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Another view...Alan Moore's take on Art and Transformation "...I believe that magic is art and that art, whether it be writing, music, sculpture, or any other form is literally magic. Art is, like magic, the science of manipulating symbols, words, or images, to achieve changes in consciousness...

Thanks for the benefit of the doubt, but I get only a sliver of Heidegger. Brain hurts at times. I am better with art, myth, psychology and mysticism. I get more the ancient Greeks and Buddhists, then some Wittgenstein, Nietzsche and Delueze.

When I was studying Heidegger as a hobby, ha ha, only undergrad understanding, maybe, I owe my brief understanding from Hubert Dreyfus, U of Berkeley California. I also liked his Nietzsche series.

As a painter or as a conduit to receive images, I ask myself the question, is my current creation of art transforming myself? I also apply that to my thinking. What is the use of thinking and creating if it does not transform in some way? Or with others what do I want them to experience through...

This reminds me of many connected themes within the western tradition- the immanent coalescing with the transcendent. I would like to add later other artists and viewpoints from Japanese aesthetics (Tea ceremony and zen). I can see this eventually leading to talking about international film and...

Ye ole Portland, here.

Hmmm...don't know how to respond (in a good way). Wow, you are quick at trust!? Your mention of a unicorn makes me want to say," uuu, I like griffins, ravens, thestrals and fox spirits (kitsune)!" Sensing a playful and silly HollyBee there. For cheese, do you have any gouda? Or Midnight Moon...

(Big picture, abstract) Beauty is being able to observe the unique patterns that dance elegantly in life- also seeing their mutations and their coalescence. (In conversation) Your astonished reaction from a perfectly delivered sentence which opens your heart, or blows your mind opening you to a...

Actually, I like ENFPs! They are very warm and a boost of energy. They are the people to hang out with to have fun. If I am down they have a way of cheering me up without it feeling forced. So cheers to the ENFP, raises glass in a toast.

You mean that is the cause of my craziness ? I can't stop sifting through mind. Myths, archetypes, and books, oh my!?

I look forward meeting you intriguing creatures of the forest. But as a half nerd, my attention is focused on watching my D & D fix of Critical Role.

You'll find us helping the main character in Miyazaki story. We exist only in films, said sarcastically.