"Silence is a way of living and forgiving, a way of embracing the community with charity and the offender with affection." #Amish Society By John A. Hostetler #bookstr 
bluethroat
npub1rfvy...5cyg
A stranger and a pilgrim
Hyperborea / #Thule
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Gm
#picasso #amsterdam
"Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling" #christ
Sincere question: how do Christians justify bearing of arms when Jesus #Christ said "My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews" (John 18:36)
Likewise, Count Dracula wants to remain decentralized and secure in cold storage #bookstr (Bram Stoker's unabridged version)
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"Rise now and drive your cart and plough over the bones of the dead!"
Nobody quoting William Blake to William Blake in the movie Dead Man by Jim Jarmusch #poetry
Der Adler fliegt allein, der Rabe scharenweise: Gesellschaft braucht der Tor, und Einsamkeit der Weise.
F. Rueckert
#poetry
Strange parallels between Herge's 1942 #Tintin story, The Mysterious Star, and TerenceMcKenna's musings on the year 2012.. In both cases, the approach of a celestial object (a meteorite vs. the "transcendental object at the end of time") spells the End Times.. #mushrooms play a crucial role in both narratives.. 
History is the trumpet of judgment
- Terence McKenna
The Great Work (magnum opus) of #alchemy concerns the infusion of matter with spirit. All that is needed is to bring attention to the present moment.
Wouldn't it be great if, along with real estate, #btc succeeds in deflating #art so art is traded once again on esthetic merits
Sotheby's
Comedian | The Now and Contemporary Evening Auction | 2024 | Sotheby's
<p>Maurizio Cattelan</p><p>b. 1960</p><p><br></p><p><em>Comedian</em></p><p>banana and duct tape</p><p>7 ⅞ by 7 ⅞ by 2 in.</p><p>20 by 20 by 5 ...
Last night I dreamt of an island named Jan Mayen. I wondered if the island was inhabited. With a bird's eye view I could see rectangular fields, cranberry fields I thought. On closer inspection I saw a town with people on the streets. 
Xuan "rice" paper, 69x138cm, 100 sheets 
Trial and error in working with Chinese paper #artstr
gobolink #artstr
Gobolink
Ink on mulberry paper, wet-mounted,
50x30cm
I will send as scroll for 35k sats
#artstr
Gobolink studio #artstr
