A New Economic – Saving the World in Three Easy Steps
Everyone becomes a debt-free homeowner, and the rich stay rich. There is no need to incarcerate anyone, no class warfare, no fighting in the streets. This plan, quite literally, makes the “American Dream” happen for everyone, all at once.
“The Fire Enlightening”
“The Fire Enlightening” is comprised of nine poems that narrate a journey of philosophic self-discovery, populated with logical and chaotic conceptual metaphor, to bridge a synthesis between the world of nature and the artifice of man.
Surveyor’s Golden Disk No. 1 – Astronomic Latitude
A useful primer for those interested in how latitude has been determined, over land and sea, from prehistory to the Ancient Egyptians and Chinese, to Viking explorers, and all the way to present navigators.
“Swimming in Fire”
Life drawing, 2′ x 3′ pencil on paper, digitally colorized.
Kansas City Star Maker Faire 2017 Spotlight
“Garret Tufte, 32, works as a civil engineer and land surveyor in Lawrence, Kan. But he is also a writer and — as the limestone carving taking shape with his hands showed — a sculptor.”
“Roots Unbound” – In Progress
18″ x 18″ x 50″, 350 lbs., Italian marble.
Electro-Gyro, version 1.0
Turn on the switch and the gyro spins in a set position. Pick it up and twist it to feel the resistance of the angular momentum.
Lady in Waiting No. 1
12″ x 12″ x 20″, Kansas Limestone.
Recent Variations
The Maverick Radio Hour: “What Kind of Beast is that System?” [Episode 13]
In this broadcast, I further the examination of the last couple weeks, by comparing, contrasting, and complimenting “thinking about thinking”, a strategy for deep introspection (with accompanying “trash filter”) with the clear-eyed observation of reality, the foundation of the “objective, scientific world”. After these primers, I launch a proper rant. You don’t want to miss it.
Read MoreThe Maverick Radio Hour: “Introspective Strategies & the Light of Reality” [Episode 12]
In this episode, I finish the thoughts on an introspective strategy, “thinking about thinking”. This is contrasted and complimented by clearing one’s eyes to see the light of objective reality, namely the visual field of the real world, determining benefit or detriment to the human spirit based on a variable: in this case, the imposition of mask-wearing. (Spoiler alert: they’re a detriment.)
Read MoreThe Maverick Radio Hour: “Know Thyself, and Thy Will” [Episode 11]
I start off this week’s show with a short poem “To Know Thyself is to Know God”, to jumpstart an examination of a strategy for introspection, “thinking about thinking”, vital for personal growth.
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