Tag Archives: Buckminister Fuller

Critical Path

Posted on July 31, 2005 by John

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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Cummings on Poetry

Posted on May 24, 2005 by John

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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Building Around a Thing

Posted on April 23, 2004 by John

“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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Seed Thought on Wealth

Posted on July 26, 2003 by John

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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