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December 2010

Extraneous from the Outside


Responding to my friend Danise’s question about what movie I saw on Ecumenical Cinema Day, looking up “ecumenical” to see if it had any churchless meanings, I came across the definition of “ecstasy.” 
The etymology offered in this definition of  ecstasy – “a being put out of its place, distraction, trance” in relation to its meaning as used,

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Photo Assisted Poem [PAP]: Haiku for Freeman


Maybe I don’t mean “symbolic meaning for the thing” — Maybe I mean something more like: Isn’t a haiku supposed to present the thing in such a way that thought stops at it…?  It seems to me that “contain” raises too many questions about the nature of a reflection to let the mind rest

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Fashioning a Fit Exterior


“My house is practical.  I thank you, as I might thank Railway engineers, or the Telephone service. You have not touched my heart.  But suppose that walls rise towards heaven in such a way that I am moved.…  I perceive your intentions … By the use of raw materials and starting from conditions more

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last night’s hole is missing


                                                                                                         

 

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For Discussion (02): Punch Drunk Love


Encouraged by the break out success of my first “for discussion” post…, I choose this night of all nights to instigate a second rich conversation.   PUNCH DRUNK LOVE is a wonderful movie.  I see it as a meditation on the reality and formative power of things like the will.
The will too is a real

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