Deiparæ

Always remembered

Always Late *If you are interested in my creations—my vision, my writings, my art curation, archives, scans— you’re welcome to join me on Patreon.

Pondering the unseen Sensual Vortex I have been here before Fire from Strange altars *If you are interested in my creations—my vision, my writings, my art curation, archives, scans— you’re welcome to join me on Patreon.

Defined in the simplest possible terms, a narrative is a story about something. Stories are essential to us because as human beings and social animals, we are storytelling creatures. In his 1938 novel Nausea, Jean-Paul Sartre wrote, “A man is always a teller of tales, he lives surrounded by his stories and the stories of others, he sees everything that happens to him through them; and he tries to live his life as if he were recounting it.” Robert Shiller, the “father” of narrative economics, goes one step further, linking narratives to the decisions we make: “The human brain has always been highly tuned towards narratives, whether factual or not, to justify ongoing actions.” The rich scholarly literature about narratives makes it clear that we think, act, and communicate in terms of narratives, and each interpretation, understanding, or model of how the world operates begins with a story. Narratives provide the context in which the facts we observe can be interpreted, understood, and acted upon. In that sense, they equate to much more than the stories we tell, write, or illustrate figuratively; they end up being the truths, or the ideas we accept as truths, that underpin the perceptions that shape our “realities” and in the process form our cultures and societies. Through narratives, we explain how we see things, how these things work, how we make decisions and justify them, how we understand our place in the world and how we try to persuade others to embrace our beliefs and values. Narratives shape our perceptions, which in turn form our realities and end up influencing our choices and actions. They are how we find meaning in life. —Klaus Schwab & Thierry Malleret, The Power of Narrative

If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is...infinite. — William Blake

The purest and deepest feeling we can undergo is the experience of the mystical. It is the power of all true science. He who is unfamiliar with this feeling, who can no longer stand in wonder and bewilderment, is as good as dead.

Just one thing... Was you and me part of the scheme, too?

A cipher that writes and erases itself in the same gesture. *If you are interested in my creations—my vision, my writings, my art curation, archives, scans— you’re welcome to join me on Patreon.

Sandpaper Skin flame test, new age crystal thought.   *If you are interested in my creations—my vision, my writings, my art curation, archives, scans— you’re welcome to join me on Patreon.

Close to the frozen borderline *If you are interested in my creations—my vision, my writings, my art curation, archives, scans— you’re welcome to join me on Patreon.

«El hombre no debería poder ver su propio rostro: no hay nada más siniestro. La naturaleza le concedió el don de no poder verlo ni de poder contemplar fijamente sus propios ojos. Solo en el agua de los ríos y de los estanques podía mirar su rostro. Y la postura misma que debía adoptar era simbólica: tenía que inclinarse, agacharse, rebajarse para cometer la ignominia de contemplarse. El inventor del espejo envenenó el corazón humano.» —Fernando Pessoa

The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it. —Galadriel, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

American coffee wired… trying to pass the time Trading nonsense… the brain is a metronome (tempo assaults) The higher the technical ability, the more tactical choices. Ideas click inside… the closer we get to home. *If you are interested in my creations—my vision, my writings, my art curation, archives, scans— you’re welcome to join me on Patreon.

Who can say if it is we who make the choice, or the choice that makes us?

Yoganidrāsana — योगनिद्रासन + + *If you are interested in my creations—my vision, my writings, my art curation, archives, scans— you’re welcome to join me on Patreon.

Eclipse

Inverted Eclipse

lingering thoughts.. (Timing is everything) *If you are interested in my creations—my vision, my writings, my art curation, archives, scans— you’re welcome to join me on Patreon.

Bhūmi Chakrāsana (भूमि चक्रासन) Lines from a story of another time written to record and remember what has since been abandoned.

Etruscan Siren. Bhujangāsana (भुजङ्गासन) In reverence, I surrender.