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Sunlight, Gravity & Convexity

Sunlight, Gravity & Convexity

“… Beauty is truth, truth beauty. That is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.” -Keats The Sun is the Apex Generator of Information From the monatomic, fusing lighter into heavier elements, the Sun paves the way for planets, carbon’s...
Of Setting Stars and Old Grandfathers

Of Setting Stars and Old Grandfathers

Loss is a strange thing. We want the thing possessed by a departed friend to remain true about the world. Yet despite our memory and the many sweet gifts they gave us, we somehow imagine the world will no longer carry the beauty they embodied. We want the gifts they...
Primacy of Beauty, Part III

Primacy of Beauty, Part III

“It’s alright for the beggar to brag that he is a King today. His royal tent is a shadow thrown by a cloud; his throne room is a sown field.” -Hafez In Persian poetry and North African architecture, the garden is forever celebrated. The supreme setting for the art of...
Prometheus, the Original Mineral

Prometheus, the Original Mineral

“In the beginning was the Word, and the word was with God and the word was God.” -John 1:1 A Priori The logos. The original intent. The primordial sense for beauty; a priori and non-contingent. Each of us possess this quality. It is the internal generator of the image...
Geopolitics of Bitcoin, Part I

Geopolitics of Bitcoin, Part I

As the United States is at the lowest level of forward military deployment in 90 years, with an extreme aversion to new overseas involvement among conservative voters, the US as financial clearinghouse and security guarantor for global trade is receding rapidly....