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Archive for December, 2005

Break.

My computer has decided to die, so there probably wont be many updates here for a while until I can get it sorted. Not sure how long that will be…
In the meantime, check this.

Logos.

Logos
“To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And A Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an Hour.” - William Blake

The Camera Eye.

Is it better to keep photographs? Or just rely on your memories?
I think there is a place for both, a place for photographs, to jog your memory, and get a clear picture of “times gone by”, but, I think there is another dimension to the past that is only held in your mind, that might […]

Receding…

It still feels like autumn..
What does it mean to be alive? To have breath? To be conscious? I personally don’t believe that is sufficient. Are you alive if you willingly let your life be controlled by something external to yourself? For example, your poloticians, the TV, a “lifestyle”. Of course, it is impossible for these […]

Perspective.

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Thanks to SPB for creating the image.
“Because today we live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious groups, political groups…So I ask, in my writing, What is real? Because unceasingly we are bombarded with pseudo-realities manufactured by very sophisticated […]

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“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” - Groucho Marx

Through the meadow…

What is the greater gift, your own mind? Or the world around you?
Quote: “Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Reason, Reality and Rationale.

My number one (maybe) Philosophy:
Note: This isn’t a “command”, it is merely my own philosophy.
Know why you do things, everything you do, you should know why. If you are not able to present a reason, that you personally see as valid, for why you do something, why do you do it?
So many people do things […]

What Are Simulacra?

A Simulacra, in it’s most pure form is a “copy of a copy”. However, it is slightly more than that, often a simulacrum would be a copy that has changed so much from it’s original that it can no longer be said to be a copy. Or, a copy of something that no longer exists, […]