Category Archives: mindworks

That God is Me

Henri Matisse wrote: Spontaneity is not what I am looking for. . . . Undoubtedly it is necessary to paint as one sings, without constraint. The acrobat executes his number with ease and an apparent facility. Let’s not lose sight … Continue reading →

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Franz Kafka’s Diary

Franz Kafka wrote in his diary: October 19, 1921: Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate– he has little success in … Continue reading →

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Dreamtime 2: Mr. Fixer

The man came into town to show them all how it was done. He checked into a small motel at the edge of town and went to the little bar across the road. Three men were waiting for him. They … Continue reading →

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Into the Jaws of the Beast I Shout Joy

“You must empty your pockets, turn them inside out, and spill out your wife and your son, the pets you hardly knew, and the days you simply missed altogether watching the sunlight fade on the bricks across the way. You … Continue reading →

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Wonder World 1

  “How do you to hold a hundred tons of water in thin air with no visible means of support: you build a cloud.” Bob Ross, painter “Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions.” Jacob Bronowski The … Continue reading →

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