Author Archives: NomadWarMachine

The Master and His Emissary, Part 1

Posted on 23rd July 2022 by NomadWarMachine

For the last couple of months I have been slowly reading Iain McGilchrist’s The Master and His Emissary. Slowly – because it is a big book, in more ways than one. I am only scratching at the surface of it … Continue reading →

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Literal Descriptions

Posted on 25th June 2022 by NomadWarMachine

Look around you and create a picture of what you see in words (or use the image below if you like). Describe it to us without using any metaphors or showing the photo. What do you really see? This might be considered … Continue reading →

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Heideggerian Art

Posted on 29th May 2022 by NomadWarMachine

Inspired by a Twitter conversion, I added a couple of phases from Heidegger to an AI art generator and this is the result. These are the phrases: Why are there beings at all, instead of Nothing? Language remains the master … Continue reading →

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Aletheia

Posted on 28th May 2022 by NomadWarMachine

Aletheia was a Greek Goddess. The word is often translated into English as truth – and Aletheia’s Roman counterpart is called Veritas. However, as Heidegger and others say, truth is really insufficient as a translation. Truth is a noun in … Continue reading →

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Pentimento (Aletheia)

Posted on 27th May 2022 by NomadWarMachine

Does a sculptor chip away To uncover the image within? Or is structure created As marble is shaped? The age old question: Does Science discover Truth or create it? Is beauty innate, or in the eye of the beholder? (And … Continue reading →

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Start copying

Posted on 25th May 2022 by NomadWarMachine

I think I’ve always been a bricoleur – it’s a family trait. But it’s not without danger. When I read this page by Austin Kleon, I remembered happy times messing around with my brother. We were big fans of seeing … Continue reading →

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Heidegger and Bricolage Part 2

Posted on 21st May 2022 by NomadWarMachine

In my earlier post I suggested that Heidegger thought of understanding as being an uncovering of meaning, and I further suggested that this is one of the things that we bricoleurs do when we mix and remix. In this post … Continue reading →

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Heidegger and Bricolage, Part 1

Posted on 9th May 2022 by NomadWarMachine

I’ve been thinking about Heidegger recently. I know that some people find him problematic because of his links with the Nazi party, but I think that it is possible to bracket this off (phenomenological reference intended) and talk about his … Continue reading →

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Another trip around the sun

Posted on 27th April 2022 by NomadWarMachine

This week was my birthday, so I used some AI to make myself a card. I also got some great presents, including these books: And this amazing pewter dinosaur badge.

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Spring at last

Posted on 24th April 2022 by NomadWarMachine

Two photos, taken a week apart, both of the same branch. Last week it was cold in the garden – bright, but not warm enough to sit and enjoy it. Today was a beautiful day – warm enough to sit … Continue reading →

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