tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post8620556929015441107..comments2024-03-28T14:53:38.827-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: The Trajectory from Philosopher to Activist Is Like the Curve of a Single Brushstroke Across a Large CanvasUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-35378036178789600832017-01-10T09:56:15.686-05:002017-01-10T09:56:15.686-05:00also see
https://www.academia.edu/2511173/Oz_L._F...also see<br /><br />https://www.academia.edu/2511173/Oz_L._Frank_Baum_s_Theosophical_Utopia<br /><br />in which we read that, in an article entitled "the utopia of oz", s.j. sackett speculated that<br /><br /><b>children who read the Oz books would be influenced to be good children in the conventional sense of the word, with an especial disposition toward charitable or benevolent actions. But we can say also that they would have been influenced to<br />believe in the freedom of the individual, in the voluntary acceptance of responsibility,in progressive prison reform, in the proposition that money is relatively unimportant in life, in the possibility of making a better world, in the pleasures of work, in th esignificance of contentment, in nonconformity, in the superiority of man to machine, in the need for permitting both sexes to share equally in the good life, in the folly of war, in reverence for life, in a truly substantial education, and in the need for the intellect and the emotions to be brought into harmony.<br /><br /><br /><br /></b><br /><br />i read a lot of those oz books as a child - all the ones they had on hand in the falls church public library in the 1950s - "as the twig is bent, so grows the tree"mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-44753531626767413192017-01-10T09:46:54.359-05:002017-01-10T09:46:54.359-05:00carr writes Our Ephemeral City
this reminds me of...carr writes <i>Our Ephemeral City</i><br /><br />this reminds me of LFB's (#2 in the slang, chat and pop culture category at acronymfinder.com) <b>Emerald City of Oz</b>* - a possibly intended reference<br /><br />everyone is, no doubt reminded of "the eternal city" i.e. rome <br />but maybe carr is just wanting to emphasize how everything changes, rather than to focus our attention on rome per se - quondam republic, then empire, currently corporate headquarters for a particularly successful and particularly flawed version of christianity<br /><br />this summer a group from our parish is traveling to rome, accompanied by our young associate pastor - "ten days with me, your fondest dream or your worst nightmare" he said, jocularly<br /><br />spouse and self have been to rome separately, back in the previous millennium, and are not going on this trip<br /><br /><br />*[from a google scholar search] From Vanity Fair to Emerald City: Baum's Debt to Bunyan<br />JK Franson - Children's Literature, 1995 - muse.jhu.edu<br />... In The Emerald City of Oz (1910), Baum brings Dorothy's concern for Em and Henry to a happy ...weaknesses typical of adults who have grown up in the City of Destruction ... much better than Kansas, truly "a family-style Utopia" (Nye 12), but not their eternal destination ... <br />mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-34614914076729509982017-01-09T20:45:35.372-05:002017-01-09T20:45:35.372-05:00I've posted her before, search her name top le...I've posted her before, search her name top left corner. I think she's !<br /><br />Thank you very much for the (JB) - , and all research, insights, comments.BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-69571592053749760422017-01-09T15:49:15.246-05:002017-01-09T15:49:15.246-05:00Of the three, I like Mojave 3 and Halstead solo mo...Of the three, I like Mojave 3 and Halstead solo more than Slowdive, and I love Slowdive.BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-82159766491383786772017-01-09T15:39:03.828-05:002017-01-09T15:39:03.828-05:00And, of course, Slowdive.* It's always a good ...And, of course, Slowdive.* It's always a good day for Slowdive.<br /><br />______<br />*HalsteadJim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-80734821031008572462017-01-09T15:37:30.495-05:002017-01-09T15:37:30.495-05:00I was just going to say chairs.
Stellar post in s...I was just going to say chairs.<br /><br />Stellar post in so many respects. Honored to be included! Never heard of Diebenkorn or Halstead. The world is wide. Hadn't thought about Mojave 3 in years and years (tho' I drove through the desert last year!). Will be working my way through remaining links.<br /><br />"You have to be your own dictator..." Wait. Walt Whitman said what?Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-44931537069342063872017-01-09T09:57:12.685-05:002017-01-09T09:57:12.685-05:001)since diebenkorn "vibrates your tines"...1)since diebenkorn "vibrates your tines", i wonder if you will attend the following event<br /> <br />JAN 12 · 7:00pm–8:00pm<br />Curatorial Talk: Senior Curator Katy Rothkopf on Matisse/Diebenkorn<br /><br />Hear Senior Curator Katy Rothkopf’s insights on the conception and development of Matisse/Diebenkorn and how the artists’ works have been paired in this landmark exhibition<br /><br /><br />2)julie carr quotes "emotion is a site of unraveling (JB)" <br /><br />it doesn't sound so much like borges, and typically borges is abbreviated JLB, so i dug a bit to find that <b>judith butler</b> is the theorist and writer being referenced<br /><br />i am not acquainted with her work, but using google scholar, i have found and downloaded a couple of books by her<br /><br /><i><b>Precarious life: The powers of mourning and violence<br /> <br />Giving an account of oneself</b></i><br /><br /><br />i now have butler's books on my laptop, while my physical copy of daniel j. siegel's "mind: a journey to the heart of being human", which i ordered from b&n earlier this morning, is still days away from arriving<br /><br />on the other hand, i can now watch speeches & read interviews and articles featuring siegel covering some of the ground of the book<br /><br />http://books.wwnorton.com/books/Mind/<br /><br />on the other other hand, judith butler appears in a number of youtube videos as well<br /><br />and julie carr the poet, as well as julie carr the life reinvention coach, also have youtube videos<br /><br /><br />youtube is so full of a number of things<br />that i'm sure we should all be as happy as kings -- adapted from RLS (3rd entry at acronymfinder.com)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.com