Sunday, is warmer, more agreeable than was Saturday. The plans for today include adventuring into Chicago for a performance of The Tina Turner Musical at the Nederlander Theater. Tina Turner was a “force of Nature,” survivor of an physically destructive relationship with Ike, her husband- manager. She survived fame as well, with 11 Grammy…
A being is a closed pathway. This engages in that direction. Each being is suspended over the infinite possibility that it had of not being. It perceives an ensemble of possibilities not occurring as possibilities for existence other than it. –excerpt On Nietzsche, Notes by Georges Bataille p. 319 This particular combination that I…
Conversed with two friends this morning long enough to finish my first cup of Starbucks dark roast, with two splendas and creme… I asked about sites in the area — of ruins, abandoned factories, or such structures which have fallen into disuse, decrepitude from their heyday. I received several good leads. Apparently there is…
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…
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…
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…
We visited the Cosley Zoo yesterday. Cosley Zoo is a small zoo in Wheaton, Illinois, scaled for toddlers and older children. At the zoo you get a close-up look at animals, wild and domestic. The visit was greatly enjoyed. Our grand daughter certainly will remember for many years the animals which are cared for,…
This afternoon seems more chill than 35 degrees F. The sky is an oppressive grey, a bowl of achromatic glass, horizon to horizon. I cannot delay writing some words until I happen to be inspired. Why delay? Tomorrow is not foreseen, and is as likely to be gray as of sunlight. A tune performed…
