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Lynn White
May 14-31 Krakow (lectures at the Jagiellonian University ( Read more... ) -
A self-introduction
... by means of 24 images and a few haiku...( Read more... ) -
Beholding beauty
BEHOLDING BEAUTY (AT DAI BOSATSU KONGO-JI)
1. Just breathing
One… Two… Three…
Dawn
hills sway in the mist.
Dusk
stars melt in the water.
2. In the netWoven by Locke, Kant, and others ( Read more... ) -
Revisiting Monk - 12 essential albums
Some time ago someone asked me who my three favorite (most formative) musicians are. I said, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, and Carlos Santana. During the last two weeks or so, I was revisiting Monk's albums. Here are some of my favorites.
1a and 1b) "Himself" (1957) and "Alone in San Francisco" (1959)
It's hard to chose ( Read more... ) -
CATCHING THE OCEAN IN A NET AN ESSAY ON NO-SELF AND IMPERMANENCE
CATCHING THE OCEAN IN A NET -- AN ESSAY ON NO-SELF AND IMPERMANENCE
Along this road
goes no one
this autumn evening. (1)
Matsuo Basho (1644 - 1694)
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30 Essential jazz Albums (Part II - "The Silver Dozen")
30 ESSENTIAL JAZZ ALBUMS -- ("THE SILVER DOZEN")
1) SONNY ROLLINS PLUS FOUR (1956) (A1)
Technically, the album lists Rollins as a leader. In fact, it's a cooperative band with Clifford Brown on trumpet and Max Roach on the drums. Clifford Brown was the master of an extended middle-of-the-register trumpet solo. Here is 33'30" minutes of pure ( Read more... ) -
30 Essential Jazz albums (part I, "The Golden Dozen")
Here is "The Golden Dozen" of essential jazz albums that I would love to have with me on a desert island, if I were to spend there the rest of my life ( Read more... ) -
John Locke's Question
JOHN LOCKE'S QUESTION ( Read more... ) -
Introduction to Philosophy 101
A Radical Skeptical Hypothesis: Someone’s mental life (including all his/her sensations and beliefs) is exactly the same as it is now (i.e., these sensations and beliefs are exactly like they are for standard observers). But these beliefs are all false.
There are various ways to illustrate RSH:
"The Matrix" (1999) -- 'Construct' Scenes:
"The ( Read more... )
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