Here are some links I found interesting- without comment.
An illustration from the internet.
A quote.
“You might be tempted to avoid the messiness of daily living for the tranquility of stillness and peacefulness. This of course would be an attachment to stillness, and like any strong attachment, it leads to delusion. It arrests development and short-circuits the cultivation of wisdom.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn
ㅁ with rain, came dragons, who all coiled in the treetops supervising sleep
– a pseudo-haiku.
Here are some links I found interesting- without comment.
An illustration from the internet.
A quote.
“Speaking as someone who hates AI, you are more than welcome to train your AI on my writing. Because I would love to see your AI fail, and there is nothing the market wants less than my writing” – Jason Lefkowitz
ㅁ doom impends portended coming along well it's just this feeling you get sometimes
– a tetractys.
Here are some links I found interesting- without comment.
An illustration from the internet.
A quote.
“In 1972, the CBC had a contest to complete the phrase ‘As Canadian as ____’ (cf. ‘As American as apple pie’). / The winner was: ‘As Canadian as possible, under the circumstances.'” – the internet
ㅁ rain came this weekend filled the downhill-rushing creeks turned over some stones
– a pseudo-haiku.
ㅁ The otherworld unleashed its dogs; they chased us through the timeless trees. We fled and jumped those ancient logs. The otherworld unleashed its dogs. We fell and tasted moss and bogs. The murky water grasped our knees. The otherworld unleashed its dogs; they chased us through the timeless trees.
– a triolet.
Here are some links I found interesting- without comment.
An illustration from the internet.
A quote.
“Pretentiousness… is a necessary condition of the artistic process.” – Thomas Bevan
ㅁ "No time like present" - except all those other times that were just like now.
– a pseudo-haiku.
Here are some links I found interesting- without comment.
An illustration from the internet.
A quote.
“Utopia is never a place you arrive at, but it’s a journey you’re on” – Sherryl Vint, discussing Ursula Le Guin’s novel, The Dispossessed.
ㅁ I dreamed that Arthur became possessed by some remodeling demon. So while I was gone at work, He began adding things - random additions - to his odd house: stray basements, towers, leaks.
– a nonnet.
Here are some links I found interesting- without comment.
An illustration from the internet.
A quote.
“The only possible excuse for God’s behavior is that He does not exist.” – Stendhal
ㅁ Banality is worthy stuff: it centers things, and pulls the fringes back from fevered dreams, it moderates the fools.
– a quatrain in ballad meter.
Here are some links I found interesting- without comment.
An illustration from the internet.
A quote.
“Facebook was a mistake. Books were not meant to have faces.” – someone on the internet
ㅁ Twenty years later, I still get "brain zaps" sometimes. Yay SSRIs.
– a pseudo-haiku.
Here are some links I found interesting- without comment.
An illustration from the internet.
A quote.
“Here is one trick to see the future. From the standpoint of the domestic American economy, the difference between outsourcing to robots and outsourcing to China is negligible. China’s impact is a preview of AI’s impact.” – Curtis Yarvin (grains of salt, and all that: Yarvin is an extremely weird neo-reactionary monarchist, but I think he’s not wrong on this point)
ㅁ Wind rushed through, bashed the walls of our building. The structure creaked like an old sailing ship.
– a tetractys.
