Category: Art/Skill/Techne
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Ursula K. Le Guin: We can Envision Better than Capitalism
“We live in capitalism,” said Le Guin, “Its power seems inescapable… So did the divine right of kings.”
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Free to Be Miley
[Miley Cyrus] says she has come to consider her own sexuality — even her own gender identification — fluid. “I am literally open to every single thing that is consenting and doesn’t involve an animal and everyone is of age. Everything that’s legal, I’m down with. Yo, I’m down with…
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Ora et Labora, #Prayer and #Work
St. Benedict summarized the entirety of his rule in two practices, contemplating with the heart and laboring with the hands. “The monastic life is very plain and ordinary,” says Father Cassian Folsom, the founder and prior of the Monks of Norcia, ensconced in the St. Benedict Monastery in central Italy.…
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Decision
If I am no longer the man I was, it is because I decide to become the man I will be.
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Fate and the Wire
Tautological understanding is very much a part of The Wire‘s metaphysics. David Simon directs/authors the series structurally along the lines of Greek Tragedy rather than the Shakesperean variety. Essential paths–following the strict law of identity–play a huge role in instantiating a certain fatefulness as decisions by the Greater Powers–City Hall, the…
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‘Queer Icons’ Of Color
Icons are an essential part of the visual history of religions, including those of the Catholic, Coptic and Orthodox Christian traditions. From the familiar Mary and the Archangel Gabriel to the more obscure Saint Menas or Theotokos of Vladimir, iconic depictions venerate the figures we consider holy or miraculous, marked…
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Philosophy as Happening
Public philosophy for the Society of Control? Does this have impact? Despite the circus/rave structure of the event, what does it say that the dominant themes were Stoical? The mental marathon billed as “A Night of Philosophy” began in an analytic frenzy at 7 p.m. on Friday as three speakers…
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▶ Denton Coffee Culture – YouTube
Proud to be a part of coffee’s community of service in Denton and Denton County. Prouder to know so many of the great folks in these videos. As the specialty coffee industry continues to grow, quality coffee has become more prevalent in Denton County. Denton Coffee Culture, a documentary focusing…
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Live Long and Prosper
Leonard Nimoy/Mr. Spock was the first person I remember talking about logic. As a child, I did not want to be Captain Kirk in games, I wanted to be the Vulcan. When I think about the passing of a person from life into the “undiscovered country,” I wonder–How did she/he influence…
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Extracting a Mean for the Coffee Bean
Australian Barista-Philosopher Matt Perger philosophizes on the sense of “evenness” when talking about coffee extraction: Throughout my Barista career, so many of my teachers and peers have told me to extract evenly. “Don’t do x or the extraction won’t be even” and “Do y to even out the extraction” etc.…
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