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If you'd like to know more about me, please see the About page. My qualifications for the scientific entries are in my CV.
I see no reason to segregate scientific and technical posts from humanistic ones. In my life, scientific concerns mix with ethical ones, and they shade into a philosophical interest in the nature of cognition and the nature of people. Doing science is as creative as writing fiction, and I get inspiration for both from the same gods.
You will find little here on current politics. I'm an activist, but not in symptoms. Experience in martial arts shows me that the sure way to lose is reactivity; but if you stay cool and remember your training and what you're there for then you achieve goals and, when conflict is unavoidable, you fight and win. The idea of the liberal arts I was brought up in is that broad understanding of cultures and ideas gives you deeper, better goals -- making success more likely and more satisfying. Negatively, the hysteria since 9/11 shows how a country frightened and reactive can destroy itself more than an enemy can. I'm trying to contribute by changing the terms of discourse. . . . As Allen Ginsberg wrote, "America, I'm putting my queer shoulder to the wheel."
One fact shouldn't require special mention, but it sometimes does: namely that I'm gay. This blog is not primarily about being gay, but the topic sometimes comes up. I'm proud of being gay and do not hide. Muse
Category Archives: Li Bai
Li Bai — Longing, in springtime
Longing, in springtime Li Bai 701-762 CE (translated by William P. Coleman) The northern grasses are just bright green threads; but on eastern mulberries, green branches hang down. Days when the lord is first eager to come back — those … Continue reading
Li Bai — In the mountains, a question and an answer
In the mountains, a question and an answer Li Bai 701-762 CE (translated by William P. Coleman) You ask me what my idea is, staying in the green mountains? I smile but have no reply, my heart at peace in … Continue reading
Li Bai — Amusing myself
Amusing myself Li Bai 701-762 CE (translated by William P. Coleman) Preoccupied with the wine, I didn’t notice it get dark; fallen flowers have covered my clothes. Drunk, I stand up, and I walk to the moon stream; the birds … Continue reading
Li Bai — Seeing off Meng Haoran at Yellow Crane Tower on his way to Guangling
Seeing off Meng Haoran at Yellow Crane Tower on his way to Guangling Li Bai 701-762 CE (translated by William P. Coleman) My friend said goodbye leaving the west from Yellow Crane Tower. In the patterned mist of the third … Continue reading
Li Bai — A present for Meng Haoran
A present for Meng Haoran Li Bai 701-762 CE (translated by William P. Coleman) I love Master Meng, the first man; like wind-flow, you hear of him everywhere. In red youth, he gave up on the royal carriage; white-haired now, … Continue reading
