Globalisation &Thought Provoking Entropy | 31 Aug 2010
The relationship to the world that the modern science fostered and shaped now appears to have exhausted its potential. It is increasingly clear that, strangely, the relationship is missing something. It fails to connect with the most intrinsic nature of reality and with natural human experience. It is now more of a source of disintegration [...]
Thought Provoking Entropy | 25 Aug 2010
“Very few in public life habitually step back and think about the weakness in their own thinking and what they should do to compensate.” – Once again David Brooks with his incisive & reflective thoughts.. A Case of Mental Courage In 1811, the popular novelist Fanny Burney learned she had breast cancer and underwent a [...]
Cinema &Music Entropy | 21 Aug 2010
” I sense that the instrument is alive – that when I listen closely for nuance and tone, the inanimate world of strings, wood, pins and steel comes to life. When I honor the piano’s vitality and complexity, I can’t tell whether I am playing the piano or it is playing me.” –Michael Jones A [...]
Talk of mysteries! — Think of our life in nature, — daily to be shown matter, to come in contact with it, — rocks, trees, wind on our cheeks! The solid earth! the actual world! the common sense! Contact! Contact! Who are we? where are we? — Henry David Thoreau Is the artistry of a [...]
This unusual and highly successful species spends a great deal of time examining his higher motives and an equal amount of time ignoring his fundamental ones.~ Desmond Morris A look at two ways of thinking about life, one that emphasizes the individual and one that emphasizes circumstances. – Then there is the lived life.. Read [...]
Thousands of miles away—in time, in place, Each night conspires to create a myth That stands for nothing real, yet leaves you with The vague impression of a human face. – John Koethe We all search for meaning in our work and lives. Devdutt Pattanaik suggests we try a tactic of our ancestors — finding [...]