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Spirit of Place…

* This notion, in the vague form in which it as come down to us, is probably more easily accessible, or, as some might have it, ‘fluffier’. * Still, few would deny that places can have atmospheres, Continue reading at … Continue reading

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A pattern in the night

I couldn’t sleep. I’d gone to bed sleepy, read until I could read no more, then snuggled down expecting the inner lights to go out within minutes. An hour later I was still waiting… and wide awake. It might have … Continue reading

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The Enormity of Life…

* We do not ordinarily confine ourselves to the present moment. * It is not actually possible. * But neither do we extend ourselves much before and beyond it. * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Telling tales

I was talking with a friend, as you do, comparing notes over coffee and a few thousand miles. He described his own spiritual tradition as ‘walking in Beauty’. That, I thought, was a wonderful way to describe any path. Yet … Continue reading

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Long-Sight…

  * Something of the unseen beyond can be gleaned from consideration of the human visage. * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Functions in Time…

* The effects of the past on the present can be recognised in the unconscious persistence of our earliest psychological impressions. * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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The Singularity of Days…

* Everyone knows what a winter’s day looks and feels like. * Even if they have never experienced one. * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Cryborg…

* When, O’ when will we learn? * Pathologies are not people. * Neither are robots, nor automatons. * Count Jack Black Reblogged from France and Vincent

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Dimensionality…

* The point, which has one, represents none. The line, which has two, represents one. The triangle, which has three, for us, represents four. * But what happened to two and three? * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Once in every lifetime…

* We do not think about time, except in terms of its measurement. * Never as a dimension. * Yet every object extends in time as well as space. * Sometimes it is here, or there, sometimes it is not. … Continue reading

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