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Avant-Garde, "the unexamined life is not worth living", was that Socrates?
Examning what is right, is like peeling the onion, layer by layer. Right does exist. It's not merely an illusion, but no one has a lock on it, and no one's perfect either.
posted by
Blanche.
on September 9, 2006 at 2:31 PM
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avant
A whiff of fresh air, wisdom learnt from life, invocation, - provoking, urging, reasoning, logic, articulation, expession, all rolled into one with the gift wrap of language is what is AVANT!!!
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on September 9, 2006 at 12:37 AM
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Mason
Thanks!
posted by
avant-garde
on September 8, 2006 at 1:02 AM
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Blanche
I think most people don't stop long enough to consider whether or not their preconceived ideas of what is right prevent them from looking honestly at themselves.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 8, 2006 at 1:02 AM
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appleworks
Loved you new style, by the way.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 8, 2006 at 1:01 AM
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Moon
Thank you, sir.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 8, 2006 at 1:00 AM
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..well said! ...Bravo!
posted by
MasonGarrett
on September 7, 2006 at 9:55 PM
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Avant-Garde, I try to incorporate some of the wisdom of Eastern philosophy
Attachment is surely suffering, attachment to things, people and ideas do lead only to a brick wall and to delusion, putting possessions before love a heartless farce. All the ideas that I tried to master in college seem antiquated and worthless to me, in my wanderings, in my sleepless hours.
but there is a spirit, truth, that still, I believe in, that requires love of God, love of humanity, and to try to do right, as a prerequisite. I struggle to find that.
posted by
Blanche.
on September 7, 2006 at 6:20 PM
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avant
yes, it makes sense. a thought is a thought away.
posted by
appleworks7
on September 7, 2006 at 5:35 PM
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You're a superb marksman, Avant - every shot a bullseye! MoonSpirit 
posted by
syzygy
on September 7, 2006 at 5:32 PM
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Whacky
I might need to borrow it.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 7, 2006 at 4:29 PM
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Azur
Beautifully said. Thank you.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 7, 2006 at 4:29 PM
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Tanga
Perhaps I should read it again for myself.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 7, 2006 at 4:28 PM
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TAPS
I am humbled by your comment.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 7, 2006 at 4:28 PM
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clearly perceived
Thanks!
posted by
avant-garde
on September 7, 2006 at 4:28 PM
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Dave
Thanks for reading. I like to read something inspirational every day. It is good to hear that someone thinks of my work that way.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 7, 2006 at 4:27 PM
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appleworks
That is exactly right. You cannot create what you are not already. It just appears that you are not already what you create. Does that make sense? My head hurts.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 7, 2006 at 4:27 PM
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sabsline
Thanks for the read. You are right.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 7, 2006 at 4:26 PM
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SYMPHONY
Thanks.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 7, 2006 at 4:25 PM
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Mari-am
Thank you very much.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 7, 2006 at 4:25 PM
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Nothing is sure but change.
I got fifteen cents.
posted by
Whacky
on September 7, 2006 at 3:27 PM
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Instability and upheaval
and ecstasy and beauty and fear and violence are all temporary but life is the ephemeral woven together. It helps to know that change is perhaps the only constant
posted by
Azur
on September 7, 2006 at 3:26 PM
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Very wise
This piece should be read by many
posted by
Tanga
on September 7, 2006 at 11:49 AM
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avant-garde, in my humble opinion, this is one of your very best.
posted by
TAPS.
on September 7, 2006 at 10:33 AM
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avant
Excellent writing. Excellent writing.
posted by
clearlyperceived
on September 7, 2006 at 9:50 AM
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A-G, lovely stuff. We have an item on Radio 4 over here, in the mornings, a
small piece each day called 'Thought for the Day' - it'll be composed and read by a prominent member of a school of thinking, religious or otherwise - your pieces remind me of this. Something to ponder on each day.
Thank you.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on September 7, 2006 at 8:15 AM
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avant
many of my earliest memories are around wanting and losing posessions. a little brown dog on wheels i could not fix, i tried.
an old bike from a yard sale and a guitar is the most I own now. my older brothers tell me they envy that I have no commitments or posessions.
when you say be what you most want, you mean what can not be taken away ? it seems like the only thing you can create that is not perishable.
posted by
appleworks7
on September 7, 2006 at 6:00 AM
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gr8 wisdom.'to be in this world but not of this world' is the key!
posted by
Sabsline
on September 7, 2006 at 5:51 AM
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Excellent post....
posted by
_Symphony_
on September 7, 2006 at 5:31 AM
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Avan garde
very nice post
posted by
Rosetree
on September 7, 2006 at 4:37 AM
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