Peonyhttp://www.tangdynastytimes.comnoreply@blogger.com