(Black Swan in Konya, 2017. Joseph Kimsey). Per Karl Popper, the claim that all swans are white is falsifiable, as black swans demonstrably exist. Karl Popper had an overriding desire to distinguish between authentic science and pseudoscience. For Popper, Einstein had developed a theory that was scientifically falsifiable – unlike Marxist economic theory, or Freudian […]
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(The Sea, 2016. Joseph Kimsey) Part I Mythological epics largely represent the society or community in which they derive. Whether considering the Odyssey and Iliad of the Greeks, the Mahabharata and Ramayana of the Indians, the Shahnameh of the Iranians, the Arthurian romances of the British, or the Icelandic sagas of Northern Europe, mythological epics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWwOi17WHpE&t=7s (Watch James Baldwin’s interview on The Dick Cavett Show) Baldwin’s powerful essay, The Fire Next Time, is a rare instance where intellectualism of a very high order, supreme literary artistry, and righteous anger merge. Baldwin’s critique of the failed promise of America, with
(Sunrise in the Forest, 2018. Joseph Kimsey) “It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.” – Frederick Douglass. In his autobiographical classic, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass utilizes both his considerable literary technique
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(Buddha in Repose, National Museum of Antiquities, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 2018. Joseph Kimsey) Mindfulness is defined by Merriam-Webster as “the practice of maintaining a nonjudgmental state of heightened or complete awareness of one’s thoughts, emotions, or experiences on a moment-to-moment basis” (Merriam-Webster). While mindfulness is not necessarily a concept normally tied to the social sciences, it