A little on art this year, as a post even if I am cataloging most of my art work under projects in my art portfolio on this blog as well. This year I visited India and made new contacts with nature enthusiasts, some professional… Continue Reading “Art 2020”
Category: Evolution, I think.., Philosophy, Photography, Politics, Travelogue, tropical birds, World CultureTags: barbet, biodiversity, birdart, birds, black paper, Butterflies, conservation, environment protection, Frogs, inspiration, MOEFCC, Oilpastel, pastels, prakash javadekar, Sattal, sennelieroilpastels, tree frog, wildlife conservation
Posted on November 6, 2017
by neuroticphilosopher
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I return from various trips and plan to write about them, I get caught in routine things or wallow in the vanity or vacuousness of anything I can ever write, those tales find places in the crevices of my mind. Some of them will… Continue Reading “Best remembered trips: Ayahuasca in the Amazon rainforest”
Category: Entertainment, Environment, Evolution, Philosophy, Photography, Travelogue, World CultureTags: Amazon rainforest, Amazon stories, Ayahuasca, Boat, Cures, Dennis Osorio, eco tourism, Guides, Hallucinogen, International Expeditions, Iquitos, Johnny, Latin dancing, Machete, Medicinal plants, music, Naturalists, Nature photography, Peru, Peruvian food, River cruise, Riverboat, Riverboat cruise, Segundo, Shaman, Snake bites, Tourism, Travel story, Travelling, Villagers, Zafiro, Zafiro riverboat
Wouldn’t it be so much easier if everyone lived simply, spoke freely ( not from fear, I mean) and thought highly of high matters. The idea of a perfectly simple solution to everything, including the silver bullet to cure cancer, stems from the fact… Continue Reading “The hazards of oversimplification”
Category: Evolution, I think.., Philosophy, World CultureTags: Chelsea Manning, complexity, Edward Snowden, freedom, Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, Oscar Wilde, politics, Whisteblowing
Posted on August 13, 2013
by neuroticphilosopher
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I have been accused ( and I might add correctly) of not liking enough people. Or any people. My dad routinely asked me to list the people I really liked, I think I always had real trouble after about 5 names. As I grew… Continue Reading “The kind of people I like…”
Category: Evolution, I think.., Philosophy, Science, World CultureTags: admiring, caste system, castes, culture, democracy, dissent, Doublethink, evolution, honesty, integrity, justice, Orwell, Orwellian, religion, role model, tolerance, tradition, truth, vigilance
It started with Doug Casey’s referral to Neal Stephenson’s work. I am not sure what led me to the essay about the history of the world’s leading (although primarily, subjectively and objectively different) leading names in computers  – Microsoft and Apple. I don’t think… Continue Reading “My new favorite author- Neal Stephenson”
Category: Books, Entertainment, Evolution, I think.., Philosophy, ScienceTags: Anathem, Apple, Bill Gates. Steve Jobs, Books, conscience, consciousness, cosmos, Doug CAsey, Language, Mac, Neal Stephenson, Philosophy