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One (terrible) Element of U.S. Culture – and a Major Export…

by Pier Marton | Aug 11, 2011 | Death, Future Tech, Health, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Idées, Native, Politics, Quotes, Spectacle, Time, Wars

… blending very well with the local cultures. “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false...

90 Percent of Any Decision is Emotional!

by Pier Marton | Aug 9, 2011 | Care, Eco, Human Rights, Politics, Quotes, Sci/Nat, Spectacle, Teach

Justice Hughes’s observation, often attributed to the longest-serving justice in the history of the Supreme Court, William O. Douglas (BECAUSE he agreed with it): At the constitutional level where we work, 90 percent of any decision is emotional. The rational part of...

Sam Braun et la Légende Hindoue du Dieu Caché (Hindu Legend of the Hidden God)

by Pier Marton | Jul 26, 2011 | Asia, France, Health, Human Rights, Humor, Idées, Mystery, Poet, Politics, Quotes, Shoah, Teach, Time, Wars, Women

Un jour, mon épouse m’a apporté la photocopie d’une légende hindoue qu’elle avait lue dans le salon d’attente d’un médecin. En prenant connaissance de cette légende, brusquement, un voile s’est déchiré et j’ai eu la sensation de découvrir qu’elle était écrite depuis...

Freedom (Nirvana) by Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay-Teacher)

by Pier Marton | Jun 6, 2011 | Asia, Care, Death, Eco, Ego, Health, Humor, Ideas, Mystery, Poet, Politics, Quotes, Time

Thich Nhat Hanh/Buddhism: “All views are wrong views.” Lavoisier: “Rien ne se crée, rien ne se perd” – (Nothing is created, nothing is lost). Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit...

Atelier Pré-Textes & Sous-Titres

by Pier Marton | May 15, 2011 | Books, Ego, France, Idées, KeyText, Poet, Quotes, Text

Atelier d’écritureS pré-textes & sous-titres. Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...

Jean Gruault – L’Amour à Mort, La Chambre Verte…

by Pier Marton | Apr 20, 2011 | Art, Books, Death, Film, France, Media, Quotes, Spectacle

Ne pas dire, mais montrer/Not to say, but to show. Qu’on nous donne trop à voir et nous ne regardons plus/If we are given too much to see, we stop looking. Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new...