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Soon enough
Soon enough awake From benadryl dreams Walking slumberland Each table a pillow Every surface A creature comfort Inviting me to Continue the big Easy sleep… Free of Itchy allergens But limited in Operating the Heavy equipment Out profound reason. Good… Continue reading
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The Lost Treasure of Da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci is considered by many to be one of the greatest artists who ever lived. Yet his reputation rests on only a handful of pictures – including the world’s most famous painting, the Mona Lisa. …Fiona Bruce travels… Continue reading
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Just two small bricks
Wonderful talk by Ajahn Brahm. Highly recommend it. Watch, listen, contemplate. If you watch the whole talk, you will get why I decided on today’s title. Continue reading
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The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things
The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things is a painting attributed to Hieronymus Bosch, completed around 1500 or later. The painting is oil on wood panels. The painting is presented in a series of circular images. Four small… Continue reading
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The library, the cloud, and the digital scholar
Originally posted on jbrittholbrook: Mark Carrigan and I have continued our discussion begun here about the difference between various media (in this case, blogs and Moleskine notebooks). We haven’t discussed aesthetics, yet — but, to be clear, I’m not into… Continue reading
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Daodejing 38 Redux
With this poem, we begin the Book of DE (the second part of the Daodejing, the poems on virtue or excellence). #38* Magnificent excellence (DE): Acting without thinking of being excellent. Acting thus is authentic excellence. Debased excellence: Keeping up… Continue reading
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Spirits in the Material World
Originally posted on Theoria: Having recently revisited James Hillman’s book, The Dream and the Underworld, I was excited to read Jeremy Kessler’s article in the New Atlantis on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s work, “The Hall of Fantasy,” in which he proposes that those… Continue reading
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Hashtag America – Official Write Bloody 2013 Submission
A wonderful young poet who definitely deserves your attention. He is in a contest at the moment. Take a listen. If you are as impressed with him as I am, then go over to YouTube and “like” the video as… Continue reading
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Mystery Intergalactic Radio Bursts Detected : Discovery News
Astronomers were on a celestial fishing expedition for pulsing neutron stars and other radio bursts when they found something unexpected in archived sky sweeps conducted by the Parkes radio telescope in New South Wales, Australia. The powerful signal, which lasted… Continue reading
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Gospel of Thomas – Yale Online
Part of being a self directed learner who seeks out what interests you and hopefully makes you a better person, is finding bits and pieces of solid thinking on line. And so much sift through! There are a gajillion bits… Continue reading
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True Love and Boogeymen
Originally posted on Zaphnath-Paaneah: Eye candy is for toy soldiers, true love is for children. Like boogeymen, our parents whisper fables in our eager ears to prevent bad decisions, instill fear at every corner instruct the eyes to heed first… Continue reading
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Lightly my darling, on tiptoes
Originally posted on coromandal: From as early as I can remember, I’ve had a serious streak, scoldy, and humourless. In my undergrad a girl called me IYM, for intense young man. I don’t think I’ve shaken it quite, still striving, overreaching,… Continue reading
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Whitby Abbey in Yorkshire
Something beautiful from out NotestoPonder‘s neck of the woods in the York countryside. It should be noted for the my Goth friends, that these are the abbey ruins that inspired the Bram Stoker to write the scene of Dracula’s arrival… Continue reading
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The Power Of Art: 5/8 – Turner
One of Britain’s most celebrated artists, Turner showed exceptional artistic talent from an early age and entered the Royal Academy aged fourteen. His English landscapes made his name but there was a darker side to his paintings that was difficult… Continue reading
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Thursday Mid-Night Boom Booms
A bit of tunage brought to my attention by Notestoponder. ¡Gracías! Continue reading
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