Category Archives: make your own world

Maybe All There Is Is the Next Thing That Happens

Posted on April 27, 2011 by randomyriad

Arthur Miller‘s words spoken by Marilyn Monroe in a breathy sigh while looking over Montgomery Clift‘s broken head into an uncertain future in the movie the Misfits. What will be the next thing? Not even John Huston when he directed … Continue reading →

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More About Stories

Posted on February 14, 2011 by randomyriad

The problem with stories is they can be powerful whether they are true or not. Unfortunately there are many untrue and manipulative stories coming out in the commentaries made by certain pundits about the dangers of democracy in Middle East and Northern … Continue reading →

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Make Your Maps as You Go

Posted on January 23, 2011 by randomyriad

How to Discover Your Own New Worlds Step 1: Lose the Way The first step . . . shall be to lose the way.– Galway Kinnell It’s important to forget what you are doing–then a work of art may happen. … Continue reading →

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We Are Making History

Posted on January 17, 2011 by randomyriad

“Quantum physics tells us that no matter how thorough our observation of the present, the (unobserved) past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities. The universe according to quantum physics, has no single past, … Continue reading →

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Icy Determination to Thoughtful Action

Posted on January 14, 2011 by randomyriad

“We must resist the populist temptation to act out of anger and thus wound ourselves. Instead of such impotent acting out, we should control our fury and transform it into icy determination to think things through in a really radical … Continue reading →

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