Author Archives: dgermann
Who is to carry?
Why do we think we alone, or even our species alone, need to carry our conversation? :- Doug.
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speculation or bending
Call it A Speculation of Grandchildren, or, Bending the Arc of Humanicity. :- Doug.
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Liking ambiguous
The last is also ambiguous, and I like that. Who is speculating, about what? Do the grandchildren speculate about us? :- Doug.
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Elusive generations
That seems to be in the nature of an exploration, something even less defined and more ethereal, perhaps sidereal. Wander, wend, sift, circumambulate, track. Follow the evidence of elusive generations. :- Doug.
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Speculation of grandchildren
A speculation of grandchildren :- Doug.
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Not only out of books
You are encouraged To read widely And not only out of books Then to write And not only :- Doug.
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Youth puts out to sea
Youth puts out to sea to make Age returns with his catch a skeleton Creation and forgetting Two parts, a singular mystery Human :- Doug.
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One per sentence
Say one thing per sentence. Here, strength. :- Doug.
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It could be worse
It could be worse Then I made this verse :- Doug.
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Message virus?
What if our message were transported in the manner of a virus, were in fact that of virus? :- Doug.
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Hitching our stories to
What natural desires do people have to which our stories/messages/images might hitch themselves for a ride and expand their range? Sweetness, beauty, intoxication, control? Beauty, truth, goodness? Ecstasy: “[O]ne ecstatic, wayward pulse of life.” Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire, … Continue reading
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Bend change
We must change. We must also bend change toward good. :- Doug.
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The changeling
This all is evocative: man the changeling. It is what we are about, and we are about to change more quickly and dramatically, if science and technology advance their promise. This will not hold only good, but is wholly good. … Continue reading
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Words creating worlds
Words creating worlds: what worlds would we make? :- Doug.
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To prod into changing
Here a half step beyond the edge touched when I guessed that complexity, mixing, unfinishing, undefining, just these things make us human. Now I see a new humanity or at least quality arising: humanity the changing. And this we owe … Continue reading
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Create in their mouths
Writers are prophets—speaking forth worlds: imaginers who create in their mouths. :- Doug.
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