by orchaeus | Feb 10, 2018 | Shared Note
“He was (or seems to me in retrospect), a bit like many ‘high performance’ male artists, something of a machine. What I mean is that he appeared totally unmoved by the music, complete stoic. Utterly matter-of-fact. He did not seem to sense the sacred...
by orchaeus | Dec 24, 2017 | Shared Note
“I suspect we may in some hidden recess of our souls remember existing in positions from which the structure of this cone becomes familiar; we ‘recognize’ it from a place that lies perhaps between lives, or in another way of relating with the sky....
by orchaeus | Jun 17, 2017 | Shared Note
When I think carefully about the dangers and opportunitis that emerge from nothing more than our relationship with »categories and how this frames our thought and experience… I am reminded once more that…...
by orchaeus | Mar 22, 2017 | Shared Note
“Being Republican is a privilege. It’s a privilege that comes with shutting things down. Like connections. And humanity. Or intelligence. Like community, peace of mind … or even life on Earth. Apparently, some essentials are meant to be obliterated....
by orchaeus | Jan 10, 2017 | Shared Note
“I’m sorry to say this, but psychopaths are more likely to flock to your world of high-powered business (watch your back!). What I see in the chess world is that people who display traits of these personality disorders struggle to get above club level, if...
by orchaeus | Dec 10, 2016 | Shared Note
“I am of a mind to notice that our ceremonies, no matter what their precise origins, will tend to conserve evidence of the originary circumstances and understandings enjoyed where they began. Language is such a ceremony; and the histories and original...
