… And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, “O me! O life!… of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless… of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?” Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play *goes on* and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?
Tunisia. Egypt. Libya. Syria. Greece. Russia. The United States. And elsewhere.
Time magazine’s Person of the Year: The Protester.
Definitely, if only. Im looking forward to his new film supposedly filmed in Rome.
My life.
Politics of Tiny Houses
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“Before our white brothers arrived to make us civilized men, we didn’t have any kind of prison.
Because of this, we had no delinquents.
Without a prison, there can be no delinquents.
We had no locks nor keys and therefore among us there were no thieves.
When someone was so poor that he couldn’t afford a horse, a tent or a blanket, he would, in that case, receive it all as a gift.
We were too uncivilized to give great importance to private property.
We didn’t know any kind of money and consequently, the value of a human being was not determined by his wealth.
We had no written laws laid down, no lawyers, no politicians, therefore we were not able to cheat and swindle one another.
We were really in bad shape before the white men arrived and I don’t know how to explain how we were able to manage without these fundamental things that (so they tell us) are so necessary for a civilized society.”— John (Fire) Lame Deer.
“I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work…I want to achieve it through not dying.” - Woody Allen
We’ll see how that turns out, but best of luck. Watch the PBS documentary on his life and work! ^
The documentary was really interesting and quite exhilarating on a creative inspirational level. Also, provocative with a humorous and thought provoking way to live an existential life. Atleast someone who is dealing with existentialism as a dilemma and finding a means to beat it.
That Paris exists and anyone could choose to live anywhere else in the world will always be a mystery to me.
Preach
i love this. cob house, turf roof, healthy garden. the future of homes.
The Romantic Owl is symbolic to my persona of a Romantic and an Owl. Atleast, most of the time. Although, I intend the title to be more of a news heading than an actual description of me.
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