Monday, August 11, 2008

Of passion and water


10 comments:

Jess said...

Wow! That is very cool. :)

spacedlaw said...

Victor Hugo is VERY cool.

Jess said...

I need to read more Victor Hugo. I'm woefully deficient in that area.

spacedlaw said...

He was also very good at painting.

Rubius said...

Although I am sure it defies translation.... would you dare to attempt to translate the quote for us pitiful anglophones?

I was so happy to make it to Paris after reading Les Miserables. I first fell in love when we sung Castle on a Cloud in choir when I was 11; then I listened to the musical (until the tape died); then read the book... and I was so excited to visit Mont Saint-Michel, beloved of Victor Hugo. It is the most picturesque and incredible of castles. I appreciate his efforts to preserve it.

spacedlaw said...

Literally: Glasses of water have the same passions than oceans.
I would be tempted to translate as: Water in a glass is capable of the same passions than an ocean.

Rubius said...

I think you mean 'as oceans' or 'as an ocean' but I understand what you mean. Thank you so very much for the translation.

Nathalie, I had wanted to ask earlier, have you been to Mont Saint-Michel?

spacedlaw said...

No. Never, alas.
It's one of those magic places I'd like to see.

Yoga Gal said...

Awesome photo! How did you do it?

Jennifer Duncan said...

Thank you for providing the translation! I love this.