Posts from the ‘Philosophy and Humor’ Category
Jun 14
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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
“Sometimes I find I’m wearing a divided, split brain in terms of drama and humor.” ―Ridley Scott
A good laugh splits your sides and face. So your guts and brains fall out.
“Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.”
―Edward de Bono
“Stand a little less between me and the sun.” ―Diogenes
From the ceiling beneath our feet, the skies seem frayed as faith at the end of days.
“If you’re looking down at Earth, you’re looking through an atmosphere that has a bit of haze in many places and not just occasional clouds.”
―Buzz Aldrin
“In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty.” ―Phil Ochs
When a Peacemaker was a lawman’s six-shooter, trigger fingers made peace signs.
“And you must learn to protect yourself with the pen, and not the gun.”
―Josephine Baker
“We have escapist fiction, so why not escapist biography?” ―John Kenneth Galbraith
Amazing science stories let us explore worlds far, far away, and discover strange life forms.
“Science fiction frees you to go anyplace and examine anything.”
―Octavia E. Butler
“The only thing they can’t teach you at art school is art.” ―David Bailey
At the arts gymnasium of the Classical World, an Aristophanes ushers you up the steps to the highest stage, where some Ovid shoves you off.
“If you ever have a kid who doesn’t know what to do, stick him in art school. It’s amazing what evolves.”
―Ridley Scott
May 31
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