a contemplative blog
Honestly, the Iranian flag is a beautiful flag design and I love that there’s a nation that displays “Allah” and the Kufic takbirs on their flag. Whether or not the government lives up to the aspirations indicated by such a powerful emblem is another question altogether. Removing the key emblems is disrespectful and there should …
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Another doodle – quote is from Melville
Just a doodle….the quote is from Dostosky’s “House of the Dead”.
Some interesting reading on schooling, education, the appreciation of knowledge, and the kind of life education should enable. “…a desirable future depends on our deliberately choosing a life of action over a life of consumption, on our engendering a life style which will enable us to be spontaneous, independent, yet related to each other, rather …
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I would not want to be Zelensky. In a world of great powers and their jockeying for position to fulfill hegemonic aims or protect and strengthen their interests and grow their ambitions, entire nations, let alone governments and individuals or individual leaders within those nations are simply pieces to be manipulated and used as long …