Love, in fact, is the expression and the agent of universal synthesis. —Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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The many stuffs—matter, energy, waves, phenomena—that worlds are made of are made along with the worlds. But made from what? Not from nothing, after all; but from other worlds. 

Worldmaking as we know it always starts from worlds already on hand; the making is a remaking.


—Nelson Goodman
Ways of Worldmaking

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[...] there is something in the transfer, in the belief, in the folklore of what you do as a cook that makes your food that much different or that much better. 

If I want to believe that the enzymes (in the Kalbi Marinade mother sauce) break down the tough sinew and protein in the meat, I transfer that energy to the marinade, and that belief and that spirit transfers to the food. Somehow it's going to transfer to you and we're all going to be ok.


—Roy Choi 
from his excellent Masterclass

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A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches, and thoughts. And the consequences whether good or bad of even the least of them are far-reaching.


—Swami Sivananda

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I have been many things,

Before becoming as I am.

I have been a narrow multi-colored sword.

I have been a tear in the air.

I have lived as the faintest of stars.

I have been a word among letters,

A book among words.


—Taliesin, 500 ACE

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