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Tag: self-preservation

A Great Wave

At the end of a ride on a great wave we find ourselves gasping and spitting, with the sharp tang of brine penetrating our sinuses, sand in our eyes. Our minds filled by a euphoric kaleidoscopic replaying of the ride’s thrills. Meanwhile, the next wave is about to land on us, pushing us down into…… Continue reading A Great Wave

Published 08/16/2020
Categorized as Creativity, Essay, Writing Tagged Enormity, Hubris, Nemesis, Proprioception, self-preservation, the Shadow

An Event Horizon

An Event Horizon

Most days follow on from the day before and are followed by another in such a way that at any given moment, and certainly in retrospect, the salient sensation we’re left with is of partaking in continuity. This is an aspect of the workings of the mind and is related to; and it might be…… Continue reading An Event Horizon

Published 07/30/2020
Categorized as Creativity, Dialogue, Essay Tagged Coherence, David Bohm, Defenses, incoherence, On Creativity, self-preservation

“We don’t require professions. We require practices. We don’t need to develop philosophies. We need to find ways to live with purpose and meaning. We don’t need to fight what exists. We need to discover ways to exist that bring us fulfillment and wean us off our dependency on destruction.”

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