i gradumated.

things begin.
we write, we try;

we continue forward.

i am at the point where i seem to find little solace in the things that i knew long past.

but perhaps it is just the moment.

i will try.

these are the beginnings of the next phase of my life.

art is in the presence of the human mind

i need to write this stuff on paper

"spirit", in western religious traditions, has come to mean the invulnerable, eternal part of the human person. if you're a westerner and you're talking about the spirit, or the soul, you're almost always assuming that there will be an afterlife, since our "spirit" carries our conciousness but cannot be defeated by death. your spirit is attended to ( Read more... )

symbiosis between the organism and its environment is a cohesive, ultimately structural relationship that is organized, pattern-oriented, and open to inspiration. there are set containers within other containers, and the content in the containers is thought or action. one container is the body, the other is the bedroom, the other is the house, the ( Read more... )

note:

i decided to use the phrase "describing the spirit of the universe" rather than "meaning of the universe". the latter assumes that there is some sort of secret that must be found out, either through experimentation or scholarship or mysticism. the former implies that it is already known because we are, in the very act, describing it-giving ( Read more... )

the great thing about writing is that it is portable, reproducable, and unneeding of installation in so many ways that other art forms do not have. if you have a painting that describes the spirit of the universe, you have to put it somewhere, light it, and make sure it doesn't get destroyed by the erosion of time. no such thing happens with ( Read more... )

I am part of the Great Collective that is one.

co-statement to the ultimate:

all is one.the former is a statement about the relationship between god, the conciouss sentient individual, and the nature of god itself. god is not just a set of collected experiences, it should be noted, but a concious being in and of itself ( Read more... )