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Still Sundays

annie — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 23:21:15 +0000

April 10th.

Venice, Italy.

the nature of Nature and us. art & the energy of the artist. “What will survive of us is love” from Arundel Tomb by Philip Larkin. Dedicated to my brother Zain.

If you would like to know what Still Sundays is about, please take a quick gander here and just read the third paragraph. Thanks.

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Stillness on a Sunday in Venice is occupied and not readily available. Every street to stillness was closed off. A Sunday strike. Something I was not expecting despite my travels. I have written “Still Sundays” and worked on other fiction while traveling (despite challenges like time, family, technology) but ...

Still Sundays

annie — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 12:47:13 +0000

November 28th.

Spiritual vampires. “love is worth nothing until it has been tested by its own defeat.” galaxy that is the soul.

If you would like to know what Still Sundays is about, please take a quick gander here and just read the third paragraph. Thanks.

This stillness from where I write peels layers. Of New York City and myself. New York City—this breathing, reactive, organism in and of itself—seems a bottomless chasm where exploring can never end.

New York City is notorious for having uncharted terrain despite one living here a lifetime. So what can stillness bring to the fractures, crevices, openings that are within me?

Some mornings stillness anchors me to the peaceful ...

Still Sundays

annie — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 19:13:46 +0000

What skin color is art? 1925. Inhaling the energy of Theodore Dreiser, Wharton Esherick, and Jasper Deeter. Guardians of the Flame.

October 10th.

If you would like to know what Still Sundays is about, please take a quick gander here and just read the third paragraph. Thanks.

The neighborhood of Mount Airy in Philadelphia boasts a variety of architecture but the grand Victorians dominate. The beautiful houses seem as old as the glorious trees and forest canopy; the varied flower gardens are crafted within breathtaking stone landscaping. This makes every turn around the corner ready for the perfect photograph or painting. The historic homes are as unique as the people inside: playwrights, doctors, lawyers, ...

Still Sundays

annie — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:59:45 +0000

August 15th.

What do you know beyond a reasonable doubt? Psyche & The City. “What has been blown away, cannot be found.” Calm Madness.

If you would like to know what Still Sundays is about, please take a quick gander here and just read the third paragraph. Thanks.

Back in New York. My affinity for the City is not just because of the obvious; in fact, it is the subtleties which draw me in. The complexity, paradox, the buzz of it all. Yes, found all places where humans exist but New York boasts it. Here you are challenged to really see beyond the obvious. Every. Single. Moment. And some don’t. I do. It is ...

Time for US Revolution

annie — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:47:00 +0000

Time for US Revolution–Fifteen Reasons by Bill Quigley

“We as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin the shift from a “thing oriented” society to a “person oriented” society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism and militarism are incapable of being conquered.” ~ Rev. MLK Jr.

Excellent article.

Faith

research article on compassionate love.

Permanent Visitor

Part 3 of 4: “All The King’s Horses and All The King’s Men…”

annie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:20:30 +0000

Where? What? When? How? Next? Shedding light onto the most recent frequently asked questions from my closest friends to every other person…

In 2005 before I began law school we were required to finish the 800 page assigned reading, A Simple Justice, by a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist. It is the story of Brown v. Board of Education. Yes, 800 pages long! Some read it, some did not. Some did not want to admit they read it and enjoyed it! I couldn’t put it down—if history was written with this much diligence and passionate research I would have majored in History instead of English in college! I bring this up to share a quote by Charles Houston (creator of Howard Law ...

Capitalism versus Open Society

annie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:39:11 +0000

The following is a transcript of a lecture given by George Soros at Central European University on October 29, 2009.

Statements that deeply resonated with me are in bold if you don’t care to read through the entire thing. Mr. Soros is an inspiration and simply brilliant.

Thanks, ~a.q.s.

Today I want to explore the conflict between capitalism and open society, market values and social values. I am going to approach the subject indirectly, by first introducing a phenomenon that has attracted my attention only recently, but has assumed such importance in my thinking that I could almost call it the fourth pillar of my conceptual framework. That phenomenon is the principal-agent problem.

Agents are supposed ...