Laeth's Blog, page 7

some ramblings on creation and gods and Frank Zappa

i consider that the realities of this world have meaning, and tell us something of what came before and what will come after, and of what is above and also below it. plus, i regard creativity as a primary value, and thus am doubly interested in how the creation we inhabit came about, and how it works.

because of this i think often of what would be the best analogy or allegory for the work of creation. is it a potter molding shapes out of clay, or a father begetting children, or a farmer sowing s...

Pope Francis, a short review

I will never understand why the producers of the show thought it was a good idea to split this season in two, and actually make that split such a fundamental part of the plot, at least for the first third. It was frankly confusing. Of course the great strength of this format is that the narrative can be injected with some kind of new energy simply by changing the main actor. It’s the bread and butter of many successful entertainment franchises. And so perhaps this is why.

There is no doubt that ...

Wee Wisdom (18)

Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published*sometimes you have to be out of it to get into itthere are eyes everywhere for those with the magic to seecan't wait for novels to go out of style so i can start calling them antiquelsif you don't want to sound linkedin, tell a storywhen i say AI tools i mean the people who are excited about themone thing i'm good at is knowing which things i'd be good or bad at before i try to do themi could fly a...

i'm not dead

i've been very busy writing the new book, so i haven't posted anything at all (nor read other people’s posts). i'm sorry about that. i don’t think i failed to reply to any emails, but if i did, i am sorry for that too.

the book is written, only needs final typo patrol. it will most likely come out next month.

here's the cover, the tag, the blurb and the chapter titles.

anyway, just wanted to say hi and let you know what i’ve been up to.

thanks.

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Wee Wisdom (17)

Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published*i never see anyone discussing the role of premortal spirits in the low fertility question. there is a lesson there and a story, connecting it to the reality here and now.be rational about intuition, and intuitive about reasonnothing gives me more of a positive outlook on life than reestablishing a healthy distance from societygoing to the city made me sick to my stomach, figuratively and somehow also literall...

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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published*i understand misusing words with -logy when there is no accepted alternative without it (like biology or pathology - although one could always say bios or pathos). but saying psychological when it should be psychic, or mythological instead of mythic, makes my heart ache. the Japanese tried to build a small replica of the great pyramid in the 80s with primitive methods but gave up and ended up using modern machinery ...

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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published*i'm easily amused. i think the muses like me.a wise man is a whys manmy cynicism is as sincere as my romanticism or my mysticism. it's just that i don't only have a heart, i also have a mind, and a dick. i'll leave it up to others to map out which comes from whichthe ends justify the memesaesthetic means related or derived from the senses, thus it is the same word as sensual. in case you don't know. hence a...

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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published*matter is swollen spirit, spirit is condensed matterbattling is half the knowingmy aphorisms are only those that, before the last thing that supposedly happened, every well-born person considered sane and normalmeaning comes from thinkingi should have been a gravedigger. now it's too late, except to dig my own.the answer is always it dependsa teacher once said to me, Get out of my classroom. wise man....

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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published*i am interested in the original meaning of words for the same reason i am interested in nature in its original meaningwhenever i've tried plotting (in art or in life) it never works. whereas letting things flow does. nothing good i have or have done has come from conscious effort. it's all wu wei. you have to find what works, and go with it. for some it's planning. for others it's the opposite.i've seen plenty o...

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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedThere are two kinds of people in this world. Avoid them both. ~ Schopenhauer (this is a laethism before there was a laeth. just kidding, i whispered this into schoppy's ear from the spirit world.*not every seed wants to sprout, but you won't know unless you plant themrot in hell some will, yet never all the way throughif the goal is to save you from mindless work, it is not that bad to use ai. it's really bad wh...