03 october 2021
That things in their [various] categories are mutually responsive is [something] dark, mysterious, deep and subtle.
Knowledge is not capable of assessing it;
argument is not capable of explaining it. Thus,
when the east wind arrives, win turns clear and overflows [its vessels];
when silkworms secrete fragmented silk, the shang string [of a stringed instrument] snaps.
Something has stimulated them.
When a picture is traced out with the ashes of reeds, the moon’shalo has a [corresponding] gap.
When the leviathan dies, comets appear. Something has moved them.
From The Huainanzi
I don't know how I feel about this. My mother appreciates these ideas. She really likes the "argument is not capable of explaining it" part. I can't say I feel the same haha.
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11 august 2021
Just came home from a rather long day. I did some morally questionable things including faking a covid test (literally just changing the date on an old pdf from when I got a negative result because i'm too busy to actually get tested for an event I'm taking part in). I know I'm negative of course, I'm in Massachusetts, and the cases are incredibly low thanks to the vaccine, even now with the Delta variant and that shtuff.
Anyway... I am underslept. Got four hours of sleep last night whcih is nowhere near enough for me. Spent three hours with my gf which was nice... I def need to write to her asap and follow up on my last letter. I also changed the background of my default terminal profile to my favorite photo of her today put through a fire filter thing that makes it look even cooler lol, and I changed the font to NovaMono which is fun. Now I'm typing this during a FaceTime call with my good friend who is singing a horrible pop song. Speaking of songs I have been listening to ∆ lately (Alt-J) and it's pretty epic.
Indeed... I should hit the hay now in fact. Tomorrow if I have time I will try more to figure out how to use Zola the site engine for my new website satch.xyz - I spent some time poking around and learning yesterday but had very little success.
Cheers!
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