Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

I almost quoted another part from a little earlier in that same book as well with you in mind, so here it is now: "In this context, Martin Buber's remarks on Chassidism and Zen Buddhism are of great interest. Buber was aware of the distinct character of the Zen way, and called the koan 'a genre abso...

I heard a couple years ago that pot today has, in general, a higher level of THC than pot thirty years ago, but it was only a matter of maybe 10-15% difference. Twice the potency seems somewhat dubious. But then again, that same source claimed that smoking pot would make men grow breasts and start l...

from Heinrich Dumoulin, Zen Enlightenment: Origins and Meanings , trans. John C. Maraldo (New York: Weathermill, Inc, 1979), 76. "It comes as no surprise, then, that advocates of Christian Zen look for Christian koans. H. M. Enomiya-Lassalle is convinced of the benefit of the koan for meditation and...

Last semester I took an anthropology course on the Middle East and Central Asia. At the end our professor said, 'Congratulations. You now know more about this than anyone in Washington, D.C.'. When I heard Scott Ritter ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Ritter ) speak in 2006, he talked about goin...

I got my a while ago too. I kept meaning to mention I received it, but I am now. I read it straight through and I loved it! Thanks for sending me a copy.

I have yet to listen to the cd though, and from what I understand I'm missing out.

I think John Edwards would be a sound decision for VP, but regardless I'm glad Obama got the nomination. Arcadia - What does 'amenaza' (threat?) mean? I'm trying to battle through with my French and Latin skills. Obama has spoken out against Iran, but I think he's more inclined to diplomacy and talk...

I'd be down.

I'll play. I know a few queers who argue that they don't want marriage rights, as they view marriage as a hetero-cultural relationship based on economics and property. They wish to distance themselves as far as possible from heterosexual culture, as they view it as a culture of oppression and genera...

If this turns out to be a decisive factor in the election, than this country really has gone to shit.

This isn't 2004. All the nuclear families in the world can't save the Republicans.

February 2008. Writer Howard Norman follows the path of Basho's Oku no Hosomichi or Narrow Road to a Far Province (1689). Accompanied by photographs by Micheal Yamashita, who (separately I believe) also followed the same trail. excerpts from On the Trail of a Ghost http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/...

Gay marriage ban overturned in Calif. Constitutional initiative drive under way in state to restrict unions MSNBC staff and news service reports updated 4:18 p.m. ET, Thurs., May. 15, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO - In a monumental victory for the gay rights movement, the California Supreme Court overturned a...

I'm so jealous! I'm growing a garden on my balcony, and its just not the same. Even worse, I'm getting a new apartment in July with no balcony/patio space, so I guess I'm going to have to bring it all inside. (and while that would make a wonderful living space, I just feel like plants should be outs...

I think its a great idea. Though this means I'll have to make things that people actually want, oh heavens. I think that the original post, followed with e-mail transactions, followed with post of completed swap is fairly sound. I also think that a record of the swaps would be interesting, but I gue...

I agree with SooZen, to a degree, that if they're do their own thing by themselves, then whatever. But, since mental, emotional, and physical abuse runs rampant throughout cults, I consider the obligation to aid the victims the same as helping the spouse and children of an abusive spouse/parent (a s...

doreen Thanks; and banner away! westcoast To be honest, the degree of details that my camera picks up sometimes surprises even me. I believe this was an abandoned paper mill (it was definitely a mill of some kind) by the Kalamazoo river. Thanks, mtmynd . I still use film, so I'm never quite sure ho...