Blogs Posts on "The World"

The Possibility of Vision by Broekn Postcard on Nov 14, 2009To think about your own consciousness is powerful. That is not to think about yourself, nor even your existence, but just the aspect of you that is aware.

Thoughts On Nature, Man, Teleology & The Future by Broekn Postcard on Nov 13, 2009This was a moment in time. The second the shutter captured the light, even before that the moment ended. Lens cap on feet trod on through the mud toward another spot in the forest. Sun shining, the light foaming through the atmosphere the freshness b...

Yuan Chen from 799 – 831: Elegy by Broekn Postcard on Nov 11, 2009I used to stay up late reading poetry with my dad. We'd sit discussing poetry till 2am, re-reading and working out what was meant by this or that image. We'd skim through everything from Brecht to Bronte.

Roots: The Edge of Humanity by Broekn Postcard on Nov 11, 2009I don't know what it means to be 'human'. Humanism, and theories like humanistic psychology have their assumptions and a part of these exalt what it is that is typically human(e). But that begs the very question; what is it to be human and what is hu...

People That Matter by Broekn Postcard on Nov 4, 2009I haven’t posted in a while, somehow I’ve managed to spend more time ruminating over things than putting them into practice. In that time I’ve noticed one or two things. First, time flies and second there are people that matter and...

Let’s Compare US Health Care Costs With Other Countries by Donklephant on Nov 3, 2009The Wash Post’s Ezra Klein interviewed the CEO of Kaiser Permanente and found massive differences when looking at health care costs in the US and other countries. Yes, it’s not even close. Gee, I wonder why we’re going bankrupt...

Leaving Trees Behind by Broekn Postcard on Oct 17, 2009I used to wake up to this scene every day for two years. I was happy waking to the mist, to the same path I would meet friends.

On My Mind (Map) by Broekn Postcard on Oct 11, 2009I should really start with the fact that I've some interesting, some wonderful and some really insightful conversations with some of you out there in the world.

Young; An Ode To Innocence Lost. by Broekn Postcard on Oct 1, 2009You see, I grew up in the Middle East, I'm half Russian, went to a German school until I was ten (in the Middle East) and then went to (more than one) boarding school in the UK. Holidays were spent travelling home to Saudi while weekends, from the ag...

As I drift to dream….will you be there? by Broekn Postcard on Sep 27, 2009Dreams; the private world of the mind. Consciousness of its own. As I drift of tonight, will you be there? In the myriad minds of sleep through the world, all at once and many together share the state of sleep, soon all of us to be waking to anothe...