Category Archives: philosophy

Supporting a Wave of Creativity

Posted on December 18, 2016 by randomyriad

The arabesque is, rather obviously, not a position that can be held for any prolonged length of time. Balanced on the tip of one foot, the ballerina gives her audience a momentary glimpse of the arabesque, and then she is … Continue reading →

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Quiet Please! I Am Trying to Hear The Ghosts Behind The Scenery.

Posted on August 29, 2016 by randomyriad

  I have always felt that there was a dialogue going on imperceptible to my inadequate senses like voices mumbling in another room, mumbling made up of light and waves and interruptions and strings of events, as if, with a … Continue reading →

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Video: Harry Frankfurt on Bullshit

Posted on July 2, 2016 by randomyriad

Originally posted on Vox Populi:
. Harry Frankfurt is an American philosopher and author of the New York Times bestseller “On Bullshit”. Although first conceived as an essay over 30 years ago, his theory on bullshit is more relevant today than…

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Reyna d’Assia: The Key to Immortal Consciousness

Posted on May 22, 2016 by randomyriad

Originally posted on Vox Populi:
We have been badly educated. We live in a world of competition in which honesty is synonymous with naïveté. We must first develop good habits. Some of them may seem simple, but they are very…

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Composing the Present: An Interview with John Cage

Posted on February 23, 2016 by randomyriad

Originally posted on synthetic zerØ:
related interview with Cage http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/fa/2009/07/20090731_fa_02.mp3

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