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Apr 22, 2021

Curvism is the word I have been using for over forty years to describe an art concept that takes us into a more hopeful future. Like metamodernism, Curvism is a reaction to both modernism and postmodernism. Curvism, however, goes further back to include an understanding of premodern times, not fully accounted for by metamodernism.

Apr 22, 2021

Aug 21, 2017

Total Eclipse

Aug 21, 2017

A shadow sweeps across the earth. There's a ring around the sun now. Totality! Beautiful, beautiful beautiful. Awesome! Stillness. Complete silence. I stand and stare into the black hole and ring of light.

Aug 21, 2017

Mar 11, 2017

Curvism: The Curved Worldview

Mar 11, 2017

The art and philosophy of Curvism creates a conceptual framework and model to identify and explain the problems of world history and what seems to be missing. Curvism points the direction for moving forward into a more hopeful future.

Mar 11, 2017

Dec 31, 2011

GOD AND THE SCIENTIST

Dec 31, 2011

God came to Earth in a spaceship. God had been traveling a long, long time, looking for the perfect place to live. He was on a journey looking for Heaven. While searching for Heaven, God discovered Earth.

Dec 31, 2011

Dec 25, 2009

Jesus the Helpless Baby

Dec 25, 2009

We need to remember it is only by receiving that we have anything to give.

Dec 25, 2009

May 31, 2009

Jesus the Economist

May 31, 2009

Our current capitalistic system is immoral. Capitalism has corrupted human nature and is killing the planet. We can no longer afford this type of economy. Capitalism as we know it is ending. The economic philosophy of Jesus offers us a new way forward.

May 31, 2009

Feb 9, 2009

Off the Road

Feb 9, 2009

I love to get out of the cubical world and into the light. I love to see my shadow. I am my shadow and my shadow is me. We are connected. When I see my shadow I know I am alive and standing in the light. My shadow and I are dependent on the light for our existence. Without light, we die.

Feb 9, 2009

Aug 14, 2008

My dog is my Zen Master

Aug 14, 2008

I love the way my dog seems so alive, awake and aware when we go into the woods, to the river. He is such an animal. I’m stuck being human. I’ve forgotten my animal nature. It has been almost completely programmed out of me by our modern, computerized, commercialized consumer culture.

Aug 14, 2008

May 16, 2008

Into the Woods

May 16, 2008

Again my dog and I go out into the woods; me to escape my job working in a basement office cubicle under fluorescent lights behind a computer screen; my dog to escape the confines of being a domesticated house dog. We go to the woods seeking the wild.

May 16, 2008

Jun 27, 2007

No Cause for Alarm

Jun 27, 2007

Who needs a natural environment when we can live and do live in our own controlled world.

Jun 27, 2007

Jun 1, 2007

Doom and Gloom

Jun 1, 2007

Most humans have the awareness of their own death lurking in the back of their minds. Now we also have to worry about the death of the planet.

Jun 1, 2007

Jan 1, 2007

Heaven and Earth

Jan 1, 2007

In the beginning we were connected to heaven and earth, unified with Nature. We then made a world of our own,

Jan 1, 2007

Jul 31, 2004

Buddha and the Wilderness

Jul 31, 2004

Every time I get a chance to escape the man-made world, I see it from the perspective that it’s all a man-made illusion and that it suffers mostly from unnatural causes made by humans themselves. Consequently, I realize that if it’s all an illusion and man-made, then it can be imagined differently … remade, recreated. Humans have the capacity to choose to live differently, to establish and live by economic systems based on needs, equity, fairness, justice, compassion, respect, mutual aid, cooperation, and love. Not greed.

Jul 31, 2004

Aug 31, 2003

Routines and Rituals

Aug 31, 2003

Rituals are the qualities we add to our lives to counterbalance the large quantity of routines we are obligated to perform. A small amount of quality can counterbalance a very large quantity.

Aug 31, 2003

Apr 1, 2002

Old God, New God

Apr 1, 2002

Each and every one of our transactions, transgressions, deeds, words, and thoughts are monitored and recorded forever, traceable and unerasable. Science did away with the old God and took God’s place.

Apr 1, 2002

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Apr 1, 2002

Heaven and Retirement

Apr 1, 2002

The afterlife of heavenly paradise has been replaced by the golden years of retirement, but only if you work hard all your working years serving the scientific economic system and follow all its rules. People must constantly worry about how they spend and save their time and money and what investments they make to be able to afford a comfortable retirement.

Apr 1, 2002

Jul 14, 2000

Love or Money

Jul 14, 2000

When god is money, people and resources are enslaved and forced to serve the power of money. Love is the only real choice we have that can counteract or at least counterbalance the power of money. When god is love, money can serve as a tool of love.

Jul 14, 2000

Apr 16, 2000

The Art of Sorrow

Apr 16, 2000

My days are full of sorrow. I’m sad about all the sadness I see in the world. Sorrow surrounds me. Pain and suffering is everywhere, constantly continuing.

Apr 16, 2000

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Jan 1, 2000

A New Millennium

Jan 1, 2000

Our language gives us many words for specific actions we can take to undo the damage we have done and to live more wisely on this earth. I offer a list of verbs to guide our actions.

Jan 1, 2000

Apr 3, 1999

Concerning Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Nature

Apr 3, 1999

Emerson goes even further to clarify the difference between Reason and Spirit. “That which, intellectually considered, we call Reason, considered in relation to nature, we call Spirit. Spirit is the Creator. Spirit hath life in itself.”

Apr 3, 1999

Walking with Thoreau

Apr 3, 1999

When I leave the road and the path to walk in the wilderness, I am immediately and intimately surrounded by nature.

Apr 3, 1999

Feb 10, 1999

Traveling with John Muir

Feb 10, 1999

Whereas Muir’s father believed the road to God was straight and narrow, Muir himself found a way that was curved and expansive, leading to a wilderness where God was everywhere.

Feb 10, 1999

Jul 4, 1998

The Universe is Alive

Jul 4, 1998

The universe is alive. It moves all around me as I sit, still as a rock, in the middle of a meadow.

Jul 4, 1998

Jul 1, 1998

JULY 1, 1998

Jul 1, 1998

The Earth loved us, gave birth to us, gave us all that we needed, gave us a home, gave us an opportunity, gave us a chance, gave us love.

Jul 1, 1998

Feb 6, 1998

When Jesus Returns

Feb 6, 1998

When Jesus returns, his message will be: I’m not coming back. Even if I did return, I don’t think I could save you from the mess you’ve gotten yourselves into.

Feb 6, 1998

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Sep 1, 1997

Curvism: Art and Philosophy

Sep 1, 1997

We live in boxes, work in cubicles; we are caged in, rarely getting out to touch the earth and be surrounded by the sky. When we walk, it’s across a paved parking lot. Big city life, suburbia, small-town living. Modern life. How did this happen?

Sep 1, 1997

Dec 1, 1982

The Replica

Dec 1, 1982

In the very beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth and then created man. Together they tried to create the earthly world, but they could not. They envisioned the world differently; so they went their separate ways, each creating their own world.

Dec 1, 1982