Words Of A Genuine Shaman-Type….
I don’t usually quote at such length, but I’ve been returning to the following passage again and again since first …
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The Plight Of The Struggling Artist….
This is from a response I wrote yesterday, with adaptations, to a comment I received from—with apologies Mame—a compassionate soul …
A New School….
“When a culture is in a state of disintegration or transition the freedom of the artist increases— but the …
“…The Drift Of It Everything…”
“The words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything….”—Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass Good old Walt. …
Yesterday And Today….
My generation was lucky. We crossed the fraught years of adolescence before home video games took hold towards …
500….!
Yesterday WordPress notified me I had just published my 500th post here at the Omphalos Cafe. ‘Really?’ I …
The Ten Thousand Voices….
““And do you know,” continued Siddhartha, “what word it [the river] pronounces when one is successful in hearing all …
An Outlook Divide….
Jean-Marc and I exchanged a few friendly words in the Carré the other day. He was sitting on a …
Art?!!….
I was having dinner at the bar of a downtown Irish Pub when a woman sat next me and …
The Fallacy Of Remoteness….
“That which speaks to us from higher, more distant realms comes clothed in secrecy and mystery.”—Henry Miller, Time of …
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