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born in antiquityβ living at presentβ lacking ubiquityβ anyway pleasantβ former editor/writer at EAR Magazine (NYC late 80s)β student of Indian classical music
valley village, california
Joined October 2009
Maybe I should make this my motto?
@JordanDavisPoet Building a better philosophy, one tweet at a time.
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@AmitMajmudar One needn't be exceedingly contrarian To employ a word or two that's plain agrarian
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πΉRumi says The Beloved eventuated | glad caprice firm & steadfast at the core | but on the surface pure play we find this sher | amid the valise of Maulana Rumi | sowing ends in harvest the grain is cyclical | the melody circles the darker the ink | the brighter the thought it inkles in the heart is fire | on the features bloom a field of flowers | subtle in perfume π¦
In the end, the Beloved gave rise to merrymaking At the core, earnestly steadfast, on the surface, just playing #Rumi Sundays
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πΉRumi says The Beloved eventuated | glad caprice firm & steadfast at the core | but on the surface pure play we find this sher | amid the valise of Maulana Rumi | sowing ends in harvest the grain is cyclical | the melody circles the darker the ink | the brighter the thought it inkles in the heart is fire | on the features bloom a field of flowers | subtle in perfume π¦
In the end, the Beloved gave rise to merrymaking At the core, earnestly steadfast, on the surface, just playing #Rumi Sundays
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notes on 2 books ordered [@nyrbclassics] @aliner -- I'm finally shelling out for the Gass blue volume @BorisDralyuk -- on the improbable chance the Eve Babitz title isn't known to you, it might likely prove of Interest
[ekphrasis] πΉFor such a blue Said to be | a work by David Hockney this sunset landscape strikes as | very unusual if the burned-out herbage | doesn't exactly shock me yet it somewhat startles | dusk sky proved reducible to orange gradient wash | where Suriya floats the weeds appear too dry | to be touched by goats but ah | the electric blue hill range rests vibrant for such a blue | might William Gass or I rant π¦ [Suriya (Skt.): the Sun or Sun-god] cc: @aliner
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[ekphrasis] πΉFor such a blue Said to be | a work by David Hockney this sunset landscape strikes as | very unusual if the burned-out herbage | doesn't exactly shock me yet it somewhat startles | dusk sky proved reducible to orange gradient wash | where Suriya floats the weeds appear too dry | to be touched by goats but ah | the electric blue hill range rests vibrant for such a blue | might William Gass or I rant π¦ [Suriya (Skt.): the Sun or Sun-god] cc: @aliner
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@jamesamarcus I've now pocketed a Kindle version for $1.99 strange to say. It seems worth giving it to look.
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@ae_stallings A good point & a riffable thought π’
πΉE pluribus unum E pluribus unum is | so d e i universally inclusive | in its terms diverse in the particulars | you'll espy in its body politic united | worms in the depths of earth | contribute to Primavera's verdant display | conversing on the terrace the topic of equity | engages thinkers do we pay scant heed | to the boots that stomp for drinkers? π¦
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πΉE pluribus unum E pluribus unum is | so d e i universally inclusive | in its terms diverse in the particulars | you'll espy in its body politic united | worms in the depths of earth | contribute to Primavera's verdant display | conversing on the terrace the topic of equity | engages thinkers do we pay scant heed | to the boots that stomp for drinkers? π¦
"E pluribus unum" is fundamentally very DEI. Time to ditch it?
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πΉ To be comparative Homer invokes the Muse | desiring narrative Hafez addressed | the Bearer of the Cup are these two things or one? | to be comparative when on Kwaja's ruby wine | the soul might sup verbose song could ensue | or possibly silence the Cagean string caprice | requires no violins the unstruck music | Kavi Kabir described how I pine to hear | it's yet to be imbibed π¦
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πΉLift off the skin Man is human | only on his surface lift off the skin dissect | here the machinery begins | you lose your bearings in a turf that's inexplicably foreign to all you know | Paul ValΓ©ry so opines | the same with desires & imagination what's familiar vanishes | on examination lift off the skin of language | peering to look beneath the cover? it proves | a bewildering book π¦ (from Analects, tr. S. Gilbert, with some embellishment)
Paul ValΓ©ry: βMan is man only on his surface. Lift off the skin, dissect; here the machinery begins. And soon you lose your bearings in an inexplicable substance, foreign to all you know and yet the basic stuff of the man you are dissecting. [+]
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Nice thought, this
If Trump is able to change the constitution and run for a 3rd term, I know someone eligible for a 3rd term as well.
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@JoyceCarolOates I've attended many wonderful concerts there in past decades -- including my first live exposure to the Induan classical tradition of Dhrupad singing (circa 1985) -- by the Junior Dagar Brothers, may they rest in peace
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