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James A. Moore

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James Moore has published eight collections of poems and original art. He has spent his adult life as a resident of Washington State, much of it off-grid in the remote North Central region, during which time he has worked as a climbing and vocational instructor.

Retired now and self employed with Opti-Mystic Arts, his spiritual and literary influences range from Lao Tzu, Buddha Shakyamuni, Longchenpa, C.G. Jung, Mises, Rothbard and Sowell to Robert Hunter, Richard Thompson and Dr. Seuss.

"Sun Made Flesh and Fiber"
In the woods of your own making every tree
has a dark side
and each, a whole, casts a shadow.

Where can you turn
to find a way through?
Where can you run
that does not lead back into?

Trees, however dark and dense we find them,
only grow b
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The Inspiration of Art

Art's a funny thing. Sometimes it comes easy, sometimes it's a struggle, sometimes it's inspired feeling and sometimes it's contrived. I guess that's why it's called a "work of art". It is work, but it's also play (as play is "work" for toddlers), and as we play, more and more, we worry less and less about results. Eventually it's only play and only in the moment. The more we do art the more skill Read more of this blog post »
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“We're all just walking, talking blobs of Earth.”
James A. Moore

“Fascism is the stage reached after communism has proved an illusion.”
Friedrich von Hayek

“Here the ways of men divide. If you wish to strive for peace of soul and happiness, then believe; if you wish to be a disciple of truth, then inquire.”
Friedrich Nietzsche

“Normally I didn’t see a great deal. I didn’t hear a great deal either. I didn’t pay attention. Strictly speaking I wasn’t there. Strictly speaking I believe I’ve never been anywhere.”
Samuel Beckett

“Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.”
Lao Tsu, Tao Teh Ching

“A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open.”
Frank Zappa

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