The famous Shackelton advertisement for his 1907
NIMROD expedition to the South Pole . . .
I like to meditate on this text before setting out on
winter treks in the mountains . . .
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Ad for 1907 Shackelton NIMROD Expedition postcard
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Winter in North America.





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SIMPLICITY / COMPLEXITY CYCLE

Where the climax of complexity comes we
can never know for sure, but natural movement
always begins and ends with simplicity.

Draw a circle which is not
surrounded by emptiness;

Speak a word which does not
emerge from and return
to nothing at all.


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