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  • Mont Blanc by Percy Bysshe Shelley

    The everlasting universe of things Flows through the mind, and rolls its rapid waves, Now dark—now glittering—now reflecting gloom—  Now lending splendour, where from secret springs The source of human thought its tribute brings Of waters—with a sound but half… Continue reading

  • Stefan Zweig: On The Daemonic and Tragic Worlds | dark ecologies

    Whatever strives to transcend the narrower boundaries of self, overleaping immediate personal interests to seek adventures in the dangerous realm of inquiry, is the outcome of the daemonic constituent of our being. But the daemon is not a friendly and… Continue reading

  • Interview: Nicholas Tampio on Deleuze’s Political Vision

    Source: Interview: Nicholas Tampio on Deleuze’s Political Vision Continue reading

  • unbroken but stretching

    disconnecting slowly strings of attachment unbroken but stretching unfortunate end Continue reading

    unbroken but stretching

  • Gestures of Belonging

    The fall has brought to fuller expression many notions with which I have been struggling for decades. The process of getting to a greater clarity has been difficult on my personal and professional relationships. In striving to find a path between friends… Continue reading

    Gestures of Belonging

  • Shaka, When the Walls Fell

    Thanks to my friend Debbie S., for sending along this tweet. “Pooh?” said Piglet. “Yes, Piglet?” said Pooh. “Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra,” said Piglet. “Shaka, when the walls fell,” said Pooh. — Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 17, 2015… Continue reading

  • Philosophical Espresso

    If you have not had a chance to watch Jason Silva do his philosophizing flow on his vlog, here are a few examples. Good stuff. Continue reading

    Philosophical Espresso

  • Pax Coffea – the role of coffee in troubling times

    An essay very much worth the read from barista and coffee specialist Peter Giuliano: …how we can use coffee- which is after all the subject dearer to me than any other- as a tool in the fight for good and for… Continue reading

  • Is Nothing

    A stream of consciousness composition as I wandered around the University of North Texas. The morning of this composition I was just on the edge of detaching from a two week depression that had been filled with a few peaks… Continue reading

    Is Nothing

  • $20 Trillion Rock and Extraplanetary Capitalism

    Bill Gates, Google billionaires, James Cameron and Ross Perot Jr. have decided it is worth it to bet big on a future in space mining… To become the wealthiest company in the world, Planetary Resources [would] need only capture one… Continue reading