Monthly Archives: March 2014

I took a few philosophy courses in university (one on aesthetics), and although there was a kind of bullshittish quality to seminars or conclusions actually reached, my interest in the ideas of great philosophers has been a help in clarifying … Continue reading →

My Classics and Philosophy courses in university days introduced me to a number of ancients whose views I still hold with. Heraclitus, mentioned in an earlier blog entry, was important in confirming that all is forever and constantly changing and … Continue reading →

Personalists view the personality (and I would add, the nature and consciousness of the person) as the key to understanding reality. Everything by way of meaning, purpose, and significance basically boils down to the self, individual, or personality. Notions of … Continue reading →

The innumerable possibilities, the myriad pleasures–the engagements, the depths, the intensities. Thereby inner/soul/spirit liberation as well. And finally, the warm, welcome truths of freedom flowing from best actualizing choices. (Even better, shared.)

(rare handwritten signed letter from Mavis Gallant twenty years ago) ************************************************************************************************** Mavis Gallant (August 11, 1922-February 18, 2014) was an internationally renowned short story writer who was originally from Montreal, but spend most of her life in Paris, her adopted home, … Continue reading →

Sold out for tonight, of course, months ago. The first pop music band of the ’60s that added brass to rock ‘n’ roll and opened up exciting new musical possibilities. Together since 1967 (!), the band still has a core … Continue reading →

as the best things you have done or accomplished, the freest gifts of self received and bestowed, and the maximum closeness and intimacy actually experienced. …………………………. Saturday–New Moon. Time moves forward…

(a page from the awesomely rare 1968 English theatre program) A must-see for the serious film fan; the most expensive Russian film ever made. A true epic. Sergei Bondarchuk’s film took 6 years to make and it was released in … Continue reading →

(old music book signed by Ms. Sainte-Marie for me at Festival place concert five years ago) *********************************************************************************************** Buffy has one of the most unique voices you will ever hear. At 73, she is still more than vocally intact and sounded … Continue reading →

photo of poster in my bedroom–a Saskatoon Mendel Art Gallery promo for Joni Mitchell’s memorable Voices exhibition; the picture itself inspired by a famous van Gogh self-portrait) …………………………………………………… (dream below from two sleeps ago) Never a dull moment, in my dreamland … Continue reading →