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Philosophy

A collection of 8 posts
Wu wei (无为) — The art of not forcing
Philosophy

Wu wei (无为) — The art of not forcing

The controlled accident. Sometimes it gets mistaken for "do nothing" or "doing nothing". Because the characters 无为 (wu wei) mean nothing (wu, 无) and doing (wei, 为). So although a literal translation would be doing nothing, it doesn’t mean the same as sitting around all
04 Jun 2023 3 min read
photo of landscape with ocean in middle ground, blue sky up top, bushes in foreground
AI

AI Anxiety

A walk into the unknown.
28 Apr 2023 10 min read
Painting of bluebird flying into purple pond tree while lizardman feeds tea to the wolves.
Birthday

29 years old

And getting better at stealing ideas and ideals.
31 Oct 2022 11 min read
ai-generated water colour painting of a girl dancing in a field
People

My favourite kind of people: those with joie de vivre

Here’s to the excited ones.
22 Jul 2022 3 min read
Cartoon record player with dancer spinning to the music
Poems

Listening or dancing?

Swimming or floating? Walking or standing still? Pissed off or laughing? Opposites give each other meaning. The listener’s ear hairs swing to the beat. And the dancer moves to the sound. Going through life floating down the stream. Or swimming along with events. My Mum used to teach swimming
19 Mar 2022 1 min read
four pictures in a row starting with an atom then a human eye then a tennis ball then the earth
Philosophy

Quantity vs. quality

A tennis ball is smaller than the Earth but yet no less round.
11 Mar 2022 2 min read
Drawing of people standing at the base of a mountain in an open field with clouds in the sky and grass around them
Questions

If I pray for you, what should I pray for?

One of my favourite questions.
13 Feb 2022 3 min read
Hill sprints will teach you who you are
Move

Hill sprints will teach you who you are

The best bang for your buck, a metaphor for life, curing human marshmallow-itis, finding balance at the extremes.
30 Jul 2020 6 min read
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