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First, a ran­dom thought:
“Surely joy is the con­di­tion of life.” Henry David Thoreau, philoso­pher
And now, the actual content:
Plinky asked, “Do you have a favorite work of art?”


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Originally published at Enemy of Entropy. You can comment here or there.

First, a ran­dom thought:
“The machine has got to be accepted, but it is prob­a­bly bet­ter to accept it rather as one accepts a drug - that is, grudg­ingly and sus­pi­ciously. Like a drug, the machine is use­ful, dan­ger­ous, and habit-​​forming. The oftener one sur­ren­ders to ( Read more... )

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The NaBloPoMo prompt for today:
What is the first thing you see when you walk in your house?

Right now, the first thing any­body sees is Sam’s desk. No, that isn’t pre­cisely right. If you’re look­ing straight ahead at the wall, you see a col­lage by Katie, which is much ( Read more... )

There was something specific I was going to post. I know it. I remember thinking, “Oh, yeah, I want to blog about that!” But I didn’t do it immediately and now, of course, it’s gone, gone, gone. Blah.

So, instead, you get a little hodge-podge update of books and pictures.

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Mirrored from Cyn Armistead.

Originally published at Enemy of Entropy. Please leave any comments there.

There was something specific I was going to post. I know it. I remember thinking, “Oh, yeah, I want to blog about that!” But I didn’t do it immediately and now, of course, it’s gone, gone, gone. Blah.

So, instead, you get a little hodge-podge update of books and pictures.

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I don’t know which. But it’s lovely!


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Originally published at Enemy of Entropy. Please leave any comments there.

I don’t know which. But it’s lovely!


Mirrored from Cyn Armistead.

Originally published at Enemy of Entropy. Please leave any comments there.

I don’t know which. But it’s lovely!

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From Perseus in the Wind by Freya Stark:

If loveliness is so engaged, as I believe, in the skein of our universe, it is sad that it should be little cared for in our schools. The whole of the industrial world proclaims its unimportance, and millions and millions of people spend their lives looking almost exclusively at ugly things. This surely will ( Read more... )

Originally published at Enemy of Entropy. Please leave any comments there.

From Perseus in the Wind by Freya Stark:

If loveliness is so engaged, as I believe, in the skein of our universe, it is sad that it should be little cared for in our schools. The whole of the industrial world proclaims its unimportance, and millions and millions of people ( Read more... )