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What is Man?

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Pieter Brueghel, Kermesse (1567-8)
Oil on canvas, approximately 45 inches x 64.5 inches. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

Johan Huizinga (1872-1945)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Huizinga
Homo Ludens
Homo Ludens is a book written in 1938 by Dutch historian and cultural theorist Johan Huizinga.[1] It discusses the importance of the play element of culture and society. Huizinga suggests that play is primary to and a necessary (though not sufficient) condition of the generation of culture. The Latin word Ludens is the present active participle of the verb ludere which itself is cognate with the noun ludus. Ludus has no direct equivalent in English, as it simultaneously refers to sport, play, school, and practice.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_Ludens

The Dance

In Brueghel's great picture, The Kermess,
the dancers go round, they go round and
around, the squeal and the blare and the
tweedle of bagpipes, a bugle and fiddles
tipping their bellies (round as the thick-
sided glasses whose wash they impound)
their hips and their bellies off balance
to turn them. Kicking and rolling
about the Fair Grounds, swinging their butts, those
shanks must be sound to bear up under such
rollicking measures, prance as they dance
in Brueghel's great picture, The Kermess.

—William Carlos Williams, "The Dance" first published in Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poems (1962)
https://harpers.org/blog/2008/11/william-carlos-williams-the-dance/
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William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)
Williams, The Dance
 
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I'd rather be a rising ape than a falling angel. T Pratchett.
 
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Johan Huizinga (1872-1945)

This should have appeared in post #26. Apologies to Mr Huizinga.
 
Angel said:
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Johan Huizinga (1872-1945)

This should have appeared in post #26. Apologies to Mr Huizinga.
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Endless appeals to authority in the absence of any such quality in your posts, overcompensating much?
 
What is Man? About half of humanity. A more perplexing question is, "What is Woman?".

Cheers.
Evilroddy.
 
To engage with the quest is to become one with it. Presence requires exploration.
We reflect, we heal, we are reborn.

We can no longer afford to live with ego. Where there is pain, nature cannot thrive. Yes, it is possible to sabotage the things that can destroy us, but not without presence on our side.

We exist as molecular structures. Today, science tells us that the essence of nature is synchronicity. The planet is beaming with a resonance cascade.

This quest never ends. We must learn how to lead unlimited lives in the face of delusion. The Goddess will remove the barriers to joyous potentiality.

Reality has always been bursting with adventurers whose essences are baptized in intention.

The quantum cycle is calling to you via electromagnetic resonance. Can you hear it? If you have never experienced this evolution on a cosmic scale, it can be difficult to heal. How should you navigate this infinite multiverse?

Consciousness consists of bio-feedback of quantum energy. “Quantum” means a summoning of the quantum. Stardust is the driver of truth. The goal of electromagnetic forces is to plant the seeds of fulfillment rather than pain.
 
This life is nothing short of a maturing unifying of authentic coherence. Today, science tells us that the essence of nature is gratitude. We live, we vibrate, we are reborn.

We exist as morphic resonance. You and I are pilgrims of the totality. This life is nothing short of a refining source of angelic love.


Wonder is the richness of faith, and of us. Today, science tells us that the essence of nature is power. To engage with the journey is to become one with it.
 
RAMOSS said:
To engage with the quest is to become one with it. Presence requires exploration.
We reflect, we heal, we are reborn.

We can no longer afford to live with ego. Where there is pain, nature cannot thrive. Yes, it is possible to sabotage the things that can destroy us, but not without presence on our side.

We exist as molecular structures. Today, science tells us that the essence of nature is synchronicity. The planet is beaming with a resonance cascade.

This quest never ends. We must learn how to lead unlimited lives in the face of delusion. The Goddess will remove the barriers to joyous potentiality.

Reality has always been bursting with adventurers whose essences are baptized in intention.

The quantum cycle is calling to you via electromagnetic resonance. Can you hear it? If you have never experienced this evolution on a cosmic scale, it can be difficult to heal. How should you navigate this infinite multiverse?

Consciousness consists of bio-feedback of quantum energy. “Quantum” means a summoning of the quantum. Stardust is the driver of truth. The goal of electromagnetic forces is to plant the seeds of fulfillment rather than pain.
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zyzygy said:
This life is nothing short of a maturing unifying of authentic coherence. Today, science tells us that the essence of nature is gratitude. We live, we vibrate, we are reborn.

We exist as morphic resonance. You and I are pilgrims of the totality. This life is nothing short of a refining source of angelic love.


Wonder is the richness of faith, and of us. Today, science tells us that the essence of nature is power. To engage with the journey is to become one with it.
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HOMO FATUUS

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On the Pons Asinorum
from The Apocalypse Tapestry of Angers​
 
angljo said:
Man is human. Human is s**t. S**ts smell. Very hard to live with sth that stinks. The same counts for women.
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I don't know about you but I am composed of various types of cells. There are some waste products. I get on well with humans. They don't all smell the same.
 
A temporary blip of nothing that takes itself far too seriously.
 
Quag said:
How many times do I have to tell you this is They
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That was a great little movie that shouldn't have been as good as it was. Rowdy Roddy Piper's fight scenes were hilarious, they just kept going on and on, greatness!
 
William Rea said:
Astonishing claim, I haven't seen a discussion in some of these threads like, ever.
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True...I've just about given up hope of that happening on a few topics...
 
angljo said:
In other words?
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Meaning there are posters who are not interested in discussion...their focus is more on proving others wrong...they're so busy talking they can't hear what the other person is saying...
 
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