Month: May 2026
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If one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body, answer that the flower withers but the seed remains.
Do you ever wonder about the soul? I mean, were we all issued one at birth, or as the French philosopher Sartre believed, does existence proceed essence? Do we have to somehow establish our existence before we can acquire qualities? In grammar, a noun must be present or adjectives have no meaning; no purpose. Are…
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How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
It’s so easy to misjudge people isn’t it? I’m not sure what criteria can withstand the vagaries and vicissitudes of Time, though; Life is like that: a good novel changing from one page to the next makes for an interesting and compelling read. There was an elderly lady I often saw in the mall’s Food…
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There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face
I have to admit that I often approach Art much like I approach a forest: full of beauty as a whole, and yet less impressive if I am asked to dissect it too closely. But I have to admit that some paintings attract me: they are more than just token forests; some contain whole neighbourhoods…