Today I am at loss about writing. War in Ukraine never leaves my mind. News reports seem rife with speculation. The “news” is a business which means that words are offered profusely, photos recycled in order to collect the paycheck. Stimulating pics and speculation about the future. Perhaps all of that is a distraction. …
Sunlight washes the intersection of State and 3rd today in Geneva. There’s a good vibe inside Starbucks. The coffee is hot, the flavor bracing, an acquired taste… Last night I participated in a discussion on “art”, the state-of-art at the end of the 20th century. At least that is when the essay by Jean…
What kind of immanence or transcendencedo lovers attainthat lacerates themwhile uniting them? MORAL VALUE IS THE OBJECT OF DESIRE. On this topic I am speaking of “undefined existence”Desire is sometimes for a defined object, sometimes…Opposition God, beloved (transcendent, defined)to nothingness, feminine nakedness… –excerpt On Nietzsche, Notes by Georges Bataille, p. 307 Decided to “sleep…
Intrigued with the exhibit of AI art on display at Waterstreet Studios I returned on Saturday morning to have a measured look at the pieces offered for appreciation. I took my time, pausing before each work to absorb movement offered by the artist. A few photographs were taken. Artificial Intelligence is in it’s infancy. …
Whoever needs something other than a puppet is not part of this community. to play: to put oneself in play, to surpass the given in play, the content: only what is favorable to the game. Perhaps also on the mad philosopher: community? or mystic? -excerpt On Nietzsche Notes by Georges Bataille…
A provocative discussion last night… A group of us considered the role of emotion in decision making. A decision is assumed to be the outcome of reason, the action of the mind to assess facts, the “truth value” of experience, including information received from 2nd hand sources. Is not one’s life a composite of…
And now? I account for myself clearly. The project that I put in writing, this book was a frightful challenge. Could I have succeeded? Really? It is apparently a failure; this book resembles tanks abandoned in their essence and through combat, half destroyed in a field. It is…
Whenever this song is played on the radio, the bright guitar licks, as well as the sparkling harmonies of the voices are enchanting. Without question the lyrics are dark. Does the contrast give the tune its power? Language conceals the complicated, many layered nuance of homo sapiens, the language-enabled-mammal. The story line has to…
Sometimes I have no idea what to write. In time an idea develops… “This” piece of writing “sets my hair on fire.” There’s no need for anything of my own but to share this with you. An infantryman’s least favorite weather is a temperature of 35 degrees Fahrenheit and pouring rain, when the trench…
I hesitate to mention an inclination to write-a-book. Why, in god’s name would I want to do that? The bookstore is filled with titles, and on the internet a tidal wave of material, much self published. What portion of those publications, paper or virtual are likely to be read? The question is unanswerable. In…
