The Conflict of Passions

“I allow myself to hope that the world will emerge from its present troubles, that it will one day learn to give the direction of its affairs, not to cruel swindlers and scoundrels, but to men possessed of wisdom and courage. I see before me a shining vision: a world where none are hungry, where […]

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Grace never gets old

Right now there are Tibetan Buddhist monks in a temple in the Himalayas endlessly reciting mantras for the cessation of your suffering and for the flourishing of your happiness.Someone you haven’t met yet is already dreaming of adoring you.Someone is writing a book that you will read in the next two years that will change

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Wayne Thiebaud landscapes

Rebecca Solnit  30 December 2021 And now, since I serve you a balanced diet, some of the exquisite and witty landscapes by Wayne Thiebaud, who died a few days ago at the age of 101. I had not seen a lot of these–somehow everyone kept reproducing Thiebaud’s cake paintings, which are justly famous and linked

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lessons on paper

Well, it appears I needed to listen to myself today. from 29 December 2019when i lefti didn’t take muchbut my papers and desk.when felt overwhelmedi spent much timeat my papers and desk.when i felt away from the pathi lost the deskbut carried the papers in a small moving box.when i found helpwe were able to

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