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
Thoughts on Random Processes
What we consider to be random processes are not necessarily random, but are often sufficiently complex that the outcome cannot, under normal circumstances, be determined by pre-conceived conditions. Conjecture itself is not sufficient to “collapse the wave function”.
Read MoreA Speculation on the Elite
The once tycoon/politician/media mogul stands before his flock. He says, “There was a big, bad war. We had to hide from the bad guys, but they’re all gone now. We can live in peace.” Hugging his grand-daughter, he feels a swell of pride and relief, willfully ignorant of his own catastrophic cowardice.
Read MoreActionable Truth No. 1
August 4th, 2013 So, I don’t think I can sum up my philosophy in just a...
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