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Starward commented on: good soil with good people by Spinoza 3 years 20 weeks ago
The great French Poet and: The great French Poet and diplomat, Paul Claudel, was, late in life, introduced to the Mayor of Lyons prior to a political dinner.  As sunset began, the Mayor quoted a passage from Ovid comparing the purple light of sunset, on a marble column, to   a blush coming into a young lady's cheeks.  Paul Claudel said to himself, "This man will always be my friend."  When I read your comment, just now, and the quotation from Eliot, I thought of that Claudelian anecdote.
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Starward commented on: the cobbled road by Spinoza 3 years 20 weeks ago
Thank you so very much for: Thank you so very much for that reply, and for those very complimentary words.  I am overwhelmed by the kindness of them.  Thanks for making my day brighter.
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Spinoza commented on: the cobbled road by Spinoza 3 years 20 weeks ago
The Hutchison Effect & Cymatics:   The fingerprints are everywhere – from the microscopic to the macroscopic, and even the subatomic. But it goes, even well beyond this… into the very way energy radiates and ripples all around us, and by design – shapes our reality.   Nikola Tesla alluded to this, when he said – “If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.”   I especially came to understand this at a deeper level, when studying the “Hutchison Effect”… and “Cymatics”   Incredibly fascinating…   Cymatics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsjV1gjBMbQ   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3oItpVa9fs     Hutchison Effect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeUgDJc6AWE        
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Spinoza commented on: the cobbled road by Spinoza 3 years 20 weeks ago
a companion spirit:   I am, and have always been for the better – peering into your thoughtful insights. You think in way, that inspires, and leads one to discover beautiful – but often forgotten literature. And when I explore them, I am often pushed to new insights – and inspirations. There is no measure of gratitude that I can pen with words… but the humble simplicity, of saying Thank You. Thank you for all the days, I was limping along in grey solitude – and found a splash of colour, and a companion spirit.
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Spinoza commented on: good soil with good people by Spinoza 3 years 20 weeks ago
T. S. Eliot knew:   T. S. Eliot knew a thing or two of garden metaphor…   So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness be dancing. Whisper of running streams, and winter lightning. The wild thyme unseen and the wild strawberry, The laughter in the garden, echoed ecstasy Not lost, but requiring, pointing to the agony Of death and birth.
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Spinoza commented on: the current play by Spinoza 3 years 20 weeks ago
so true : so true, so very true
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Spinoza commented on: the current play by Spinoza 3 years 20 weeks ago
who indeed:   “Who gets to decide what is true and false?”   The money interests, of course. They own the media and the tech companies – and everything else.   “Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play.” ― Joseph Goebbels
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Spinoza commented on: Bread & Circus by Spinoza 3 years 20 weeks ago
The anaesthetising power of entertainment :   Just imagine – if they had television
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Spinoza commented on: Always a Boogeyman by Spinoza 3 years 20 weeks ago
too many dedicated loyal laborers:   Like Boxer, the horse in Animal Farm – many buy into it, unquestionably. And hence, the system continues to churn.
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Spinoza commented on: Zero Carbon Kings by Spinoza 3 years 20 weeks ago
where to - from here?:   The question is – where does it all go from here? I sometimes don’t want to know the answer to that.
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Spinoza commented on: The Golden Arc of Art by Spinoza 3 years 20 weeks ago
a fine way to start the day:   Leave it to you, to put a smile on my face. I’m grinning ear to ear. And that’s a beautiful way to start the day.
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Spinoza commented on: Promise Of The Dawn by GailHudson 3 years 20 weeks ago
Love the optimism:   Love the optimism and well said. The journey always begins from within.
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patriciajj commented on: The Majesty of Destruction by patriciajj 3 years 21 weeks ago
Your electrifying reflections: Your electrifying reflections and unsparing reality are my thoughts exactly.   Thank you for stopping by and leaving such thought-provoking and striking commentary. A great honor just to have you here!   
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patriciajj commented on: The Golden Arc of Art by Spinoza 3 years 21 weeks ago
As if standing in front of a: As if standing in front of a physical work of art, I want to gaze deep into this bead of wisdom and revel in its facets of expansive meaning for a while. You illustrated artistry with artistry. What genius!   The best of your best, and that's no small thing.  
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patriciajj commented on: the lost letter by Spinoza 3 years 21 weeks ago
It takes true talent to make: It takes true talent to make the everyday, the colloquial, the truth of ourselves, the raw human condition, a thing of beauty. Anyone who says otherwise doesn't understand the science of eloquence which is often showing readers, not something within the writer, but something within themselves.     I loved diving into your unabashed stream of consciousness and seeing so much of myself there.   A tender, pleasingly honest introspection.
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