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Tag Archives: Buckminister Fuller
Critical Path
July is gone, and the pecans have now begun to set on the old tree along the bayou; sometimes, we forget the simple things that mark the seasons. We’ve no need of clocks or calendars. Whatever reasons we invent to … Continue reading
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Tagged Buckminister Fuller, Critical Path, Indian summer, seasons, technology, time
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Cummings on Poetry
A tag line on a message from a discussion group included part of a quote from e.e. cummings that I have tacked on my wall to remind me of what I’m supposed to be doing as a poet. I first … Continue reading
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Tagged Buckminister Fuller, Critical Path, ee cummings, expression, influences, inspiration, poetry
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Building Around a Thing
“I know it when I see it,” said the man who vainly tried conveying truth to friends. “When it is absent, the space that it leaves unfilled describes it clearly, end to end; and though there are no words to … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, Buckminister Fuller, communication, conversations, failure, misinterpretation, truth
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Seed Thought on Wealth
Money is not wealth. Wealth is the accomplished technological ability to protect, nurture, support, and accommodate all growful needs of life. Money is only an expediency-adopted means of interexchanging disparately sized, nonequatable items of real wealth. — R. Buckminister Fuller, … Continue reading
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Tagged achievement, Buckminister Fuller, Critical Path, money, success, wealth
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