Tag: books
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Words and Meanings.
Words do not inherently contain meaning as a container holds water. Rather, they are pointers to meaning—markers that rely on the shared context between the author and the reader. The meaning of any given narrative depends not only on what the author knows about the world but also on what they wish to elicit from…
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Have you subscribed? And my weird emails.
Over the last few weeks I have been getting some weird emails from this site that consist of: Thats it. No content. Now, Im not sure what is going on here. Perhaps, I am just getting spammed by a bot… or perhaps there is an issue on WordPress with their subscription box. I am thinking…
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Two poems for a buck.
Rummaging through the bargain bin at a local second-hand book shop I came across a very cool book of poetry (A Book of Luminous Things by Czeslaw Milosz) for the princely price of $1. And if the poetry were not good enough, the book is full of marginalia. Penciled in comments, underlines, arrows and exclamations…
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Rick Ruben on the creative act.
This book, “The Creative Act: A Way of Being” by Rick Rubin, challenges misconceptions about creativity. It advocates for living life as an artist and embracing awareness in daily activities.
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Jonathan Livingston Downwind
Waramanga Primary School held an ‘assembly’ once a week in the school hall. All the students and teachers came together to discuss (ie be told by the headmaster) school issues and events. Sometimes there were short plays or skits presented by the students. As we shuffled into assembly each week, there was this small portable…
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Snapshot at eight.
It’s eight PM.Dinner is done and the washing up of course.Since my evening zazen, I’m feeling restless. Desert was a strong pour-over and six squares of rum and raisin chocolate. Meditation with a chaser of caffeination. Let us see. 20 bazillion movies to choose from on Netflix and I can’t find a single one to…
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