O.G. Rose

Thinking about baptism beyond the formal performative act in church and more as a full body and mind experience.

Abstraction is unavoidable and the irony of the empirical Impressionist, with mention of Cezanne’s counter to the painters of his time.

Rookmaaker’s excellent book. This is Part 3 of a series. Enlightenment’s practical consequences on the thinking behind art.

Exploring external vs internal rewards here!

Discussing the next section of this great book by Rookmaaker with a focus on the pendulum swing between valuation of the Metaphysical and the Physical.

Please check out the audio recording as well as the course I mentioned hosted by Daniel Zaruba and Johannes Niederhauser! https://youtu.be/DgWGjpw2PbQ https://halkyonacademy.teachable.com/p/dialogos-with-the-japanese-house-of-being

Summary and Reflection

How different responsibilities are different in experience.

We want music but forget what music takes.

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Javier Rivera and Samuel Barnes live; https://youtu.be/PzatL0Bzl6Y

Thoughts!

Please do check out the original video by Javier which inspired this reflection; https://youtu.be/Yj72GqWdXqc

A Brainstorming session inspired by https://youtu.be/2f-Tw6uV91c

Thoughts on discussion vs debate that came to me after talking with Javier Rivera on the history of dating, to see that talk please visit his YouTube channel or click this link; https://youtu.be/IW0J-z-rmv0

Inspired by a livestream event by Parallax https://youtube.com/user/andrewsweenymusic and Dr. Cadell Last’s consideration that screens are our religion today. Here I flesh out how traditional religions and screens are both organizing principles. Check out Dr. Last’s channel here https://youtube.com/user/TheAdvancedApes

Personal reflection on writing poetry

Exploring how our engagement with reading wordage may be shifted as indicated by the language shift of material versus content when relating to what we read. For more by O.G. Rose check out https://youtube.com/channel/UC6zHDj4D323xJkblnPTvY3Q

A little reflection after listening to the talk “The Meaning Crisis” on Technosocial by Owen Cox, Dr Cadell Last, Alexander Bard, and Daniel Fraga. Listen to their full talk here; https://youtu.be/3oXt0Uoorog

In many ways we live in a less violent time and that is much to our benefit , but perhaps certain violences that yielded life are lost and so now we participate in bloodless violence against ourselves and others. Just entertaining some thoughts here inspired by this lecture and group discussion held by Dr Cadell Last on Freud’s essay “Instincts and Their Vicissitudes”. Check out the original lecture and discussion here; https://youtu.be/2221EMakJrw

A little reflection on Dr. Cadell Last’s conversation with Michel Bauwens & Alexander Bard. Please check out their full talk through the link below! https://youtu.be/rBAFeLV139c

There is undoubtedly so much more to get into here but it’s a little start.

For the original video which inspired this reflection, visit https://youtu.be/Yn3jrI1yP-U

Thoughts on scrolling through social media🥳

Thoughts on cheapness

I go into detail here on my suction metaphor. There’s more to add but this is a good start.

Talking about radical honesty and free associative discourse.

Response to Javier’s dating talks part 5

I wanted to explore how we encounter homework and what habits it creates for us. I also wanted to talk about the risks and benefits of that habit.

A casual reflection on Javier Rivera’s talk delving into what it means to be yourself. You can find his reflection on his YouTube channel, please give it a listen https://youtu.be/_fucoH6UWw8 I hope my contemplation will provoke some questions for you as well. Thank you!

Taking a stab at what Gibran means when he discusses Good and Evil

Responding to Javier Rivera’s The Gift of Loneliness

Haven’s piano playing