Monthly Archives: January 2015

we live in a limited/limiting age of images and visuals as opposed to the preceding age long centered on words and print-language. The latter two remain necessary fundamental or core elements of Western civilization and truly conscious personal living. This … Continue reading →

I say retreat as opposed to escape–a different state, more desperate-sounding. Retreat is a planned choice designed to improve the individual, to free up and clarify inner self, personal identity, and one’s place in and relationship with the world. Let’s … Continue reading →

If there’s only one program you ever see of Kenneth Clark’s landmark 12 part Civilization tv series, it would have to be part 5–“The Hero as Artist”. In it, Clark zeroes in, for 50 minutes, on the three Renaissance greats: … Continue reading →

I remain the auteur of my own life and work, making my own thoughts and consciousness visible in this: my blog-notebook Tothineownselfbetrue.ca Favorite Oscar Wilde quotes: “I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into … Continue reading →

It is in light that one finds civilization, not darkness. I’d much rather pursue a full use of human faculties and possibilities than chase the making of money. Materialism, mindlessness, and diminishment don’t much interest me. In Canada today, we are … Continue reading →

(rare illustrated movie book for Wilde signed by director Brian Gilbert and Fry who played Wilde) In conjunction with the Wilde project, Fry also did audio recordings of De Profundis (complete) and the fairy tales of Wilde. He has been perhaps no … Continue reading →

is much more than the limits and limitations of relationships, lifestyles, work, and career. It is a deep engagement, understanding, and appreciation of possible fully-lived moments and the personal choices made in a truly free, autonomous, authentic life.

which Oxford University Press has issued denials on immediately, is an interesting one. The controversy arose when OUP writers were notified to omit pork and pig references in children’s book-writing. Which would certainly have implications for “The Three Little Pigs, … Continue reading →

(example of human design using Nature–Butchart Gardens, Victoria) (or Purpose and Fulfillment through Design) This manifests itself as early as the first human year and throughout natural, un-e-mediated pre-school play. We search for and wrestle with design through our school … Continue reading →

Film, at its best, does belong every bit as much as a Beethoven symphony, a Turner painting, a Wright house, or a Shakespearean tragedy (examples given by Kenneth Clark in his Civilisation U.K. tv series). There are many film examples … Continue reading →