2009 December | Ehipassiko

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Dec 20, 09

Views: 151The past week or so has really grounded me and I finally feel as though I’ve moved back into my apartment. I’ve reconstructed my tsuboniwa complete with koi. I’ve made more time for tea and meditation and I had an itch to paint again. This time I used a rather large canvas. It is kinda funny that even...

Abstract 1

Dec 20, 09

Posted by Cristan in Art

Views: 131I’ve tinkered with my tsuboniwa a bit today and finished a painting I was working on. I posted the first painting in my last blog. Here is the one I finished up today: Another painting for my office ...

Consciousness and/or Humanity?

Views: 116On of the things I do to pass the time is to think. One of my favorite subjects to ponder is the nature of consciousness because so many tantalizing questions are linked to the simple concept of consciousness. What is consciousness? Is there a self if there is no consciousness? Are you human if you are without...

Sanditthiko

Views: 117 Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things. Death, for instance, is not terrible, else it would have appeared so to Socrates. But the terror consists in our notion of death that it is terrible. When therefore we are hindered, or disturbed, or grieved, let us...

Ghost Towns

Dec 17, 09

Posted by Cristan in Art

Views: 105I came across 3 ghost towns today. I also got way too close to a brown bear for a pic (which wasn’t a bright thing to do). All in all the trip has been enjoyable even if the hotel that I made a reservation at “lost” it and I’m subsequently staying in a motel that reminds me of several psycho-killer...