- Disputing (Reflections on) the Problem of Evil (J.L Mackie) , Sources: Alvin Platinga's Free Will Defence
- i.e. not rejecting the existence of God but the compatibility of evil and a tri-omni God - proof of immorality, natural evils included
- Rewrite paper on Free Will & Determinism (not so last-minute)
- Reflections on Plato's Theory of Universals
- i.e. that we don't just project, for example, the 'ideas' of colours onto the world - colours do really exist, and, debate on whether we just live in the world of 'ideas' since we only (and can only) experience the world through the senses - questions: how do we really know the world 'exists' then??
- Read up on Descartes again (cogito ergo s...
jun 14 2014 ∞
jun 14 2014 +
 Non-fiction Literature, Poetry, Journals
Art Theory/History
- Ways of Seeing by John Berger
- Aesthetic Theory by Theodor W. Adorno
- The Abuse of Beauty: Aesthetics & the Concept of Art (Paul Carus Lecture) by Arthur C. Danto
- The Letters of Vincent van Gogh by Vincent van Gogh
- Art and Physics: Parallel Visions in Space, Time, and Light by Leonard Shlain
apr 26 2014 ∞
apr 29 2014 +
- Cut a chrysalis open, and you will find a rotting caterpillar. What you will never find is that mythical creature, half caterpillar, half butterfly, a fit emblem of the human soul, for those whose cast of mind leads them to seek such emblems. No, the process of transformation consists almost entirely of decay.”
— Pat Barker , Regeneration
- “You are enough. Paint it on your mirrors, on the back of your eyelids, drown it in your stomach, sing it in every word you say. You are never too much. Eat your food, sleep eight hours, walk like you love yourself. You are enough. Say it in your sleep, mantras to carry you through your day. There is never enough of you. You are a thirst that is never quenched. I crave you when you’re away. I love every piece of you. But I cannot make you love...
apr 24 2014 ∞
apr 26 2014 +
- bleeding hearts
- moth orchids
- bluebells
- calla lily/stargazer lily
- bearded irises
- fields of dandelions
- cottongrass (eriophorum)
- white pea flower
- brunnera 'jack frost'
- chrysanthemum
feb 23 2014 ∞
apr 5 2014 +
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- Mycology (mushrooms & fungi)
- Know your mushrooms [www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1JSOauVC2k]
Open Yale Courses :
- CLCV 205: Introduction to Ancient Greek History [x]
- HSAR 265: Art History - Roman Architecture [x]
- ENGL310: Modern Poetry [x]
- PHIL1760: Death [x]
jun 14 2014 ∞
jun 14 2014 +
- alight small candles and place them by the rim of the bath ( vetiver and cardamom by soy wax apothecary , lavender by dusk , other miscellaneous glebe markets )
- to do: buy a lighter
- belgravia incense pack - jasmine, sandalwood
- tea-light candles
- turn off the lights: place little mushroom lights on the floor
- braid hair into a single plait (or soak in macademia deep-conditioner)
- fill tub with hot water (add one teaspoon of milk bath by body shop and swirl)
- to do: buy deep sea salts, essential oils, lush bath bomb
- wash flower petals from the garden
- use a small shower pouf with fragrant body wash (rub QV gentle wash between palms before this), pour over with a ceramic basin (with a handle)
apr 26 2014 ∞
jun 14 2014 +
- currently : Vanilla eau de toilette sprayed twice on the wrist and behind the neck, Morrocan Rose Body Mist in hair, collarbone, upper-torso
- for special occasions : Daisy by Marc Jacobs (sweet, fresh) & Dolce Vita Christian Dior (slightly more mature, seductive)
- wants : diesel, fuel for life (for her) mix of pink pepper, jasmine, black currant, musk, piachouli, mandarin
apr 26 2014 ∞
apr 26 2014 +
- get a cute lil belly-button piercing
- submit pieces of poetry and prose to literary journals
- attend life-drawing classes
- create a zine (or two!)
- ✔ become a young guide at the museum of contemporary art
- ✔ start creating short videos & films
- write about art/film/literature on a blog
- read at least 30 books
- send letters (little dried flowers, hand-made ornaments) to penpals
- swim in a lake or a river
- sketch more frequently in a moleskin
- visit jin in melbourne for a crazy couple of nights
- turn 18!
- rock up to dance classes at SDC
- write more postcards to lil human beans
feb 23 2014 ∞
feb 24 2014 +
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- Charis ( Greek : Χάρις), "Graces" - the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, creativity, nature, usually depicted in classical sculpture and mosaic as three naked women, holding hands and dancing in a circle. See Botticelli's Primavera
- Aglaea "Splendour"
- Euphrosyne "Mirth"
- Thalia "Good Cheer"
- Erinyes ( Greek : Ἐρῑνύες) "Avengers" - female deities of vengeance, according to Hesiod's Theogony, when the Titan Cronus castrated his father Uranus and threw his genitalia into the sea, the Erinyes emerged from the drops of blood when it fell on the earth. Barthes in A Lover's Discourse describes, "No logic links the figures, determines their contiguity: the figures are non-syntagmatic, non-narrative; they are Erinyes; they stir, collide, subside, return, vanish.
may 4 2014 ∞
may 4 2014 +
- dancing in the blue ( anklets with little charms , silver beads , bells )
- film camera
- black moleskin to resume, drawings of mushrooms, observations
- wants: silk dark-green purse/wallet
- braids, (small, unnoticeable plaits)
- soft strawberry lip-balm
apr 26 2014 ∞
jun 14 2014 +
 "Be not afeard. The isle is full of noises, Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices That, if I then had waked after long sleep Will make me sleep again; and then in dreaming The clouds methought would open and show riches Ready to drop upon me, that when I waked I cried to dream again (III.ii.130–138) Shakespeare , The Tempest
- the melancholy echo of a guitar sliding on reverb
- soft sighs of traffic
- the grainy sound of gravel
- blur/smudginess of buskers at night, the hum of restaurants, a laugh full of chimes
- lawn mowers on a Saturday morning
- sounds of steps (damp/unsure/airy) in a cathedral
- the tentative 'thump' of a pedal on a pia...
feb 24 2014 ∞
feb 24 2014 +
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