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What Are We Learning? A Brief Thought on Space, Time and Borders
There is so much knowledge and wisdom embedded in the unknown. Thus, when one says, “I do not know” it does not always mean one is not wise. Quite the contrary. The unknown is a headroom. The ever sprawling horizon. It is an ordered hierarchy that discreetly and patiently hold the missing pieces of our… Read essay
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Transdisciplinarity and the Ahistorical Figure
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Can One Grasp at a Flowing Water
Read full poem →: Can One Grasp at a Flowing WaterCan one grasp at a flowing water,
Or seek to bottle the wind?
Let this answer simmer for a while,
until it cracks open a pathless path.
Now, do you hear the “yes”?
It is without approximation:
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What Are We Learning? A Brief Thought on Space, Time and Borders
Read →: What Are We Learning? A Brief Thought on Space, Time and BordersThere is so much knowledge and wisdom embedded in the unknown. Thus, when one says, “I do not know” it does not always mean one…
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A Year in Retrospect: Beauty Is
Read →: A Year in Retrospect: Beauty IsThe year 2023 was marked by global challenges and tragedy, particularly in Israel and Gaza. The author sees hope in the ordinary citizens protesting for…
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