Jan
20
2009
Ross Ashby says:
No system adapts to the changing: it can adapt only to what is constant.
(http://www.rossashby.info/aphorisms.html)
Jan
19
2009
There is often confusion about the differences between Waldorf and Montessori methods of education. Having been a Waldorf teacher for six years certainly puts me in a biased position, but potentially one that can also offer some perspective on the matter.
The Waldorf pedagogy recognizes that how one approaches the child is keyed closely to...
Jan
18
2009
Ross Ashby says:
That homo has a brain no more entitles him to assume he knows how he thinks than possession of a liver entitles him to assume that he knows how he metabolises.
(http://www.rossashby.info/aphorisms.html)
Jan
18
2009
shadows fall on shadows, aghast at their own darkness
times keep falling out of place, surprising themselves,
trailing numberless atrocities like the dust of a comet
sweeping ominously across a shrouded, weeping planet
the forces are arrayed, the engines started
words have been spoken, in earnest, in fear, in foreboding
the percolating matrix of desire...
Jan
16
2009
sole to sole, my mirror image and I
striding above and below the deep waters
curious, I dip beneath the surface
stare back up at myself, asleep
didn't you call me? i ask
have I not come and knelt at your side?
the shadow grasps my hand
with a solidity I could never muster
and bursting into flames I can only weep
and...
Jan
15
2009
what spirit speaks the heart re-echoes
its lofty chambers with choric ringing
twist and fold in timely rhythm
the fountain's deep moods springing
unshadowed now, revealed and waking
all forge and fire, veils rent aside
the swallowed sun, see! - beaming again
'cross the rivers, stride in stride
the call's heard round from distant shores
the ferryman's change cast far away
for the...
Jan
14
2009
Knowing is action
Knowledge is the corpse of action
Jan
12
2009
Is it possible for a system to be both hierarchical AND innately mysterious? Is it possible for self-embedded reciprocity within such a system to lead towards a breaking out of the self same system while still being a part of it on another level? Can NON-understanding be a "part" of ANY system,...