“All reasoning is thinking, but not all thinking is reasoning.”
Irving M. Copi, Introduction to Logic
Cognitive Condiments
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Oblong Hermeneutics
1969 Chevrolet Wagon in Ragsdale
Side by side, rough, quick freehand in Procreate with Pencil by Fifty Three of this (my own) iPhone image.
Checkered Evening
Owl’s Wise Open
Credit for the title goes to my wife, Annyth.
Busy Day for Some
On Mitote No: Countervailing Language Avalanches
Without some sort of tranquilizing intervention, our inner dialogue will mimic the outer dialogue around us; after all, that’s how we acquire language in the first place and “develop” it subsequently. I see this too as related to mitote, which we’ve explored elsewhere here at portfoliolongo.com.
There’s inner mitote, and there’s outer mitote. We’re up to our ears in mitote. Look at what happens metastatically within the comments section on many posts, the countervailing avalanches of polarized opinions mistaken for fact.
What triggers them? How do we tame them? How do we work through them? How do we work around them?
Subscription & Enculturation
This one took a circuitous route. It started when I was reminded of those TV commercials that feature a series of actors reciting a snippet of what then becomes a more complete sales pitch, something I dislike almost as much as children in ads. Then it occurred to me that this technique is much more emblematic and generalizable.
We hardly ever walk our way into anything of social significance; rather, we talk our way in. Sometimes there’s even a script; sometimes there isn’t. The script is the doorway.
Celebrating Heart Party at Greenstone with New Friends
Yesterday’s Valentines Day gathering at Greenstone near Mariposa, CA was a celebration of the heart. When you’re new to a place, you catch life already in progress: the Heart Party, our generous hosts, the other guests, and its setting hit home in more ways than one.
A quick, morning, freehand sketch in Procreate based on an iPhone photo that I took yesterday when nobody was looking.
Boudreaux’s Contingency Remover
For those who need an orientation, click here. Applying this to buying a house, I’m afraid, is up to you.
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