(1) A World of New Possibilities
There are inventions which impose
structure
on the mind,
forcing us to think as we might walk
with one foot tied behind the back,
in unnatural ways;
And there are inventions which are
already implicit in the workings of the mind
at its very best,
letting us create with all the ease of freely
flowing water.
The humble hyperlink,
tying together all the unique
thoughts of the world
without arbitrary limit or boundaries,
brings home and makes
explicit a key fact of the new millennium—
that the mind
of humanity is indeed somehow
one.
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| Picture/Poem Poster New Possibilities shown at the right (prints 81/2 x 11" (A4)) Also available as .pdf download (68 K) | |
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(2) The Rose-colored Glasses
Let me remind myself here:
Do not confuse—density for intensity,
randomness for the unexpected,
complicatedness for complexity,
sentimentality for simplicity,
intellectual virtuosity for subtlety,
length for depth,
or merely a loud voice
for vitality.
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| Picture/Poem Poster The Rose-colored Glasses shown at the right (prints 81/2 x 11" (A4)) Also available as .pdf download (64 K) | |
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(3) Three good reasons for the elimination of MTV:
Music;
Music:
Music!
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| Picture/Poem Poster The Electric Gentian! shown at the right (prints 81/2 x 11" (A4)) Also available as .pdf download (52 K) | |
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(4) Border Crossing
Not a word penetrated
the thick glass boundary.
Changing money,
all I had to do was—
show the bills.
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| Picture/Poem Poster Border Crossing shown at the right (prints 81/2 x 11" (A4)) Also available as .pdf download (52 K) | |
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