ian.korn:
#FBF to the real Jurassic World. I don't think there boys ever really grow out of their dinosaur phase. I know I didn't.
ian.korn:
"The earthly [city] has made for herself, according to her heart's desire, false gods out of any sources at all, even out of human beings, that she might adore them with sacrifices. The heavenly one, on the other hand, living like a wayfarer in this world
ian.korn:
"Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." - Matthew 11:28-30
ian.korn:
#TBT to watching This Will Destroy You at a metal bar in Brooklyn. I missed live music. Good to be back in the city.
ian.korn:
Inspired by @schylerd and @twoodke, #TBT to holing up in a mountaintop fire lookout early last summer. Missing these guys and random last-minute outdoor adventures.
ian.korn:
"The ransom of a man's life is his wealth, but a poor man hears no threat." - Proverbs 13:8
ian.korn:
Obligatory Brooklyn snow day photo. Wasn't much of a 'pocalypse, but it's still awesome snow.
ian.korn:
"A city is not gauged by its length and width, but by the broadness of its vision and the height of its dreams." - Herb Caen Looking uptown from 1WTC.
ian.korn:
It's 18° here in NYC, so #TBT to 2 weeks ago, exploring mountaintop ruins with @brettship on a beautiful clear, sunny day (and later teaching @connjonn about lattes). My hometown of Altadena was one the site of the Mount Lowe Railway, built at the end of
ian.korn:
"The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shined." - Isaiah 9:2 In weeks like these, Advent means so much more. The waiting, the expecting, the KNOWING that something better
ian.korn:
"Mannahatta" I was asking for something specific and perfect for my city, Whereupon lo! upsprang the aboriginal name. Now I see what there is in a name, a wrote, liquid, sane, unruly, musical, self-sufficient, I see that the word of my city is that from
ian.korn:
This week, I left Oregon for New York City. Tomorrow I start a new job at Gensler. In my 4½ years in Eugene, I made several close friends and a lot of good memories. It is hard to leave that behind, but I'm glad the long wait is finally over and I get to
ian.korn:
Memento mori. Remember that you too shall die. Death comes for all of us eventually: peasant, prince, or pope.
ian.korn:
Blessed to be a blessing. Honored to spend this last week at Camp Agape Oregon, a four-day summer camp for about 150 Oregonian children of incarcerated parents. I was one of three counselors for a cabin of ten boys aged 7-17 - some of whom had never been
ian.korn:
Blue Pool, OR (aka Tamolitch Falls) “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not
