Category: poem
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Emotion and Reason
“Les passions ont appris aux hommes la raison” Emotion has taught mankind to reason Marquis de Vauvenargues 1715-1747 What is it that captures us about these words? Emotion has taught mankind to reason. It is this. They appear to contradict common opinion which holds that emotion is the antithesis of reason; behavior is either emotional…
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Synchronicity
Likelihood of the Unlikely According to Deirdre Bair, biographer of C. J. Jung, (“Jung”, Little Brown, N.Y. 2003) the term ‘synchronicity’ was introduced by the well known psychologist that was her subject. Synchronicity refers to a confluence of events that is so startling and improbable as to constitute a miracle – usually received as a…
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Indignation
Righteous Indignation As Temper Tantrum Righteous Indignation is a Temper Tantrum What he practiced was Fine Art. It issued from his being. His brush was sure, his color strong. He had the gift of seeing. So when the lady said to him, “May I commission you?” He swelled a bit, elation hid, said, “What would…
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Waste
Throw-away virtue. Waste is a deliciously ambiguous notion. What is discarded and not used in the venture is waste. Food that is not digested. But waste is also a mark of prosperity. Where much is being done there is waste. Little being done, little being scrapped. So waste is a product of achievement. For those…