Meditations in an Emergency

Meditations in an Emergency

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Stupidity

Stupidity

Gazing into wormholes

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Rosecrans Baldwin
Jun 10, 2023
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“The ignorant fairy” (1950), Rene Magritte

Honestly, I didn’t know where this one would go.

I was sitting on a plane last week, New York to Los Angeles. I opened my notebook on the tray table and, anticipating this meditation, wrote at the top what is something beautiful. A minute’s list produced a lot of lame stuff – “bottle-brush plants” and “a great t…

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