by Charles Cameron | Aug 6, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — a poem that’s far too philosophical to work as poetry, Laramée’s Apparatus, and Alyce Santoro’s philosoprops ] . The logic of poetry is, más o menos, dream logic, and so I’ve been pondering the logic of dreams and...
by zen | Jun 18, 2016 | Monitor
[Mark Safranski / “zen“] Today, I’m pleased to offer a guest post by LtCol. Bob Weimann, USMC (ret.) . Weimann is the former Commanding Officer, Kilo Co., 3/1 and Weapons Company 3/1. He also served as a Marine Security Force Company commanding...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 18, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — on creativity at the intersection of the fleeting and the eternal ] . Centaur, displayed in the International Wildlife Museum, Tucson, AZ ** You know Lao Tzu’s “uncarved wood†(pu) — and Spencer Brown’s “Mark†or “first...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 6, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — the geometry of two miracle stories from Abdullah Azzam ] . These two tales are taken from Abdullah Azzam, Signs of ar-Rahman in the Jihad of Afghan. ** Binary oppositions seem to be basic to the human thought process, and this simple,...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 10, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — briefly picking up a strand from an earlier post & running with it ] . Some of the fish in the pool HipBone / Sembl swims in – slide credit Cath Styles, & h/t Derek Robinson** I just wanted to reiterate an Einstein quote...
