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Usha Alexander Yes, that is true. We realized that our parents didn't know how it was for us, because their childhoods had been so completely different, including...
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Musings On The Anthropocene · Thursday, September 16, 2021
Usha Alexander Sadly, I didn't save what I'd written anywhere. But I think I've repeated the gist of it! Also, I'm touched that you found my reminiscences of a...
Musings On The Anthropocene · Thursday, September 16, 2021
Usha Alexander Thanks, Ruchira. I think your doubts/concern over whether globalized culture can change course quickly enough at this point are well founded. It's...
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Sally Benzon P.S. And, to my understanding, Japanese poetry is grounded in "ma" -- the space created by words. A quality of weight in the work that you, as a...
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Ruchira Another fantastic piece of writing in the excellent series that I have followed from the start. Indeed, there are many questions we need to ask but...
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Sally Benzon LOL! (written in response to your book already arrived.)
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Leanne Ogasawara I always buy the books you recommend one nano-second after you tell me so I got a used copy an hour ago!! :) :) :)
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Leanne Ogasawara His book-length essay on poetry is called Poetry, Language, and Thought. I think it is my favorite of his books. My understanding is very limited and...
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Sally Benzon Glad, Leanne, that my comments resonate with your thoughts and perceptions!! Thanks for the essay and your comments!!! Not now, but maybe sometime,...
Your Brain on Art: Timothy Morton’s All Art is Ecological · Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Leanne Ogasawara I love that--fire sale! Your comments are little poems. I agree so much that Morton's prose verges on poetry. That is something else from Heidegger,...
Your Brain on Art: Timothy Morton’s All Art is Ecological · Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Usha Alexander Thank you, Mike and Rick and Michael, for your encouragement. There are several more pieces to come. The next one will be Part 13: Stories of Wealth...
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Michael Liss I'm going to second Rick and Mike below. The whole series has been consistently excellent.
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Rick Passov Usha - thank you as well. I will go back and start at the beginning of your essays. This piece works well alongside Leanne’s. One admonishes...
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Sally Benzon Hmm. Thoughtful reply, Leanne, thanks. Not to belabor a point, just for clarity: my reference to Morton's "Fire Sale tableau" is written as "Fire...
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Leanne Ogasawara Do you mean you’ve “been there “in terms of your own approach to climate change issues or do you mean in your interpretation of his philosophy...
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Sally Benzon Hi Leanne, How? Just sent it. Email. (FWIW I totally get what you're saying about "the ground conditions as being the conditions of the effects"....
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Leanne Ogasawara I am so happy to know you read Lewis' book-- I want to but it really was hard to open up!
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