Tried With Fire

Performed on November 28, 1985 by the incomparable duo of Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax. This is the entire sonata, and worth the 27 minutes. Get a cup of tea or coffee, sit back, and enjoy!

I finally finished The Courage to be Protestant by David Wells. I first heard his talks from the 1998 Desiring God Pastor's Conference before reading any of his books. It may be obvious to you, but I never realized how much culture, philosophy, and history shapes how we think and act. This book was very eye opening. I need to not be intimidated and finish No Place for Truth. Above All Earthly Powers is on the shelf waiting to be read as well. We have finished the school year for the most part. I want my daughter to do some Algebra at least once a week. So many concepts build on one another so I don't want her to forget them. We finished our last dissection today, the fetal pig. It seems like it takes the longest to get inside the specimen. The girls did a great job tackling this lab. They weren't squeamish at all. I did take pictures for our records, but I won't post any detailed ones here for fear of turning any one's stomach. My daughter is also taking a bit...

I am the pair of hands in this video. The piano was horribly out of tune so Sterling's intonation was fine. He's only nine years old! I will be accompanying him at a recital on Saturday. He is playing Tambourin Chinois by Fritz Kreisler. His brother performs the original piece in the next video. They are an extremely talented family. So you can see why I need to practice.

Underground Piano 1984 - Shigeo Fukada (1932-2009) More of Fukuda's illusions can be found here . The site has several videos of his 3D optical illusions including models based on Escher's drawings. Some of Fukuda's work is featured in Masters of Deception, a book on the art of optical illusions . Ellipses plein vide, rouge et blue 1996 - Felice Varini The above picture looks like someone touched up a photograph. But you can see what it really is... More of Varini's work can be seen here . It's amazing how our eyes can deceive us. You can come up with your own spiritual parallels, but I couldn't help thinking that by nature, man is a master of deception as well, self-deceived and a deceiver of others. Send out your light and your truth ; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling! Psalm 43:3 (ESV)