Thursday, May 21, 2026
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Haiku Exemplar Two
Thursday, May 14, 2026
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"A wild collection of stories, poems, memoirs and art fill these amazingly curated books. Each book is different and filled with imagination. "
Emanations volumes One through Twelve are now available at Gemini's Eclectic Emporium in Zanesville, Ohio. Please click HERE, or the image:
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Monday, May 11, 2026
Two photos of paintings from Newcastle
Sunday, May 10, 2026
Vitasta Raina - Art and the 9-to-5 Life
"So here I am, working a 9-to-5 to support my own artistic inclinations. All around me, I see friends who have been able to break away from this life spliced into time slots. Some have moved out of the city to beach towns, some to mountainous rural terrains. A life I could lead, perhaps, if I was brave enough and ambitious enough, and if I had organized my works and wares better, kept on keeping on. But here I am instead, organizing a retirement plan, looking at completing side-quests and wondering if I could approach a library to host my books. Life, dreams, age old dilemmas..."
More HERE.
Saturday, May 9, 2026
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Thursday, May 7, 2026
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Neoplatonism in Three Minutes
Plotinus (205 - 70 BCE)
a) Mind (nous)--thought thinking itself, “the one” or “the good”: forms are contemplated in unity in a timeless way.
b) Soul (psyche): forms are contemplated separately and successively: space and time.
c) Nature (physis): forms are seen in a dream-like way, and which projects dreams as the material world.
d) The universe is a process of successive emanations:
Nous
↓
Psyche
↓
Physis
e) A human being is the microcosm of a process of successive emanations:
The ONE, the GOD
↓
The Spirit
↓
The Soul
↓
Matter & Nature
Body/Matter/Nature—are farthest from the ONE, and are thus the most formless, shapeless and imperfect things.
“The supreme achievement of the intellect is to leave itself behind.”
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For now, one remark will suffice:
The Greek language uses the article "the" with greater frequency than does English. This has the effect of reifying abstractions. Thus the existence of "The One" is enhanced in the conceptions of those speaking of it. Indeed, the abstract One (no definite article) is enhanced conceptually without the, insofar as the absence of the article underscores the "figurative", "speculative" and "tentative" nature of the ineffable subject One. If humans can indeed philosophically contemplate the one, it is properly done so from a position of an agnostic "nuanced intuition" (again, sans the definite article). Compare viewing the Pleiades in our peripheral vision. Here the stars of this august system are seen most clearly, while direct observation within the binocular visual field renders the Pleiades unclear and indistinct.






































