Writings On The Wall - March 2015

"I'd have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money." --Paulo Coelho                             Link To Blog Archive here.

Bather’s World (2015-03-01)

Bather’s World (2015-03-01)

       Construction 95: Tanka Spheres 01

01-Bather'sWorld

Benoit’s World (2015-03-02)

Benoit’s World (2015-03-02)

       Construction 95: Tanka Spheres 02

02-Benoit'sWorld

Bird’s World (2015-03-03)

Bird’s World (2015-03-03)

       Construction 95: Tanka Spheres 03

03-Bird'sWorld


Boatman’s World (2015-03-04)

Boatman’s World (2015-03-04)

       Construction 95: Tanka Spheres 04

04-Boatman'sWorld

Bone Man’s World (2015-03-05)

2015-03-05 Thursday

Bone Man’s World (2015-03-05)

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05-Boneman'sWorld

Butterfly’s World (2015-03-06)

2015-03-06 Friday

Butterfly’s World (2015-03-06)

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06-Butterfly'sWorld

Calder’s World (2015-03-07)

2015-03-07 Saturday

Calder’s World (2015-03-07)

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07-Calder'sWorld

Farmer’s World (2015-03-08)

Farmer’s World (2015-03-08)

       Construction 95: Tanka Spheres 08

08-Farmer'sWorld

Flow’s World (2015-03-09)

Flow’s World (2015-03-09)

       Construction 95: Tanka Spheres 09

09-Flow'sWorld

Goldman’s World (2015-03-10)

Goldman’s World (2015-03-10)

       Construction 95: Tanka Spheres 10

10-Goldman'sWorld

Hatchling’s World (2015-03-11)

Hatchling’s World (2015-03-11)

       Construction 95: Tanka Spheres 11

11-Hatchling'sWorld

Herbalist’s World (2015-03-12)

Herbalist’s World (2015-03-12)

       Construction 95: Tanka Spheres 12

12-Herbalist'sWorld

Hermaphrodite’s World (2015-03-13)

Hermaphrodite’s World (2015-03-13)

         Construction 95: Tanka Spheres 13

13-Hermaphrodite'sWorld

Hunter’s World (2015-03-14)

Hunter’s World (2015-03-14)

        Construction 95: Tanka Spheres 14

14-Hunter'sWorld

Iguana’s World (2015-03-15)

Iguana’s World (2015-03-15)

       Construction 95: Tanka Spheres 15

15-Iguana'sWorld

Julia’s World (2015-16-16)

Julia’s World (2015-16-16)

       Construction 95: Tanka Spheres 16

16-Julia'sWorld

Lover’s World (2015-03-17)

Lover’s World (2015-03-17)

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17-Lover'sWorld

Medievalist’s World (2015-03-18)

Medievalist’s World (2015-03-18)

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18-Medievalist'sWorld

Northerner’s World (2015-03-19)

2015-03-19 Thursday

Northerner’s World (2015-03-19)

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19-Northerner'sWorld

Rebel’s World (2015-03-20)

Rebel’s World (2015-03-20)

 

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20-Rebel'sWorld

Symbiote’s World (2015-03-21)

Symbiote’s World (2015-03-21)

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21-Symbiote'sWorld

Talisman’s World (2015-03-22)

Talisman’s World (2015-03-22)

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22-Talisman'sWorld

Urbanite’s World (2015-03-23)

2015-03-23 Monday

Urbanite’s World (2015-03-23)

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23-Urbanite'sWorld

Waterboy’s World (2015-03-24)

Waterboy’s World (2015-03-24)

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24-WaterBoy'sWorld

Weaver’s World (2015-03-25)

2015-03-25 Wednesday

Weaver’s World (2015-03-25)

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25-Weaver'sWorld

Secret Relationship Of Science And Art (2015-03-26)

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2015-03-26 Thursday

Secret Relationship Of Science And Art (2015-03-26)

My interest in integrating literary art with visual art has a parallel of sorts in my fascination with the both science and art and their relationship to each other. 

Which, of course, is what my Secret Agents trilogy is about.

My Early Interest In Science: Making Nitro (2015-03-27)

My Early Interest In Science: Making Nitro (2015-03-27)

This is an excerpt from my current work-in-progress about my youth now titled Chicago Days: Growing Up Absurd On The South Side.

NitroAnimated

                                                                                Making Nitro

My Early Interest In Literature: Reading Rabelais (2015-03-28)

My Early Interest In Literature: Reading Rabelais (2015-03-28)

This is an excerpt from my current work-in-progress about my youth now titled Chicago Days: Growing Up Absurd On The South Side.

ReadingRabelais

                                                                                    Reading Ribald Rabelais 

Threats To Civilization (2015-03-29)

Threats To Civilization (2015-03-29)

Art and science are my passions, and human accomplishment in these domains is what distinguishes us from other animals and best defines civilization. And the two belief systems most threatening to art and science are religious and ideological. They warp our emotions and inhibit our rationality. That would be my definition of ‘evil’, and religion and ideology are definitely evil. They’ve done far more harm to civilization than anything else you could name. (Sure, they’ve done some good as well, but that is very lightweight when weighed against the harm.)

Evil Religion (2015-03-30)

Evil Religion (2015-03-30)

In terms of damage to civilization, religion even trumps ideology. To pick just one example, consider wars. Even more senseless wars have been fought over differing religious beliefs than over ideological differences. People are quite willing to kill each other over disagreements about their specific superstitions—often even a tiny distinction between variations of a fundamentally shared superstition. (For example, Catholics and Protestants or Sunnis and Shiites.)

Artists and scientists have always been victimized by religious intolerance. Who consistently attacks with censorship and persecution our freedom of expression, that most basic of human rights and cornerstone of civilization? Who branded Galileo deserving to be burned at the stake for publishing his scientific findings? Who put a contract on the life of Salman Rushdie for publishing an irreverent novel?

If there were any point to it, what I’d pray for is the end of religious belief.

Evil Ideology (2015-03-31)

Evil Ideology (2015-03-31)

Just as with religion, it is completely fair to label as ‘evil’ all brands of it, although some variations are far more destructive than others. And, just as with religion, true believers in any particular variety are only too willing to persecute those who prefer a different flavour.

The problem with ideological belief is that it is even harder to eradicate than religious conviction. And often it is implicit. One needn’t be a member of the American Democratic or Republican Party to subscribe to the party line. While I don’t think there is any doubt that overall the current Republican’s dogma is more harmful than the Democrat’s Dogma, all dogma prevents clear thinking and sound judgement.

Not too, too long ago most ‘liberals’ thought communism was a really good, humane idea.


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