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**Magical Realist** · Jul 4, 2026 02:56 AM

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**Magical Realist** · (This post was last modified: Jul 5, 2026 02:08 AM by Magical Realist.)

“The truth of art lies in its power to break the monopoly of established reality to define what is real.”― Herbert Marcuse

"Soiree" by Andrea Kowch

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**Magical Realist** · (This post was last modified: Jul 5, 2026 04:36 AM by Magical Realist.)

"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against its own government."---Edward Abbey

**Magical Realist** · (This post was last modified: Jul 6, 2026 05:00 PM by Magical Realist.)

"Taking a final pleasure in what the wind can neither proclaim nor destroy, I am a student of nightfall, I claim no other profession.”― Loren Eiseley, Notes of an Alchemist

**Magical Realist** · (This post was last modified: Jul 7, 2026 06:04 PM by Magical Realist.)

“The dying sun will glow on you without burning, as it has done today. The wind will be soft and mellow and your hilltop will tremble. As you reach the end of your dance you will look at the sun, for you will never see it again in waking or in dreaming, and then your death will point to the south. To the vastness.”― Carlos Castaneda, Journey to Ixtlan

**Magical Realist** · Jul 8, 2026 09:08 PM

"Science is wonderful at destroying metaphysical answers, but incapable of providing substitute ones. Science takes away foundations without providing a replacement. Whether we want to be there or not, science has put us in the position of having to live without foundations. It was shocking when Nietzsche said this, but today it is commonplace; our historical position-and no end to it is in sight-is that of having to philosophise without 'foundations'."---Hilary Putnam

**Magical Realist** · (This post was last modified: Jul 8, 2026 10:19 PM by Magical Realist.)

"Consciousness cannot be found anywhere because it is what is doing the looking. You are not searching for it. You are it."--Eckhart Tolle

**Magical Realist** · Jul 8, 2026 11:37 PM

**Magical Realist** · (This post was last modified: Jul 11, 2026 03:09 AM by Magical Realist.)

“Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.”
― Mae West, The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said

**Magical Realist** · (This post was last modified: Jul 11, 2026 07:57 PM by Magical Realist.)

“All you can ever achieve is a sense of your soul. You gain little glimpses of its light, colors, and contours. You feel the inspiration of its possibilities and the wonder of its mysteries.”
― John O'Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom