December 2009
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“If you meet the Buddha, kill him.”
– Linji Something worth repeating should be thought provoking.  I cherish this quote because it encourages us to find our own Buddah - the knowledge of self.  If we see it outside of us, it is false, and we should eliminate it as a possible sense of identity - even if it is Buddah himself.
Dec 30th
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Dec 29th
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Dec 28th
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Dec 26th
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“A movie should be there in rough cut,” the film editor Paul Hirsch once told me....”
– Stephen King via 37signals.com
Dec 25th
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The last film I directed: Grant is possessed by guilt.  He is ready to confess and come to terms with the lies that he has told.  On his long drive across Iowa it becomes increasingly clear that these transgressions run far deeper than just one good act can mitigate.  They are habitual and insidious.  As he confronts himself, his place of refuge becomes an inescapable prison of thought - a...
Dec 17th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 11th
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“Yesterday, our president mused about the inevitability of war, war’s...”
– Congressman Kucinich’s Response to President Obama’s “Just War” Doctrine “We must begin by acknowledging the hard truth: We will not eradicate violent conflict in our lifetimes. There will be times when nations — acting individually or in concert — will find the use of force not only necessary but...
Dec 11th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 9th
Dec 6th
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Douglas Wolk - Kant’s Critique of Aesthetic Judgment Obviously appropriate for the mission of this blog.  The catch he does it in five minutes using comic book art. Credits: Ignite Portland 7 HiLobrow.com
Dec 5th
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“As a child, he was a fan of Orson Welles’s radio broadcasts, and –...”
– The art of storytelling and it’s impact.  Just as Welles was able to rile a nation, so is Glenn Beck.  For better or for worse, his stories (and that’s what they are) resonate with millions of Americans. Source: Guardian.co.uk
Dec 4th
“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that...”
– ~Neil Postman.
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