A MONK is a dark area on a printed page, caused by uneven inking of a plate or type. The term derives from the pre-printing press days of Europe, when publishing consisted of monks, hand-copying texts, and the occasional splotches of ink were inevitable.
HOLIDAYS are light spots in a coat of paint. As it was explained to me, it comes from the good-humored sentiment, "The painter must have been taking a holiday when this part of the wall was being painted."
11.3.04
22.10.03
a certain Chinese encyclopedia
animals are divided into:
(a) belonging to the Emporer
(b) embalmed
(c) tame
(d) sucking pigs
(e) sirens
(f) fabulous
(g) stray dogs
(h) included in the present classification
(i) frenzied
(j) innumerable
(k) drawn with a very fine camelhair brush
(l) et cetera
(m) having just broken the water pitcher
(n) that from a long way off look like flies.
~ Borges
(a) belonging to the Emporer
(b) embalmed
(c) tame
(d) sucking pigs
(e) sirens
(f) fabulous
(g) stray dogs
(h) included in the present classification
(i) frenzied
(j) innumerable
(k) drawn with a very fine camelhair brush
(l) et cetera
(m) having just broken the water pitcher
(n) that from a long way off look like flies.
~ Borges
22.9.03
22.8.03
Nine Muses according to Hesiod
CALLIOPE epic song, wax tablet & pencil
CLIO history, scroll
EUTERPE lyric song, double flute
THALIA comedy & bucolic poetry, mask & ivy & staff
MELPOMENE tragedy, mask & ivy
TERPISCHORE dance, lyre
ERATO erotic poetry, small lyre
POLYMNIA sacred song, veil
URANIA astronomy, celestial globe
CLIO history, scroll
EUTERPE lyric song, double flute
THALIA comedy & bucolic poetry, mask & ivy & staff
MELPOMENE tragedy, mask & ivy
TERPISCHORE dance, lyre
ERATO erotic poetry, small lyre
POLYMNIA sacred song, veil
URANIA astronomy, celestial globe
22.5.03
EMET! & ting-yin
EMET is the Hebrew word for TRUTH.
The utterance activates the Golem.
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ting-yin
in which the pulse of the blodstream in the fingers of the instrumentalist alters the timbre of the note
The utterance activates the Golem.
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ting-yin
in which the pulse of the blodstream in the fingers of the instrumentalist alters the timbre of the note
22.3.03
on human-o-centrism
If a triangle could speak, it would say that God is eminently triangular.
--Gilles Deleuze
--Gilles Deleuze
11.5.02
The Illusion of the Central Node
Spend all time in wandering state
unintentionally in-incomprehensible
maze corridor.
A node is found.
Convincing as center. From here, the spokes.
The Illusion of the Central Node is reborn.
This one reads:
"To maintain production level is equal to spiritual attainment."
By what shades & tempers shall we know you?
Are you Destined or are you Developing a Purpose?
No conscious worries. Surrender expectations for success.
Highest assignment: "The Founding Monk."
The Work of the Zealot,
the Opportunity of Living provides
the answer: the Work of the Way!
Still, other hallways,
Echoes.
New Nodes.
Dazy Ratravels.
Argie Mendido.
PaPsqua PaPsqua.
Utee! Ra.
unintentionally in-incomprehensible
maze corridor.
A node is found.
Convincing as center. From here, the spokes.
The Illusion of the Central Node is reborn.
This one reads:
"To maintain production level is equal to spiritual attainment."
By what shades & tempers shall we know you?
Are you Destined or are you Developing a Purpose?
No conscious worries. Surrender expectations for success.
Highest assignment: "The Founding Monk."
The Work of the Zealot,
the Opportunity of Living provides
the answer: the Work of the Way!
Still, other hallways,
Echoes.
New Nodes.
Dazy Ratravels.
Argie Mendido.
PaPsqua PaPsqua.
Utee! Ra.
11.1.02
Important Numbers
The Buddhist Incalculable:
1 followed by 352 septillions of kilometers of zeros
allowing that one zero occupies a length of one-thousandth of a meter
and being the length of one life of the universe
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Planck's Constant:
6.6260693 x 10-34 Joule seconds
(very small)
This number is used in calculations derived from the observation of subatomic physics. If a different number is substituted, the equations don't work out, so, it is often said, the universe would fail to exist as we know it.
1 followed by 352 septillions of kilometers of zeros
allowing that one zero occupies a length of one-thousandth of a meter
and being the length of one life of the universe
----------------------------------
Planck's Constant:
6.6260693 x 10-34 Joule seconds
(very small)
This number is used in calculations derived from the observation of subatomic physics. If a different number is substituted, the equations don't work out, so, it is often said, the universe would fail to exist as we know it.
21.8.01
The Return
Tao Te Ching Chapter 16
Attain utmost emptiness.
Abide by sincere tranquility.
The 10000 things circulate.
I contemplate only the Return.
For, flourishing as they do,
each thing returns to its source.
Returning to the source is called tranquility.
This is what is meant by “returning to Nature.”
Returning to nature is acceptance of constancy.
Accepting constancy is enlightenment.
Not accepting constancy can lead one to calamity.
Accepting constancy, the mind opens to the universe.
Openminded, the heart opens to the universe.
Openhearted, one acts with vituous leadership.
Acting with virtuous leadership, one attains the divine.
To attain divinity is to be one with the Tao.
To be one with the Tao is to be
Attain utmost emptiness.
Abide by sincere tranquility.
The 10000 things circulate.
I contemplate only the Return.
For, flourishing as they do,
each thing returns to its source.
Returning to the source is called tranquility.
This is what is meant by “returning to Nature.”
Returning to nature is acceptance of constancy.
Accepting constancy is enlightenment.
Not accepting constancy can lead one to calamity.
Accepting constancy, the mind opens to the universe.
Openminded, the heart opens to the universe.
Openhearted, one acts with vituous leadership.
Acting with virtuous leadership, one attains the divine.
To attain divinity is to be one with the Tao.
To be one with the Tao is to be
22.7.01
Russolo's Six Types of Noise
1. Bangs, thunderclaps, explosions, etc.
2. Whistles, hisses, snorts.
3. Whispers, murmurs, rustling, gurgling.
4. Screams, shrieks, buzzing, crackling, sounds produced by friction.
5. Sounds produced by striking metal, wood, stone, china, etc.
6. Animal & human cries -- roars, howls, laughter, sobs, sighs, etc.
~Luigi Russolo
2. Whistles, hisses, snorts.
3. Whispers, murmurs, rustling, gurgling.
4. Screams, shrieks, buzzing, crackling, sounds produced by friction.
5. Sounds produced by striking metal, wood, stone, china, etc.
6. Animal & human cries -- roars, howls, laughter, sobs, sighs, etc.
~Luigi Russolo
11.11.00
Life Seeks to Cross the Void
If the whole world was covered with asphalt, a crack would form, and in that crack, grass would grow.
--Ilya Ehrenberg
--Ilya Ehrenberg
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