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First attempts at digital art

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Sharpening one’s focus

I find that it is very easy as a writer to lose one’s focus or to have far too broad of a focus. For me, that lack of focus usually comes from my obsession with writing a novel. The problem is that–at least I suspect the problem is that–I am not a novel writer in the classic […] Continue reading

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The tension of knowledge versus credentials

Let’s face it: the major advantage of college is often not the accumulation of knowledge, which a dedicated person can accumulate on his own through personal study and experience, but the granting of credentials, which is controlled by the institutional academic system. Because of the monopoly the academic system has on credentials, people who have already […] Continue reading

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When it’s no longer Greek: a self-education goal for 2011

Graecum est; non legitur One of the fundamental truths of understanding, I believe, is that one must know what was actually said and done, not just what someone else has to say about it. Over the past decade, I have delved deeply into my understanding of the collection of texts that comprise the Bible and […] Continue reading

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Complex and evolving: Education 2011

My views on education are complex and evolving. On one hand, I love learning and want to learn all I can. On the other hand, I am coming to the realization that I hate the process of formal education. My hatred of the process of formal education comes from the fact that it presumes too […] Continue reading

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