Jeremy Steingraber

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I AM a becon of joy! #grownostr #webcomic

#grownostr #plebchain #comic #education #school #GoOutside #kids #rebel

Brave birds still fly through fog. - Stephanie Shen #grownostr #quotes

“For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.” ― Charles Bukowski #grownostr #quotes

“This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.” ― Alan Watts

nostr:npub15879mltlln6k8jy32k6xvagmtqx3zhsndchcey8gjyectwldk88sq5kv0n Every time you recommend this I always mean to pick up a copy for my library, this week I finally did. Looks to be a delightful historical touchstone. Thanks for the recommendation, and for your efforts with the podcast. #grownostr #BookRecommendations #AnalogHistory #BooksAreMagic #Library

Author Cormac McCarthy died yesterday. Here are a few words he left behind: "Most people don’t ever see anyone die. It used to be if you grew up in a family you saw everybody die. They died in their bed at home with everyone gathered around. Death is the major issue in the world. For you, for me, for all of us. It just is. To not be able to talk about it is very odd." “The truth about the world, he said, is that anything is possible. Had you not seen it all from birth and thereby bled it of its strangeness it would appear to you for what it is, a hat trick in a medicine show, a fevered dream, a trance bepopulate with chimeras having neither analogue nor precedent, an itinerant carnival, a migratory tentshow whose ultimate destination after many a pitch in many a mudded field is unspeakable and calamitous beyond reckoning. ​ The universe is no narrow thing and the order within it is not constrained by any latitude in its conception to repeat what exists in one part in any other part. Even in this world more things exist without our knowledge than with it and the order in creation which you see is that which you have put there, like a string in a maze, so that you shall not lose your way. For existence has its own order and that no man's mind can compass, that mind itself being but a fact among others.” #grownostr #plebchain #quotes #philosopherpoet #writing #death #reality

I was picking up some plants and pet food this afternoon when a nice gentleman noticed my space shuttle T-Shirt and initiated a conversation. He used to do Space Shuttle launch photography and helped engineer special astronaut-friendly micro-switches used by NASA. He and his wife also run this awesome website which you should totally check out: https://the2flags.com/ He was full of all sorts of cool stories, we could have sat and talked for hours. Super neat! #grownostr #plebchain #NASA #spaceflight #Aircraft #military #OldMenTellGreatStories #Serendipity

Patiently Playing the Long Game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5-gja10qkw&ab_channel=HighlySuspect #grownostr #plebchain #NostrAfterDark #LateNightVibes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbs1jxL_lQA&list=FL_85rCBMqvj8SgFwktmQzYA&index=3&ab_channel=ODDKO Older video, but it has triggered a memory in my brain tonight, I think it relates significantly to the current timeline: let me know what you think: Love, hate, tangential thoughts? #grownostr #nostr #plebchain #NostrAfterDark #ListenToThis #music #philosopherpoet #Disobey #ODDKO

"The moment you put things into a concept, they stop flowing; they become static, dead. A frozen wave is not a wave. A wave is essentially movement, action; when you freeze it, it is not a wave. Concepts are always frozen. Reality flows. Finally, if we are to believe the mystics (and it doesn't take too much of and effort to understand this, or event believe it, but no one can see it at once), reality is whole but words and concepts fragment reality. That is why it is so difficult to translate form one language to another, because each language cuts reality up differently." ~ Awareness - Anthony De Mellow "The Perils and Opportunities of Reality" #philosopherpoet #quotes #grownostr #nostr #plebchain #NostrAfterDark #movement

"It generally feels better to run toward something than to run away from something. Focus on what is pulling you in, not what you're trying to avoid." - James Clear #grownostr #plebchain #nostr #goals #quotes

Poet and teacher June Jordan on perspective: "Our earth is round, and, among other things, that means that you and I can hold completely different points of view and both be right. The difference of our positions will show stars in your window I cannot even imagine. Your sky may burn with light, while mine, at the same moment, spreads beautiful to darkness. Still we must choose how we separately corner the circling universe of our experience. Once chosen, our cornering will determine the message of any star and darkness we encounter." Source: Soulscript​ #grownostr #plebchain #NostrAfterDark #poemstr #poetry #philosopherpoet #perspective

Saw this comment from self-described "Lebanese geopolitical commentator" on Twitter, and I'm inclined to think she makes a good point: "Isn't it amazing how the United States can drop bombs on Syria, illegally occupy Syria, steal Syria's oil and scream about Ukraine's sovereignty at the same time?" https://news.antiwar.com/2023/05/25/us-building-new-base-in-northern-syria/ I really wish the United States government would stop "helping": Thanks but no thanks. #grownostr #plebchain #antiwar

Telling kids “don’t read ahead” belongs in the dustbin of outdated educational practices. What a detrimental thing to teach children–that they should reign in their curiosity, and not run with it. ~ Austin Scholar Not entirely sure about the origin of this quote so if you know of a better source let me know. #grownostr #plebchain #quotes

“It is easy enough in retrospect to see a book as a screen, a shield, an escape, but at the time there was just the magic – the startling and renewable discovery that a page covered with black markings could, with a slight mental exertion, be converted into an environment, an inward depth populated with characters and animated by diverse excitements. A world inside the world, secret and concealable. A world that I could carry about as a private resonance, a daydream, even when I was not reading. A moveable feast.” ~ The Gutenberg Elegies, by Sven Birkerts #grownostr #plebchain #nostr #quotes #reading #books #InternalLife #magic

“The moment you learn to execute regardless of how you’re feeling, everything changes.” “Enthusiasm is common, endurance is rare.” “To achieve overnight success will require a decade of consistency.” “If overnight success was real, you’d have tremendous pressure. Instead, you can focus on taking today’s step, understanding that you’re building a rock-solid foundation.” ~ The 1% Rule, by Tommy Baker #grownostr #plebchain #nostr #quotes #endurance

Not EVERYTHING is found in books (a lot: Context and Translation). Personal experience, living in the moment, and the natural world are also powerful teachers. Above & Below, Internal & External, Truth & Reality, Beauty & Balance. Potential Transcendence. #philosopherpoet #plebchain