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May 22
“The Cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.” — Carl Sagan
Effing words, from a mad Yank in a Brit madhouse, pervade the premier edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.*
Small wonder that effing words skew the lens through which we view, upside-down and inside-out, the ineffable being in us.
Cosmic Selfies, by contrast, render a madman’s inner being effable, as few effing words can.
Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself. — Rumi
May 6
“I was lost in a wave’s embrace, now I am found amazing Grace.” — Translated from a note in a bottle
The quotes in this post are from a note in a bottle on a wave, translated from pictological Zenish by the editor. –Ed.
Apr 18
Happy International Haiku Day
Melting snow showers
Crocus pops near tulip spears
A spring fever breaks
Half of this haiku’s meaning is clear in the writer’s mind. The other half may mean something else. On International Haiku Day, that could make the haiku mean anything and everything the world needs now.
“Meaning lies as much in the mind of he reader as in the haiku.” – Douglas R. Hofstadter
Apr 12
“Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism.” ― Sigmund Freud
Would it be narcissistic to imagine a love story of creation that’s all about Me?
If so, would I be just another personal pronoun?
It it possible that I my Self could care less about Me than Yours truly?
Curiosity regarding I my Self and Me weaves through this creator’s dreams.
In a multi-verse love story created, as it were, of whole cloth, one might dream up infinite answers, perchance to love and deem one good.
Self-awareness is not self-centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism. ‘Know thyself’ is not a narcissistic pursuit.
— Marianne Williamson
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Mar 9
“The female always overcomes the male by her stillness” — Lao Tzu
This continuation of our previous post permits us to believe that International Women’s Day has come a long way.
In 2026, IWD was celebrated by the United Nations and many other nations around the world.
In the Ancient Chinese philosophy of the Tao, the feminine principle in creation is the fundamental, ineffable force of the universe.
So one day isn’t enough to celebrate the mother of humanity. Not if Lady Justice prevails. In our picture-poetic take on Yang’s better half, the epic in progress has legs.
The dance between darkness and light will always remain— the stars and the moon will always need the darkness to be seen, the darkness will just not be worth having without the moon and the stars.
— C. JoyBell C.
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Mar 7
“Women hold up half the sky.” ― Mao Zedong
She’s tilted the panache of chivalry off its high horse.
She’s outstripped the wolf in emperor’s clothes.
She’s outfoxed la femme private eyes cherchez.
She’s accomplished more fabulous feats than the morals of fables.
Through the curtain of illusions and the looking glass of wonder, She’s literally led marching bands to victory, sinners to salvation, and sacrificed mortality to glow in the dark.
Inspired by the feminine principle in creation, this epic in progress is dedicated to She knows who She is so better than we do.
Alas, on this International Women’s Day, the larger part of humanity’s matriarchal opus yet unfolds under a patriarchal habit.
Be that as it may, by carrying a torch for liberty, dignity, and sorority in the human pageant, it’s fair to say, She’s come a long way.
You say that you are my judge; I do not know if you are; but take good heed not to judge me ill, because you would put yourself in great peril.
— Joan of Arc
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Feb 2
“This is one time where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather.” — Phil Connors
In the wild, the male groundhog comes out of hibernation mid-winter, only to look in on females in his territory and mark their burrows off limits to interlopers. Thus relieved, he returns to his den to resume his winter siesta in peace, until spring mating season.
“February days are a marketing gimmick; love happens every day.”
Randeep HoodaIt
We don’t rely on celebrity groundhogs to predict that happy day. The Phils and the Willies, et al, are hucksters for their respective media markets. Our go-to forecaster is in the wild. Thank you kindly for you participation in this epic event. Wherever you are, may every new day be warmer than a winter of discontent.
Feb 1
“I pray this winter be gentle and kind—a season of rest from the wheel of the mind.” — John Geddes
The buzz we’re picking up from the grass roots sounds promising as prayer. Tomorrow morning’s shadow play tells whether global climate changes to a kinder and gentler state on Earth than prevails on Mars, sooner or later.
“One kind word can warm three winter months.”
Japanese Proverb
Jan 30
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