Musings

    I'm curious about how stuff works and write in pursuit of clarity.

    (A lot of my attention has also gone to the Contact Improvisation and software/systems Interconnecting Groups sections.)

    Contained Pages

    Real Faith
    My primary article of faith: Reality Exists. Duh.
    How Does "I" Happen?
    An intuitive response to the question of consciousness.
    Quotes Collection
    Pithy quotes appeal to my yearning for clarity. Here are some of my favorites, thematically arranged.
    Gray Cat memories
    Gray Cat was the most cool and collected feline I've ever gotten to know. I saved these memories June 6 and 7, 2007, in the days just after I had to have his life ended as he was in the grip of a fatal and unrelenting illness.
    Poetry
    Sometimes I want to say more than I am able. Sometimes when I try I wind up with more than I expect.
    Intriguing Tidbits
    Hard won insights or haphazard trivia? You decide.
    Communication is Intelligence
    I suppose that communication is a medium and the substance of intelligence. I depend on that notion. This page is a work-in-progress marking some ideas about this notion.
    Resentment and Self Pity
    Resentment and self pity are anger misdirected in ways that are not helpful, and often worse.
    "Free Will" and "Determinism" are Not Mutually Exclusive
    Free will and determinism are concepts which cannot be compared because they represent distinct levels of abstraction, separate domains of discourse.
    Some Favorite Books
    A little bit about several of my favorite books.
    Art From Limitations
    I will always have more to learn regarding Orson Welles' suggestion, "the enemy of art is the absence of limitations". Henry Jaglom, a film creator and longtime Welles friend, describes what it means to him in an Indie World interview . This page has an excerpt from that interview .
    Favorite Perlis Programming Epigraphs
    Selected favorites from Alan J. Perlis' collection of programming epigraphs.
    Incubator
    Holding area for partly-cooked stuff. (No guarantees about any getting fully cooked.)