Singing Can Reveal the Meaning of Your Life – Why not Give it a Try?
This section is my own work. However, 'the very idea' would not have come about without reading Dr Michael Mosley's book entitled 'Just One Thing'. I recommend it to you…
A few assumptions to get us going……
Life distinguishes animals and plants from matter. It includes the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death. Similar concepts include: existence; being; entity; sentience, creation, etc. Life contrasts with death; non-existence; nothingness etc. Life also includes: vitality; vigour; energy etc.
Life can be usefully described as: physical; mental and social. Of course, as lived, it includes all three and all the time. It can be useful, however, to differentiate them for specific purposes.We will use what ever suits. Not to worry.This will do for the time being.
RR’s Meaning for Some – Putting an Idea to Work
M4A claims to use art to give more meaning to life. The idea is well-worked up on the website, but lacks examples of the realisation of the idea in practice.…
SeeThrough Theatre Company
Making Contact I came across preparations for 'Brazil For All' quite by accident. Residents in protected housing flats were making costumed models in their common room to show in the…
Photos by Agathe Waechter
On m'a fait remarquer que sur mon site, les premières photos qui apparaissaient montraient des "mains qui font".Ma vie professionnelle a d'abord été tournée vers l'intellectuel (la philosophie, l'art, la…
Mabsz
I was travelling to Paris on Eurostar recently to join Paola in Auzon. Mabinta was taking her friend to Paris for the night as a treat for her friend's birthday.…
Paintings by Olivier Pascal
Olivier is a friend from Auzon in France. He is a painter and a teacher. His painting style is loosely characterised as 'new realism'. It might even be a school,…
Wimbledon By CP
2022 Some Comments BTW, I think Emma R is performing to form. True, it was a great effort to go through qualifying and seven matches at the US Open, but…
Fitness First!
WENDY HARDING DANCE TEACHER -FITNESS ENTHUSIAST! At the age of 51 I am very grateful to be fit, well and feeling full of energy. Many people pass comments like “your…
Eloge de la Jachère – English Translation
JL: Rather than write a simple critique, I am trying to do 2 things. First, I am trying to provide better access to the story for English speakers, whose French…
Comments by John Long on a Model Theory of Consciousness by Nick Collins
NC is a tennis club mate - sometimes partner and sometimes opponent. Hopefully, the same relationship will hold for exchanges, appearing in this post. I am reading his blog to…
Kiss of Venus
We are trying to use art to help give meaning to our lives. We might be minded then to consider a bit more what art is? Not so much to…
Personality Tests – a Starting Point
As a trained psychologist, I am aware of the pros and cons of personality testing. They almost certainly reveal some aspects of a person, but not others. Their level of…
Tour of Britain
CP Tour of Britain 2021 Introduction Many familiar names from the Grand Tours, including André Greipel, Richie Porte, Mark Cavendish and Tony Martin, were riding in the 17th Tour of…
Tour de France
CP TdeF 2021 To Blog or not to Blog The answer to the subject question came on day 1. Calamitous crashes effectively put paid to the chances of leading contenders…
Eloge de la Jachere
This text was written in March 2020 and initially published in Gros Gris magazine in January 2021 ( https://grosgris.fr/ ) Glandue. Ce mot, je l'ai très souvent entendu pendant mon enfance. Désignant…
A Gift for Athena by John Wade
Athena Pallas Athena laid aside her fierce bronze helm, Protectress of ancient Attica, her sea girt realm; A maiden with flashing eyes and burnished hair, Swooped to cloudy Britain, mortal…
The Trouble with Facebook
This section brings together 'shortcomings' of Facebook. The use of 'shortcomings' here is ironic....... Facebook Friends for Sale - Hardly Used 2. Facebook Seniors Learn to Get Ahead
Ben’s Gumpics
Ben Wilson is known for his brightly-coloured artworks. They are unusual in as much as they are created on chewing gum, which is stuck to the pavement, having been flattened…
Vuelta
CP 1. GT debutant Tom Pidcock has so far been anonymous in the Vuelta, which offers the prospect of a real race in the final week after hot favourite Primoz…
Clay Tiles by BBF
Introduction BBF - I started a new hobby, to round out my days. Clay relief tiles. This is the 1st - I started it earlier today. Don’t laugh - it…