Center for Strategic Communication

The rose is my qibla

[ by Charles Cameron — some light refreshment after dark sides and devilish walks ] . ** Sources: Sohrab Sepehri, Poetic Voices of the Muslim World Wallace Black Elk, The Greenfield Review, vol 9, double issue 3 & 4 with thanks to Joseph Bruchac &...

Nina Paley’s OTSOG genius

[ by Charles Cameron — Nina Paley is as strong an argument as I know both for the idea that individual genius exists, and (not so paradoxically) that it arises OTSOG — “On the shoulders of giants” as Robert Merton has it ] . It’s always a...

On Time and timeframes

[ by Charles Cameron — 48 hours, Egyptian time, can mean many things, also DoD foresight, next 48 hrs ] . We seem to have at least four “times” here, ranking from 12 to 72 hours — or zero to 72 if you take the Army’s announcement itself...

Of the sacred, II: trees

[ by Charles Cameron — more on magical worldviews: following hot on the heels of the curative power of saliva, a breathtakingly beautiful tale a wise man told me ] . Wallace Black Elk Look, you may detest saliva, saintly or otherwise, and I’d prefer not to...