Tag: Art
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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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Summer Morning Ride
Summer Morning Ride Heading over to the Tucson Loop pathUnder a heavily marbled skyThe morning sun castsLong dark shadowsThat we glide through The stagnant ocean of airIs already hot and dryThe only breezeGenerated by mySpinning pedals A gaggle of RoadrunnersIntercept usPeriodically along the wayAlong with skinksSkink-skanking the path ahead A few morning dovesDart off the…
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Another Empire In Decline
Yes, I posted this before, but looking around, it’s glaringly apparent to me that it needs reiteration… The New Dark Ages from the declineof the Roman Empireto the Renaissanceover a thousand years clerics and kingsdestroyed most of theancient wisdoms andsciences with burnings books and witcheswith blood-letting‘’medical’ and warringconquering and conjuring religious incantationsrule by ‘divine right’butchers…
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Eternal Now
Eternal Now To paraphrase CarlinNow doesn’t really existMerely the intersectionOf future and past Here it comes..Wait, it’s almost hereNot yet… Now? Nope, it’s already goneHere it comes again… But It’s the future thatDoesn’t exitMerely a hoped-forPotential,An assumptionOf continuation And the past isOnly a story of what hasPassed throughThe eternal presentOnly a pattern ofNeurons strung togetherTemporarily…
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Full Of It
Full Of Sh*t You’re full of sh*tI’m full of sh*tWe’re all full of sh*tNot our faultJust a biological factBut, we do our bestTo eliminate itOn a daily shift But, our bodiesAre not the onlySh*t sourcesWithin us There’s also theMental and emotionalCrap in that cesspoolWe call our minds Not our fault, reallyThe ‘quality’ (or lack thereof)Of…
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The ‘Other’ Realm Novels
The ‘Other’ Realm Novels Just finished a series about a powerful witch and her griffin-familiar; an enemies to lovers story. So far, there seems to be 4 series based in this realm telling the stories of several different friends, who become the heros and heroines of each series. Of the 3 that I’ve read, I…
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Last Tuesday Morning Ride Of July 2025
Last Tuesday Morning Ride Of July 2025 Bright pristine skyNo cloud-shadows toBreak up the glareJust the morningBar and QR codes fromSun through the trees Except for TumamocAnd A-mountainRinging mountainsLightly silhouetted inSummer sky-blueVeil of mists Aging Brittlebush bloomsSticking out helter-skelterLike common pins fromA pin cushion Or if more darkly imagined Like a plethora ofMisery-pinsProtruding from a…
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Desert Home – Early Morning
Desert Home – Early Morning Ceiling-fan lazilySpinning round and roundWafts a gentle breezeWith little-to-no soundStick-fan in the cornerWhirring awayAir currents pulseAs it oscillatesTo and fro and finallyBack this way Opened the doorsAt sunriseBefore the morningTemperatures riseFor another day with theHouse buttoned upThe cooling AC way It’s to be anotherThree-digit dayThe Fahrenheit scale says “But it’s…
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Memoir Addendum – Critical Shiai
This account is the result of one of my journal prompts to tell a story that I haven’t previously but want to remember. Critical Shiai Back in ’65, I was participating in a local shiai. There were 2 or 3 clubs participating. The shiai (matches) were being held in our club dojo at the YMCA.…
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Love Romantic and True
This may be difficult for true beleivers in soul-mated, true love to read. The divorce rate for first marriages in the US is 40-50%. Not an encouraging statistic for those who believe in romantic and ‘true love’. The universe doesn’t suffer fools gently… But then, it’s only my humble opinion, based on the experiences of…
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