Category Archives: philosophy

A Variety Perspectives on Living Creatively

Posted on July 7, 2018 by randomyriad

A genius is the one who is most like himself – Thelonius Monk   Consider everything an experiment – Sister Corita Kent   “Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.” – Voltaire (1694-1778)   Sometimes the … Continue reading →

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Doing the Lord’s Work in The New World

Posted on July 2, 2018 by randomyriad

  Given the choice I would rather go to hell. It can’t be worse than living with people who have no compassion. It starts with assuming that some people are less than human, but I still don’t understand why people … Continue reading →

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Incantations: The Magic of Reading Aloud

Posted on June 22, 2018 by randomyriad

      The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (Lovecraft cover art) by Gervasio Gallardo (b. 1934) I have read this very strange novel to myself and once to my then 3 year son, who loved it when I read him anything. I have … Continue reading →

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Thoughts About Thinking Our Way Forward

Posted on June 11, 2018 by randomyriad

This is how one pictures the angel of history. His face is turned toward the past. Where we perceive a chain of events, he sees one single catastrophe which keeps piling wreckage upon wreckage and hurls it in front of … Continue reading →

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Keep Only What You Need

Posted on April 28, 2018 by randomyriad

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