Other Folks Blogs
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Becoming the Vessel | The Ptero Card
An informative piece from Ptero9 that reminds me how much philosophizing requires going to the margins or as Jaspers would call it, the boundary situations, where we engage in the loving struggle with others who are also attempting self-actualization. So,… Continue reading
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Alone Together: thoughts on José Saramago’s The Cave
Originally posted on Pomp and Intertext: Click the picture to read in the Quarterly Conversation how Saramago has begun to blog at the age of 85. “Heidegger’s analysis of metaphysical truth as Aletheia (the unveiled), that of Plato’s myth of… Continue reading
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Goodbye
Originally posted on allmostrelevant: Two people lived on a small man-made island just off the shore of the mainland. These two residents were not the only people on this island, but they lived alone. The residents were both on a… 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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Body 7: Disembodied DIY | disembodied text
Newest issue of Disembodied Text is out. I am proud to say that one of my poems was included. Also, this one comes with a PDF version which you can download and print up to pass around to all of… Continue reading
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Animal Spirits: The Bee | Through the Peacock’s Eyes
Another timely consideration of a spiritum animalem from Julianne Victoria at Through the Peacock’s Eyes The term “busy bee” is no accident. Bees symbolize industriousness, concentration, activity, busy-ness, group communication, and family and social networks. They tell us very busy times… Continue reading
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Red White and Robotic
Originally posted on Riled Risibility: A well-loved holiday staple in the west, the candy cane elicits in many feelings of peppermint laced winter wonder and sentiments of snow-covered good cheer. Most associate the sugary treats with Christmas cookies, ornaments, and… Continue reading
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Zen of Spring
Originally posted on monk's designs: monk's designs View original post Continue reading
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Genesis: Whip of the Wild God – Part I
Originally posted on mira prabhu: Neither of us being in the mood for the frenetic end-of-year partying for which Manhattan is justly famed, a friend and I decided to spend the last few days of 1993 at Ananda Ashram in… Continue reading
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Summer Solstice
Originally posted on Keithpp's Blog: Summer Solstice Stonehenge Summer Solstice, 21 June, the longest day. Stonehenge, an ancient astronomical clock. As the sun rises on the Summer Solstice, the sun is exactly in line with the gap in the circle.… Continue reading
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What is thesis?
Originally posted on The Revolution Will Not Be Taylorized: A thesis makes a speculative proposition about what architecture could be. Based upon an informed critique of conventional models (be they conventional models of building, understanding, or designing,) this proposition tests… Continue reading
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The Book of Kells Revisited
Originally posted on Micheline's Blog: Book of Kells, folio 34r containing the Chi Rho monogram Dear friends, I am forwarding a blog I wrote on 18 November 2011. It is about the Book of Kells, a Gospel Book. In order to… Continue reading
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Vernor Vinge on Technological Unemployment
What does the future hold, not only for the great hoard of folk who may not keep ahead of the ever-widening techno-chasm, but also the banks of thinkers/creators who have until now been busy at encoding the Book of Life?… Continue reading
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