The Concept of New Work - from Michigan Website

"Professor Bergmann's interests include continental philosophy - especially Hegel, Nietzsche, Sartre, and Existentialism generally - and also social and political philosophy, philosophical anthropology, and philosophy of culture. His on Being Free (1977) was issued in a paperback edition in 1978 and had twelve printings. 

Professor Bergmann founded the Center for New Work in Flint in 1981, and has developed a number of suggestions about work as a calling and a vehicle of self-realization, in rotation with mainstream employment, and involving a self-sufficiency that technology itself makes possible. He resides in Ann Arbor and continues to write and lecture on the practical, social, and cultural implications of philosophical thought." 

-from the University of Michigan Website: Department: Philosophy.

Frithjof Bergmann Now

Here is the first video. Frithjof is in the wheelchair!

Frithjof Bergmann

 This is a picture of Frithjof Bergmann who was on my 1972 Ph.D. defense.

He looked not unlike this when I first saw him in 1961 or 1962, when I first took his Philosophy in Literature class.

But then the strange "ageing effect" occurred.

He is now about 90! Still alive and involved in the "New Work" area.

This area I am really interested in. I'll have some videos, and some textual material from the "New Work" area in forthcoming posts.

Here he is again. This was after the 1972 Ph.D. exam.

More Cogswell Photos

 Here's the bridge you cross before anything else.

 At the other end of the bridge there is a turnaround.

Here is another view of the turnaround.

The Original Photo!

Here is the Original Image for Cogswell. 

It is about 2 miles from the Dam. I printed it

as a Palladium image, pure black and white.

The Stream in the Woods

Cogswell

On Monday, we went to the Cogswell area. This is in the mountains, about 10 miles up route 39, which is Azusa Avenue. We left about 9 and spent about 3 hours there, recorded a 2.47 mile hike, and left. We got back about about 3 o'clock, so it was a day trip, the first one we've done since Covid19.

I wanted to do some photograph work and I remembered about 8 or 9 years ago doing a Palladium print of "the stream in the woods." Furthermore, I wanted to do an HDR of each print, that is, one with normal exposure, one with one stop down, and one with one stop up, with each subject.

Here is what I did with the first one:

It's a little bit tipped to the HDR side. I cropped it from the bottom so that there wouldn't be overexposed elements in the picture! Feel free to click on this image to enjoy a larger one.






Here's the second one:

The water is placid, with a plant to the left. Something is in the tree on the right, just above the far bank. I'm not sure what it is.








Here the third:

There is a nice foreground here. But I like the non-HDR better. It is in the next slot.











The fourth:

Very nice.

Blog Post on "Deliveries 60-70 Years Ago"

Robert Chianese at Island View Media did a wonderful blog post on home deliveries made in the old days in Trenton, New Jersey. I think it’s a great read and I highly recommend it! https://www.islandviewmedia.com/single-post/2020/04/22/Home-Deliveries-Then-and-Now

Let’s go back 60-70 years to my home in Kansas City, Missouri and I’ll reflect a bit on the deliveries made to our home on West 58th Terrace.

One of my fond memories is of Manor Bread. This was in the early 1950’s. We had moved to our new house, the one we enjoyed for over 50 years. They actually had a horse-drawn buggy. They would come once a week. The driver was known to my Mom. She talked about cuisine and how he helped her.  (Manor Bread is in Facebook. “Things and Places We Loved When We Were Much Younger.”

https://www.facebook.com/groups/58116837932/search/?query=Manor%20bread%20&epa=SEARCH_BOX)

An especially favorite memory is Salt Rising Bread. This was a real treat. It wasn’t available generally, so when it was available, everybody wanted it. Salt Rising Bread! In the toaster! I still want it, and I succeeded in making it some sixty years later, but there was some trouble with the bread dough. I tried my old Crock Pot once, at 200 degrees, which was a little high for the temperature after twenty-four hours, but it did work!

There was no coal service, as we had a gas heater.  But I remember the basement room into which coal had been delivered. It was about 6 feet wide, about 8 deep and maybe a 7 foot ceiling.  It was part of the wall, but went back from the wall. It was opposite the stairs to the basement. It was on these stairs that I sat, about 60 years ago.

I had a .22 carbine, made by Remington. Target practice took place in the basement. My Dad supervised at first. I was about 10 or 11, maybe 12.  Later I was allowed to do it by myself. What we did was to shoot into the coal bin. The target device was on saw-horses. It was small, with sand between boards. I would target something, a bullseye, for example on the front side, and then shoot.

When I pulled the trigger, I was a little off kilter and the shot ricocheted. I could hear the bullet zinging around the basement!