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Life Entropy | 17 Aug 2010

The artistry of a life devoted

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 [...]

Life Entropy | 13 Aug 2010

The Lived Life

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 [...]

Life Entropy | 06 Aug 2010

The Myths that Mystify

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 [...]

Life Entropy | 22 Jun 2010

Slow Love

I would say that there exist a thousand unbreakable links between each of us and everything else, and that our dignity and our chances are one…. We are each other’s destiny – -Mary Oliver This post is to share in the  joy of  my friend Michele, who recently married Frank  at Zurich.. A Blessing for [...]

Books &Life Entropy | 14 Jun 2010

Wisdom of Simplicity

“Such is the way of civilized man; we no longer kill in a bloody hunt for food. We’re refined. We work in clean well-lighted places making civilized movements, and kill instead from a great distance . . . .” Wish to introduce wonderful world & Books of Ferenc Máté Ferenc Máté was born in Hungary [...]

Life Entropy | 08 Apr 2010

So shines a good deed in a weary world

In the words of Emerson, The sanity of society is a balance of a thousand insanities. I am reproducing the thoughtful and reflective piece by columnist Ramesh Ramanathan who write a column “Möbius Strip” in Mint A nation is only an individual multiplied- Mark Twain If a society has to function, it requires millions of [...]

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