Tag: Acrylics
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A Philosophical Journey
I’m sure there are a few readers who find some of my views incredulous, can’t understand how they could be so, considering our current ‘reality’, based on the prejudices of our society. Hopefully, this will inform, if perhaps not, justify…; -) A Philosophical Journey Started at mother’s kneeadded to by the gatekeeperof our societyour fathers,…
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Colors Before My Eyes
Colors Before My Eyes Purples and greensRoll up before myClosed eyesAlong with scenes From my idioticRomanticSometimes pedanticForgotten memories Too many timesSmashed out of meBy brass-knuckledReality Only rememberedIn quiet timesWith my ancientEyes closed –LE – 9/6/25
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Late August Sunday Morning Ride
Late August Sunday Morning Ride The 7:am airVery warm and dryWhite paintbrush dabsIn the northern skyLike waves-crestsOn a tranquil blueSea Long morning shadowsCast across our pathA strobelight effectDisorienting in its aspectDodging skinksSlow to react Saw a hawkI thinkToo far awayTo be sureCertainly lookedLike a hawkishLanding on thatDead tree branchAs it surveyedThe riverbedBelow Lots of bikers…
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Free Will
Free Will I’ve been thinking about the idea of human feelings and emotions being ‘biochemical algorithms’ developed over millions of years on the East African savannahs as defined by Yuval Noah Harari in his books, Sapiens and Homo Deus. It certainly leads to the conclusion that there is no such thing as ‘free will’, just…
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Dreams
Dreams There are dreamsAnd there are dreamsDepending on your definition Some call aspirations, creative goalsPhysical, mental, social, economicDreams, but really, only remote possibilities Then there are the Sandman dreamsThe subconscious cleansing ofThe brain, while in sleep-mode The dust devil cleansingLand of Morpheus dreamsAre more preferable to me than The waking nightmare we inhabit dailyWhile climate,…
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Hey, Diddle, Diddle
Hey, diddle, diddleThe cat and fiddle… So did the cat, the cow, or the little dog run away with the spoon? I guess you’ll have to recite the whole nursery rhyme to remember…; -) –LE – 6/23/25
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Memoir Addendum – On Listening
When I try to explain this to people, they usually don’t listen, and I suspect, don’t really care. They are more interested in bulldozing their own personal perspectives through, looking for acquiescence, and not interested in anything that might differ. On Listening And Hopefully Understanding There’s a trick to audio learning. I didn’t invent it,…
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My Favorite Music
My Favorite Music Bass lines that rumble theDeep foundations of my beingWith highs like butterflies on the wingCause a fundamental shiftIn awareness Some inspires dancing spontaneousLike no one’s watchingOr deep contemplation ofHamonics and overtonesAnd some’s just for Relaxing, meditating And yes, there’s room forHeadbangingIf you’re really in the moodWords may give someSpecial meanings But are…
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Contentment
Contentment as a youthI thought the worldheld a grudgeagainst methought it wassingling me out eventually truthdawned on meit’s the commonexperience of lifefor any and allborn into it discovered that onehas little choice onhow ‘life’ treats usexcept on howwe perceive itand how we react even with thesocalled ‘wisdom’of age upon usmultitudes of hardshipsand joys continueto bathe…
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