Boon of Dandelions 9

Dozing content on mid-may morning Cool pillow against my cheek Iced coffee just enough to keep me from going back into dreamland Birds squawking at the humid heat Sun bright, Continue reading →

Joined to or Joined with the Education Complex?

Lunch time and my thoughts turn to all of my friends who are independent scholars. Many of them are working as adjuncts. A few have a longer term contract as Continue reading →

Boon of Dandelions 8

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both and be one traveller, long I stood… -Robert Frost So many, so varied are all the Continue reading →

Daodejing 28

#28* Knowing power, abiding in modesty; like a stream under Heaven. Like a stream under Heaven- never abandoning eternal virtue, returning at last to purity. Knowing white, abiding in black; Continue reading →

Whatever, Etc. 0026: Become Your Breathing

Just some basics for beginning sitting meditation. Make yourself comfortable, be friendly with your thoughts–ask them to please not bother you for five minutes–and simply breathe. Related articles Whatever, Etc. Continue reading →

Daodejing 25

#25* There is a thing born of Nature before Heaven & Earth. Soundless, formless Independent, unchanging Always turning, never stopping. Regard it: the Mother of All. I do not know Continue reading →

Why Rituals Work: Scientific American

“Recent research suggests that rituals may be more rational than they appear. Why? Because even simple rituals can be extremely effective. Rituals performed after experiencing losses – from loved ones Continue reading →

Challenge, don’t worship, the chiefs and high priestesses of science

See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Alice Bell: If we don’t recognise the politics of science, we will just get played by those who do Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: "…Play Continue reading →

The new addiction to an “old” medium.

What we watch is changing how we watch. And how we watch now across many forms of media and via many kinds of recording and/or through streaming is changing how Continue reading →

Futurity.org – Carnivorous plant trims its tiny genome

The new study offers an unexpected insight: the large majority of noncoding DNA, which is abundant in many living things, may not actually be needed for complex life, according to Continue reading →

Etymology of “Wanderlust”

With the German verb wandern literally meaning “to hike,” the literal definition of the compounded “wanderlust” is a “desire to hike” although it has been colloquially appropriated to encompass strollers Continue reading →

Body 4: Disembodied Nature

Newest issue of Disembodied Text is out. Take a look see. The poetry, the music, the art pieces… really speaking to me this morning. Hat off to the editors, Kiki Continue reading →

Chomsky-Foucault debate removed due to copyright | ROAR Magazine

See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions In a grandiose display of Foucauldian irony, one of the greatest anti-capitalist debates of our time has been reduced to an intellectual commodity. See Continue reading →

Withdrawing

Engagement with the world happens on many levels. One of the most difficult actions is keeping faith in the good of humankind even as you see folks  overladen with distractions. Continue reading →

Ken Robinson: How to escape education’s death valley | Video on TED.com

See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish — and how current education culture works against them. See on Continue reading →