The human of our times is mutating so rapidly that we have no historical reference, except to a blurred past. With the population explosion, accelerating chaos, violence and terrorism, inhumane systems, pollution and ignorance, we are unrecognizable even to ourselves.
And I, who live as far away as possible from the homogenization of it all, [...]
Archive for November, 2007
To be human in our times
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Fourth International Aldous Huxley Syposium in Los Angeles 2008: Aldous Huxley in America
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Carolyn Mary Kleefeld was commissioned to paint a portrait of Aldous Huxley and one of her poems “Being Silence” is being used for a commencement for this very important event.
Being Silence
In Commemoration of Aldous Huxley
Being silence,
the lucid lake,
an empyrean expanse,
a highly organized weaving
is silence
woven intricately within
In being silence,
each transmitting thread
virtuous unto itself
is a vital stream
in [...]
