Something new

To see something new, say something new.

New poems

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In the old days a poet once said (Ko)

In the old days a poet once said
our nation is destroyed
yet the mountains and rivers survive

Today's poet says
the mountains and rivers are destroyed
yet our nation survives

Tomorrow's poet will say
the mountains and rivers are destroyed
our nation is destroyed and Alas!
you and I are completely destroyed

Ko Un

The page was too small

The page was too small. I could have never been a poet had I been limited to the page.

What death means (Canetti)

As long as I have not formulated clearly and wholeheartedly what death means, I will not have lived.

Elias Canetti

Justice

Justice requires justification.

Our reactive design

Our reactive design may be inadequate.

What is the difference

The question we need to ask more: what is the difference between reality and reality filtered through consciousness?

What I want

I want everything to explode, come apart, transform, but nothing end.

How we blame, how we punish

How we blame, how we punish, much as psychological that is physiological.

New poems

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Today I am wise (Rumi)

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

Rumi

I realized early

I realized early that it was always too late.

Some

Some for the pencil; some, the eraser.

I am more other

I am more other than the Other, who is free of the obligation of having to fit into the mold of me.

Total

Life is a total tautology.

New poems

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Only as one would write poetry (Wittgenstein)

Philosophie dürfte man eigentlich nur dichten.

Philosophy should really be written only as one would write poetry.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Far more

Life teaches death far more than death teaches life.

Even the richest

Even the richest people can't afford a new shadow.