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I love knowledge, discovering new information and sharing ideas that stimulate OUR imagination. Lately, I've been on a bender of sorts, absorbing new streams of information and it is just an exhilarating experience. In some ways I've unplugged from conventional information sources that have become pablum (bland or insipid intellectual fare) to me like cable news, some talk radio and the so-called news sites. I have been tapping into a stream of collective thought from minds that are trying to reach above the noise of what passes for popular culture. I'm thankful for connections, grateful that we live in an age where we control OUR input.

Recently I was reading a post from Louis Grey, one of the great early adopters/ bloggers regarding the increasingly difficult task of finding the original source of an idea, comment or article. I had been reading How to Write With Style by Kurt Vonnegut and it dawned on me that reading and sharing should be done with some consideration as well. I began to think of my daily info habits and the wonder of it all. Last weekend Robert Scoble started a great conversation thread on his FriendFeed regarding the nature of intelligence which led me to discovering the room Highfalutin on FF. From there I found a parade of interesting sources including Harper's Magazine which I've enjoyed for many years but somehow got out of the "habit" of reading. But thanks to my new friends, they helped me discover a true literary master- Lamed Shapiro (1878–1948). I'm touched by his style, his complete control of the craft of writing.

My style is defined by my journey, the joy of expanding my Universe with you.

"Style has nothing to do with embellishment, as some people think; it’s not even a matter of technique.
Like the color sense in some painters, it’s a quality of vision, the revelation of the particular universe
that each of us sees and that no one else sees. The pleasure an artist offers us is to convey another universe to us."

Proust
(Trans. Roger Shattuck) from an Interview with Elle- Joseph Bois, 1913

Large image of "Universe" found- here

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