January 2011
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December 2010
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winter sky
shedding a tiny drop
of the moon
– Ranka
[Source: Haiku Shiki, November 2010 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo]
The whole point of retreat is to develop your mind and your state of being so...
– Reggie Ray, “The Power of Solitude”
He took the words out of my mouth.
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The death of dogma is the birth of morality.
– Immanuel Kant
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That it doesn’t strike us at all when we look around us, move about in space,...
– Ludwig Wittgenstein
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A Remarkable Sight.
The most beautiful thing you saw today?
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Evanescence
An interesting article on what makes us human - or not. The article opens:
It’s not “technology” which makes us less human, de Grazia argued persuasively, but clock dependence.
And then continues:
By the 1910s in this country, the pre-eminent time-and-attendance office equipment company was the International Time Recording Company (later known as IBM), whose catalogues warned employers...
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A Remarkable Feeling
The most beautiful feeling you felt today?
For me - weary satisfaction. I actually like that feeling. It means that something’s good today but there will be more to do tomorrow.
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Believe me, no need for remorse. Destroying is better than creating when we’re...
– Federico Fellini
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Cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and...
– Eihei Dōgen
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Part of growth is learning to create inner peace without being dependent upon...
– Orin
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But lying, too, is living, lying of the kind I do.
– Anais Nïn
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The more I deny myself, the poorer I would be for you, my darling. There is no...
– Anais Nïn
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The Assassination of Chicago's Mayor →
Our latest film, The Assassination of Chicago’s Mayor has wrapped and is now in post-production.
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Julian Treasure: The 4 Ways Sound Affects Us.
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I contend that rigidity, whether physical or mental, i.e. the adherence to a...
– Moshe Feldenkrais
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Unconscious Power
Interesting friends enrich life. I seem to have a surplus of them. I love the multitude of answers I get for a banal question such as the one I asked the other day, what invisible presence has made your life better? Answers included:
A sense of direction.
The wisdom of my father.
Hunger.
The all-knowing all-seeing all-powerful almighty God who is Love.
Gravity.
The last answer was given...