Loneliness and Longing
ART, the ORGANISM, Loneliness, and Longing Mary once said. "We have needs, wants, desires, and then there is this other thing ... and this is important, so pay attention: before…
A&O Class Notes for March 26, 2019
I will be at a research retreat near Pompano, Florida, visiting family as we drive back and forth. But, I will be checking e-mail often and will be happy to…
A&O Class Notes for March 12, 2019
ART & ORGANISM Tuesday, March 12, 2019 Class Notes[i] Prof Jan Simek will present and discuss his findings in European and American Southeast cave art[ii] AMONGST the DEEP[iii] streams…
Words about Words
ART & ORGANISM: WORDS about WORDS Joseph Campbell once wrote, "The best things can’t be told . . ." Yet most of us have found ourselves deeply moved by a…
A&O Class Notes for March 5 2019
A&O CLASS MEETING March 5, 2019 TODAY OPEN with CHECK-IN (#1 and at least two others): What is your WEEKLY WONDER? WHAT STOOD OUT from last week? METAPHOR for…
ART and TRANSCENDENCE: BEAUTY in the VILLAGE of TRUTH.
In A&O we are constantly looking for roots of beauty and the power of art. It sometimes seems (and who am I to doubt it?) that there is a metaphysical…
A&O QUOTE – Dostoyevsky’s ecstatic experience
"IT WAS one of the most profound experiences of Fyodor Dostoevsky's life. "A happiness unthinkable in the normal state and unimaginable for anyone who hasn't experienced it... I am then…
A&O – What’s New in May
ART & ORGANISM What's new May 2018 Another ART & ORGANISM 2018 Spring Seminar is behind me; students did some very exciting work but I'll get their permission before sharing…
A&O – Spirituality – time
ART & ORGANISM April 2018 Another ART & ORGANISM Spring Seminar is winding down; students are getting excited about an off-campus Colloquy that will enable our exploration of new ideas…
FOUND OBJECTS – SCHOLAR STONES – art or artifact?
ART & ORGANISM Are Scholar Stones "found objects?" I ran into Dr Mowry, curator at the Sackler Museum at Harvard, by chance. He took the time to provide an…