The Life, the Universe, and Everything
From Robert Greene “The 48 Laws of Power”.
Law 48 – Assume Formlessness
Page 419
Judgment
By taking a shape, by having a visible plan, you open yourself to attack. Instead of taking a form for your enemy to grasp, keep yourself adaptable and on the move. Accept the fact that nothing is certain and no law is fixed. [...]
From Robert Greene “The 48 Laws of Power”.
Preface, page xvii
The feeling of having no power over people and events is generally unbearable to us – when we feel helpless we feel miserable. No one wants less power; everyone wants more. In the world today, however, it is dangerous to seem too power hungry, to be [...]
Victor Pelevin “The Sacred Book of Werewolf”
Have you seen the hit of the last Venice Biennale – the haystack in which the first Belarusian postmodernist, Mikolai Klimaksovich, hid from his local police inspector for four years? Alexander called this work plagiaristic and told Brian about the similar haystack famously used before the revolution by Vladimir [...]
Calendar Wisdom.
Well, coming back to my calendar. Now it is February and there is a new Chapter. Apparently, the new theme is LOVE.
Symbols of Love.
Love is perhaps the most difficult of emotions to put into words, but that certainly hasn’t stopped anyone from trying. When it comes to love, we come up with all sorts [...]
“Our imagination flies — we are its shadow on the earth.” (Vladimir Nabokov)
“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
“Imagination is the living power and prime agent of all human perception.” (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
“I [...]
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