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Comment on 100 Days of Abstracts (2019) by Domen ick Dellino

Domen ick Dellino — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 04:03:53 +0000

WoW! I LOVE this stuff!!

Having just helped with the install of the Elsa Thoresen and Vilhelm Bjerke-Petersen exhibit, I see so much more in your work now. These seem to evoke a flavor of “biomorphism” that I find quite fascinating.

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Comment on The Bodies Buried In The “American Heartland” by Austin Day

Austin Day — Mon, 06 May 2024 21:00:37 +0000

Thank you for writing thhis

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Comment on Black & White & Red All Over: The Mysterious Power of Three Common Colors by Annabel heseltine

Annabel heseltine — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 12:43:07 +0000

In Tibetan cultures the colours of red, white and black conjure the deities and offer protection against evil from from sky, ground or water. I am still researching it but the clue is in the rings gonpos which are painted in these colours on any form and material from tiny pebble mountains, to stripes on the side of buildings or huge rocks along the roadside in the Himalayas

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Comment on Can Clowns Save Our Souls? by Caroline G

Caroline G — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 02:41:49 +0000

Great blog you hhave here

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Comment on Why Pagans Don’t Respect Their Elders: Sincerity, Competence and Integrity by Amythyst Raine

Amythyst Raine — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 17:41:42 +0000

I have only had one direct encounter with Phaedra Bonewits. It left me very put off and disillusioned. Wisdom, respect, and sincerity obviously don’t come automatically with age and experience.

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Comment on Anthropocentrism and Animal Instinct by Drew N

Drew N — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 03:46:20 +0000

Good readinng

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Comment on Love Like A Rock: Creating My “Sea & Stone” Watercolor Painting Series by melanielynngriffin

melanielynngriffin — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 18:05:27 +0000

I just love this series (and rocks)! Looking forward to the opening of the show.

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Comment on Black & White & Red All Over: The Mysterious Power of Three Common Colors by Alison Leigh Lilly

Alison Leigh Lilly — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 02:04:40 +0000

In reply to Race MoChridhe.

I just clicked through your link and realized it’s actually an interview with Guy Deutscher! lol Awesome!

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Comment on Black & White & Red All Over: The Mysterious Power of Three Common Colors by Alison Leigh Lilly

Alison Leigh Lilly — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 02:01:07 +0000

In reply to Race MoChridhe.

Thanks for the link! I’ll definitely check it out!

And yes! Berlin & Kay first proposed a universal order for the development of color terms in language in their break-through study back in 1969. It’s been refined and updated since then as further research undercut some of their initial claims, but their work made a significant contribution to cognitive linguistics (in particular regarding prototype theory). It turns out that the effects we see with color terms also happen in lots of other conceptual categories!

If you’re interested in this type of thing, I would highly recommend Guy Deutscher’s book, Through The Language Glass: Why The World Looks Different In Other Languages. (I’m not with him 100% on all of his claims, but it’s a fascinating read!)

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Comment on Black & White & Red All Over: The Mysterious Power of Three Common Colors by Race MoChridhe

Race MoChridhe — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 01:42:56 +0000

Radiolab did a fascinating episode on the philological history of colours and how it may relate to neuropsychology. The whole thing is well worth listening to, but one of the insights to emerge was that, in every recorded language, black, white, and red are the first three colour words to appear:

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