Tag: Acrylics
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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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Morning Meditations
Meditating sitting meditatingmorning dovesoutside my windowhoo-hoo-hoooohoo-hoo-hoooowho-who-whooooo sitting meditatingtraffic cacophonya few streets awaybackground staticthrough wind chimesimminent rain signs bathe sunbaked groundswildflowers bloombeside cactus spineshillside climbs can stillhear the chimes resonatingsitting meditating –LE
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Is This Too True Or Merely True Enough?
An oldy, but a goody… Some lable this (and me) cynical or pessimistic. Really? Have you looked around recently? How would you interpret our current ‘reality’? Too True ? Are we rain;are we sane–ishworking with ageless energy,planning to live forever,life full of regrets and sorrows,hoping for resurrection — or — at least reincarnation — or…
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Success – Memoir Addendum
Success I studied classical violin when I was a child. My teachers, over the years, informed my parents that I was no prodigy and would probably never be good enough to be a ‘professional’ musician. This colored my view of myself and my abilities. It took many years for me to come to Nietzsche’s realization…
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New Year’s Eve For 2025
Happy New Year’s Eve For 2025 Hope everyone is enjoying their New Year’s celebration! Along with celebrating tonight, it’s also time for those so inclined to consider, and make a list of those things they’ve resolved to change, intensify, or eliminate in their lives… Then see just how long the resolve lasts, one week or…
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