by Jeffrey Scherer | Jul 26, 2015 | Philosphy |
One of the things I like most about wandering most any city is to find, at random, evidence that art is not always created at the hand of a person. While I know the eternal arguments about mother nature’s artful creations, what I like to see are...
by Jeffrey Scherer | Jul 11, 2015 | Philosphy |
by Jeffrey Scherer | Jul 8, 2015 | Art, People, Philosphy, Social |
Today I am thinking about my mom. This memory spark was ignited by an article by Chauncey Devega in Salon about angry young white males centered on the evil that Dylan Roof wrought in South Carolina. In my faceBook posting about this article, I said: “I think...
by Jeffrey Scherer | Jun 29, 2015 | Philosphy |
I am searching now to find the right balance between the mythic and the intimate. As I move from a world of business to a world of exploring my inner life, the mythic expands and reveals the intellectual intimacy of knowing oneself. All time is mine now to share as...
by Jeffrey Scherer | Jun 16, 2015 | Building, Philosphy |
Lea and I have purchased a very small house (lot is 4m X 20m) one block from our current house in Merida. The house will be a garage and my painting studio. We will begin construction within a few weeks. The interior will be kept simple, plain and matter-of-fact. This...
by Jeffrey Scherer | Jun 15, 2015 | Philosphy |
The past few weeks have been difficult. I have wrestled with many questions. Some have been practical, some have been legal and some have been philosophical. In Martha Nussbaum’s classic book The Fragility of Goodness, she quotes Pindar: ‘But human...
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