Fighting ignorance
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if needs be. The vows of ignorance are not binding upon enlightenment :-)
Muriel Strode (1875–1964), My Little Book of Life, 1912
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echinacea, coneflowers, little theater garden, raleigh, north carolina
White flags symbolizes AIR -If meditated upon, white can cut the delusion of ignorance and turn it into the wisdom of reality. The mantras printed on the flags are carried on the wind and believed to spread goodwill and positive energy wherever they go.
« Seule, aux yeux des mortels, l’ignorance des causes
Transporte aux dieux, le sceptre et l’empire des choses ».
De Rerum Natura, Lucrèce (Titus Lucretius 99 BC. – 55 BC.)
Traduit par André Lefèvre
one day people met the stones
people said to the stones, you have to be more human
the stones replied, we are not yet hard enough
Valium Creek [be there or just miss something - your decision]
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perhaps ignorance, credulity—helps your enjoyment of these things, and of the sentiment of feather'd, wooded, river, or marine Nature generally :-)
Walt Whitman, "Birds—And a Caution," Specimen Days
HMM! HPPT! Truth Matters!
sasanqua camellia, 'Green 99-031', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Mechelen - Zandpoortvest
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and should not be mistaken for a point of view :-)
Robert Brault, 2017
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zinnia, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
A landscape straight out of a dream (a nightmare for some). An expanse without any clear structure. Most of it is hidden under dense fog or behind a brilliantly bright horizon. It's a vision of a journey. The departure into the unknown.
How many of us are waking up drenched in sweat at such a thought of uncertainty and ignorance and how many energized and ready for action? How many are standing rooted to the spot or turning away in horror, and how many are setting out to discover something new?
There is neither right nor wrong at this point. It's all about recognising and accepting others and ourselves. Exactly as we are and where we are standing.
Eine Landschaft wie aus einem Traum (für manche ein Alptraum). Eine Weite ohne klare Struktur. Das Meiste liegt verborgen unter dichtem Nebel oder hinter einem strahlend hellen Horizont. Es ist die Vision einer Reise, der Aufbruch ins Unbekannte.
Wie viele von uns wachen bei solch einem Gedanken von geballter Unsicherheit und Unwissenheit schweißgebaded auf und wie viele voller Energie und Tatendrang? Wie viele bleiben wie angewurzelt stehen oder wenden sich voll Grausen ab und wie viele machen sich auf Neues zu entdecken?
Es gibt an dieser Stelle weder richtig noch falsch. Es geht einzig darum andere und uns selbst wahrzunehmen und anzunehmen. Genau so, wie wir sind, genau da wo wir stehen.
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In 1984, author Thomas Pynchon observed:
We are often unaware of the scope and structure of our ignorance. Ignorance is not just a blank space on a person's mental map.
It has contours and coherence, and for all I know rules of operation as well. So as a corollary to writing about what we know, maybe we should add getting familiar with our ignorance, and the possibilities therein for ruining a good story.
Ignorance can have negative effects on individuals and societies, but can also benefit them by creating within them the desire to know more.
For example, ignorance within science opens the opportunity to seek knowledge and make discoveries by asking new questions. Though this can only take place if the individual possesses a curious mind.
Source: wiki - Ignorance
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AND: It is not far from ignorance to hatred !!!
A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance. Gian Carlo Menotti
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The vows of ignorance are not binding upon enlightenment :-)
Muriel Strode (1875–1964), My Little Book of Life, 1912
Truth Matters! Character Matters!
prunus mume, pink flowering japanese apricot, 'Bonita', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Veil of Ignorance (J. Rawl). Above the Gepatsch reservoir you are quickly in the mountain world with a magnificent view of the foothills of the Southern Hapmeskopf (3,240m) and the Biggspitze (3,453m).
If you love photography enough, the equipment will come, the portfolio will result and if you enjoy the process, success will follow. You will evolve your own "formula".
Bruno Schreck
HSS! Fight Ignorance! Not Immigrants!! Resist the Deplorable Authoritarian Orange Cockroach and his Cabinet of Lunatics and Buffoons!
prunus mume, japanese flowering apricot, 'Matsubara Red', sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
Depressed again
Morning comes too fast and I'm tired of the routine
Depressed again
Let me sit alone in the tone that you crave
Angry again
No, I don't wanna have a conversation with you
Angry again
Let me sit alone with the ker-ker-ker-kerosene
I don't even care about you
One of my oldest friends and..maybe the only human that makes ignorance look sexy. I know much people care about you and that you would turn the hell over for your closest friends and family. *hugs*
through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." :-(
Isaac Asimov, in Newsweek, 1980
HBW!! Truth Matters! Science Matters!
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“Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know.”
― Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl
Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear. Mahatma Gandhi
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Chickadees have always been a favorite bird of mine. I love their happy singsong trills, and when I see them in the harshest of times (like say, 30 degrees below zero fahrenheit, where you or I wouldn't last the morning), I marvel at their resilience and how happy they seem to be given their circumstances. I still believe they are. But, I was reading a study on their songs, and as it turns out the more intricate they get, the greater the predatorial threat they are warning others of. When you hear "Chicka-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee," a much greater threat is present than if you just heard the ever famous, "Fee-bee." Now, you or I might think a more complex call would mean a bigger predator with a huge beak and scary claws was close by. But, Chickadees know better. A smaller more agile predator would have a much greater chance at pinning a lightning fast Chickadee. For instance, A large Great Gray Owl elicited only two "dees," but a much smaller (but also more aerially adept) Pygmy Owl merited an extra four to twenty-some "dees." I also read that they have words for types of predatorial threats e.g. when you hear them wisp out a "Seet" it warns of flying threats from above. I will always associate their songs with happiness though, to me it is unmistakably so, and for that Bliss is far from Ignorance.
Socially non-distanced hibiscus
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“The winds and seas, the powers of water and earth and light, all that these do, and all that the beasts and green things do, is well done, and rightly done. All these act within the Equilibrium. From the hurricane and the great whale's sounding to the fall of a dry leaf and the gnat's flight, all they do is done within the balance of the whole. But we, insofar as we have power over the world and over one another, we must learn to do what the leaf and the whale and the wind do of their own nature. We must learn to keep the balance. Having intelligence, we must not act in ignorance. Having choice, we must not act without responsibility.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Farthest Shore
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A glorious mess
A glorious mess that is me,
Words are not enough to say
The turmoil within me…
Happiness is not a result,
Nobody can make me happy,
So, I embrace the turmoil within me…
A hundred reasons to smile,
When a thousand reasons make me cry,
So, I embrace the turmoil within me…
Ignorance is bliss, they say,
But I am sad as I realized the truth,
So, I embrace the turmoil within me…
“Cheer up mind” I manage to say
With tears still welling in my eyes,
And I embrace the turmoil within me…
_ Indira Nair
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Ignorance breeds fear, breeds hate, breeds violence
Everything falls down and breaks in silence
We could forgive and then forget and start over
We could finally try it stone cold sober
No more dark clouds over the horizon
We killed it in cold blood
Did it for so long
God rest her soul
Until there was no love
Until it was all gone
Nothing could grow
We killed it in cold blood
Loneliness is the curse of the broken hearted
I came undone and you just fell apart
Maybe some distance can heal us both now
We had it once but we lost it somehow
Maybe the dark clouds are finally behind us