Challenges….
“‘The men of old,’ say the Chinese, ‘reckon it the highest excellence in poetry that the meaning should be …
Category Archives: The Hero
Again Hesse’s ‘The Poet’….
“Therefore, I beg you to let me go my own way in loneliness for a while and devote myself to …
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 …
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 Impending Rebirth Of Symbols….
“Symbols hold the mind to truth but are not themselves truth, hence it is delusory to borrow them. Each …
Yesterday And Today….
My generation was lucky. We crossed the fraught years of adolescence before home video games took hold towards …
Flâneurs Of The World… Unite!
I even love the sound of it. Flâneur. Especially with the added look and spice of the accent circumflex …
A New Way….
A Matrix Belief systems. We are all a pray to them. It is part and parcel of …
The Fallacy Of Remoteness….
“That which speaks to us from higher, more distant realms comes clothed in secrecy and mystery.”—Henry Miller, Time of …
