tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70686631026650131832024-03-10T23:20:38.031-04:00TRAMP FREIGHTER<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
to all the ports of call of the mindJforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.comBlogger408125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068663102665013183.post-35636858720511050752024-02-01T19:25:00.003-05:002024-02-10T12:33:47.789-05:00to a better placeHe wondered if he could enter hospice care without a terminal illness, and how long before they'd notice he hadn’t died.JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068663102665013183.post-38537760892819753992024-01-29T15:22:00.000-05:002024-01-29T15:22:15.406-05:00future perfectWe improve by moving morally ahead, and by avoiding the retrospective trap of trying to correct the past. JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068663102665013183.post-20387821994691660702023-12-28T20:35:00.002-05:002024-01-28T13:09:03.297-05:00wisdom isWisdom is the habit of saying, “I think…” rather than stating, “I know…”JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068663102665013183.post-37377692166849575352023-12-19T13:59:00.001-05:002024-01-12T11:59:31.389-05:00easy preyIt’s the compassionate and humane ones that are often fallen on by predatory woke-cancel mad dogs. The real prey is too hard for them to take down. JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068663102665013183.post-59603323814292340702023-12-13T20:01:00.000-05:002023-12-13T20:01:01.973-05:00unable to solve Each of us is an insoluble equation primarily because there was one or more errors in writing down its terms.JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068663102665013183.post-28987655852117202782023-12-05T15:56:00.002-05:002023-12-05T15:56:21.281-05:00clearer present dangerWe worry about AI’s dangers while we still have nuclear weapons in the world.JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068663102665013183.post-17439928962235761962023-11-10T11:08:00.001-05:002023-11-10T11:08:36.076-05:00two kinds of edgeImpossible to tell from this distance whether it’s the horizon or the edge of an abyss—we’ll have to get closer as fate requires.JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068663102665013183.post-65160041522469703252023-10-25T22:30:00.003-04:002023-10-25T22:30:23.549-04:00escape speciesAccording to capitalism, he would be classified as an ‘escape species’.JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068663102665013183.post-80961199857419523862023-10-15T15:16:00.005-04:002023-12-05T16:00:53.863-05:00dancing just the sameStanding in one place without moving for a long time is also dancing.JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068663102665013183.post-27100712322455535712023-09-01T22:36:00.007-04:002023-09-01T22:36:55.230-04:00go roundLife may not have meaning but let's go round just the same and see what happens.
JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068663102665013183.post-80360154433099933322023-08-15T14:42:00.003-04:002023-08-15T14:42:29.543-04:00small talk onlyAt a certain point, he realized, sadly, that he couldn’t speak at length with most people.
JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068663102665013183.post-56438432792850886162023-08-02T20:35:00.001-04:002023-08-02T20:35:43.279-04:00trail to followThis is the test? I’ll just answer the first ten questions perfectly, and they can figure out the rest.JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068663102665013183.post-69371215656007119482023-07-14T22:07:00.002-04:002023-07-14T22:07:41.403-04:00things are youThings don’t need to justify their reality and existence. It is only by things that you exist. They define you: by them you are you.JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068663102665013183.post-9393627198123609472023-07-11T18:13:00.004-04:002023-07-11T18:13:48.171-04:00family ties A king is a dictator with a pedigree.JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068663102665013183.post-44213396675644817802023-06-27T16:13:00.002-04:002023-06-27T16:13:57.366-04:00two or more equals ethicsThere is no need for ethics until two people (or more) inhabit the same place.JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068663102665013183.post-39623457066244680692023-06-20T15:06:00.001-04:002023-06-20T15:06:02.728-04:00how things workMany will see a problem, fewer will be able to describe and adequately explain the problem, fewer still will be able to propose workable solutions, and very few will have the will to act, to effectuate a solution. JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068663102665013183.post-14696091586245723272023-06-14T10:17:00.002-04:002023-06-14T10:17:36.239-04:00literal litterLitter is a kind of symbolic language, telling one about the life and times of a society. I’ve noticed the new litter features many discarded face masks.
JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068663102665013183.post-8885954897615378642023-06-06T16:34:00.004-04:002023-06-06T16:34:51.237-04:00where worth is foundHow could anyone value a tiara over the brief beauty of a roadside flower? JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068663102665013183.post-53996695867271710992023-06-03T20:59:00.000-04:002023-06-03T20:59:01.545-04:00o my flagAnother patriot flagellating himself with the flag.JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068663102665013183.post-13387311430441815502023-05-27T18:25:00.007-04:002023-05-28T10:44:44.250-04:00nothing after thisTry not to die disappointed in the world.JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068663102665013183.post-29904909629205459332023-05-15T11:00:00.008-04:002023-05-18T10:35:23.115-04:00Sam Francis' Aphorisms
This is a selection from a small book by the artist <a href="https://samfrancisfoundation.org/" target="Sam Francis">Sam Francis</a> called <i>APHORISMS</i>. The entries tilt more toward short poetry (with line breaks) or perhaps being composed as back-of-an-envelope jottings on art/aesthetics, rather than ‘aphorisms’ as we tend to think of them:
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The eye is<br />
the light <br />
of the body<br />
<br />
*
<br /><br />
Death has<br />
no surface<br />
only depth<br />
<br />
*
<br /><br />
I paint time<br />
I am ruin rolled<br />
I am rolled<br />
<br />
*
<br /><br />
Color is born<br />
of the interpenetration<br />
of light and dark<br />
<br />
*
<br /><br />
Color is a series <br />
of harmonies<br />
everywhere in <br />
the universe<br />
being divine <br />
whole numbers<br />
lasting forever<br />
adrift in time<br />
<br />
*
<br /><br />
Red contains every color<br />
even red<br />
<br />
all colors in this<br />
painting consist of<br />
<br />
all other colors<br />
<br />
*
<br /><br />
The space at<br />
the center <br />
of these paintings<br />
is reserved<br />
for you<br />
<br />
*
<br /><br />
There are as many images<br />
as eyes to see<br />
<br />
*
<br /><br />
As you know<br />
energy can have<br />
never begun<br />
and yet is<br />
taken up <br />
again and<br />
again and<br />
lasts forever<br />
and forever <br />
until it is <br />
taken up<br />
again<br />
<br />
*
<br /><br />
We are always at the center of space<br />
we are always at the center of time<br />
we are always as far<br />
as possible from both<br />
east and west<br />
we are always as far as possible from earlier<br />
and later<br />
<br />
—Sam Francis, <i>APHORISMS</i> (<a href="https://lapispress.com/" target="Lapis Press">The Lapis Press</a>, 1984)
JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068663102665013183.post-69763031072093553272023-04-22T16:51:00.002-04:002023-04-22T16:51:35.549-04:00room at the top of the control towerSince we know of no other vessel for the soul, it must be housed in that room of the body called the braincase.JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068663102665013183.post-84415167782755846022023-04-01T21:18:00.003-04:002023-04-01T21:18:44.349-04:00escape thoughts The great thoughts you have lost for not being in a condition to record them.JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068663102665013183.post-1609347318426595902023-03-04T14:15:00.002-05:002023-03-04T14:15:26.721-05:00utopian dopeI distrust utopian thinkers. Especially prescriptive utopian thinkers like Marx.JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068663102665013183.post-28179919300780754222023-03-01T17:36:00.004-05:002023-06-27T22:33:32.448-04:00environmental damageWhy do car companies like to show SUVs and trucks tearing through wild landscapes while the voiceover intones about connecting with nature? JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0