To me it seems that those sciences are vain and full of errors which are not born of experience, mother of all certainty, first hand experience which in its origins, or means, or end has passed through one of the five senses. ~ Leonardo da Vinci The Archetype of Human Potential
"I dont try to set standards of perfection for anyone else. I do feel...
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hostileintent:
He came up with it himself . . . from where we are not sure. He decided this in August. We kept expecting him to change his mind but he never did. He's a very creative and stubborn child. 
Coltrane,baseball, and Monday Morning at the speed of Swayne
Genius is simply the completes objectivity; that is, the objective tendency of the mind. Genius is the power of leaving ones own interests, wishes, and aims entirely out of sight, of entirely renouncing ones own personality for a time, so as to remain pure knowing subject, clear vision of the world. Genius holds up to us...
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Genius is simply the completes objectivity; that is, the objective tendency of the mind. Genius is the power of leaving ones own interests, wishes, and aims entirely out of sight, of entirely renouncing ones own personality for a time, so as to remain pure knowing subject, clear vision of the world. Genius holds up to us...
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cheech:
Also, good health is taken as simply the way things are, until you get really sick.
hostileintent:
I love Melville.
It is the sort of Fall Friday where anything in the world seems possible and right; by extension, of the wonderful transformation permeating through the air, soil, clouds, and buildings. I walked the lovely Bella to work and stayed for coffee so all could get their little man fill; again, I am reminded just how easy it is for our kids to grow up with...
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hostileintent:
That makes me sad. 
cheech:
I was talking to my friend last night about the unique position of live musicians in the different media of art- they get immediate feedback from the audience. When a writer puts down a good couple of paragraphs, you don't hear 200 drunks go, "AAAOOOOOOW!!" When a sculpture perfectly nails a nymphs eyebrow-ridge, there aren't 50,000 people chanting, "Ro-DIN! Ro-DIN!!"
It's something that's always intrigued me- the balance between playing for other people and playing for one's self.
A good an example as any is Van Morrison's contractual-obligation album. Now, everyone will tell you it's awful. Big fans. Casual fans. The man on the street. Critics. The label owner he was trying to piss off. Even Van himself will tell you he was making shit. ...so why can't I stop listening to these songs, over and over?
Anyway, I was just pondering the options open to a musician who's audience stops buying, or gives the tepid-claps at a show: regress to previous, popular style (and failing or becoming rote), regress to previous, popular style (and doing quite nicely), flailing around in style-shift desperation, stubbornly doing the unpopular, quitting, etc.
I just don't think any other artisitic field requires its practicers to respond with quite the same alertness.
It's something that's always intrigued me- the balance between playing for other people and playing for one's self.
A good an example as any is Van Morrison's contractual-obligation album. Now, everyone will tell you it's awful. Big fans. Casual fans. The man on the street. Critics. The label owner he was trying to piss off. Even Van himself will tell you he was making shit. ...so why can't I stop listening to these songs, over and over?
Anyway, I was just pondering the options open to a musician who's audience stops buying, or gives the tepid-claps at a show: regress to previous, popular style (and failing or becoming rote), regress to previous, popular style (and doing quite nicely), flailing around in style-shift desperation, stubbornly doing the unpopular, quitting, etc.
I just don't think any other artisitic field requires its practicers to respond with quite the same alertness.
cheech:
it's like the M/A/R/R/S video, man- 1987 was dope.
I have been tagged by zenhell
20 random things about me:
1) I have never once looked directly into the eyes of a direct ancestor of mine until I was graced with the presence of my son Sebastian Chet Del Ponte 5 months ago. I was adopted three days after my birth, my biological mother was in between the ages of 14-16 a product of...
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20 random things about me:
1) I have never once looked directly into the eyes of a direct ancestor of mine until I was graced with the presence of my son Sebastian Chet Del Ponte 5 months ago. I was adopted three days after my birth, my biological mother was in between the ages of 14-16 a product of...
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trocc:
wow - amazing stuff, man. it illuminates the peaceful and serious persona i've had the pleasure to perceive so far.
makes me feel that i owe it to you to follow through with my own. i must still shake my fist at you a bit for tagging me, though.
gimme a little time, and i'll have something.
makes me feel that i owe it to you to follow through with my own. i must still shake my fist at you a bit for tagging me, though.
gimme a little time, and i'll have something.
ironbhr:
i find it funny. the whole 20 questions think after reading june's i came to the conclusion that the four of us (kids included of course) have to get together. the simularities are incredible. i can totally relate to everything you related. from family to sisters to spending time alone. what the hell....we did switch places 
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zenhell:
I would like to read a LIST OF 20 THINGS about you
let me know if you decide to do this
i don't want to miss it
let me know if you decide to do this
i don't want to miss it
trocc:
Bill Murray is the only guy I'd let say that to me
thanks for the links and such, man. that is not an avenue i've pursued much at all, as it seems so overwhelming - but with my iPod fired up, i'm ready to reach out. it's nice to have a launching point.
re: the research you've done - are you writing this stuff freelance, or is there a publication you work for?
thanks for the links and such, man. that is not an avenue i've pursued much at all, as it seems so overwhelming - but with my iPod fired up, i'm ready to reach out. it's nice to have a launching point.
re: the research you've done - are you writing this stuff freelance, or is there a publication you work for?
Q: "What does it mean when it is said in a sutra, 'If we perform the five practices- receiving and obeying; reading; reciting; expounding; and transcribing the sutra-we will obtain immeasurable merit'?"
Bassui: "It implies seeing into your own nature and obtaining Buddhahood right now. Receiving and obeying refers to the nature of one's mind. This nature is part of the experience of saints and...
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Bassui: "It implies seeing into your own nature and obtaining Buddhahood right now. Receiving and obeying refers to the nature of one's mind. This nature is part of the experience of saints and...
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pointblank:
I'll have to check that out when I get home tonight, thanks.
"'the ancient Roman priests laid a sieve in the road, and then waited to see which stalks of grass would come up through the holes.' [...] 'How will you use the things that grow in your network of death?'" 56
hellcatjustine:
you confused me.
I was asking about you this morning. I hope you feel better soon. I'm trying to figure out the logistics of mailing you something special.
I was asking about you this morning. I hope you feel better soon. I'm trying to figure out the logistics of mailing you something special.
idjit:
Sweet, I'll check it out later...