Of Raw Material

08/27/2023

"Satan vs. Christ:
Who is that about... if it's not about you?" *

"When you reach Dostoevsky in heights... you can identify with the villain. And that's when (sophisticated) literature really reaches its pinnacle..." *

(runs 1:23)
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*Jordan Peterson comments on the line between good and evil IRL when comparing in terms of great writer's like Dostoevsky in works such as "The Gulag Archipelago."

With Lex Fridman (podcast excerpt 8/23/22)
https://youtu.be/zxe8xbLqMYM&t=83 (runs 4:10)

05/18/2023

"THE POWER OF EMPATHY"
I invite you to read ̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶ ChatAI's latest creation. **
(Published 5/18/23 at 9:08am ET US)
https://www.ofrawmaterial.com/2023/05/18/the-power-of-empathy

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** I played with ChatGPT (aka ChatAI) this morning for the first time. I asked it a series of over-the-top esoteric questions just to see what it would say. Then I asked it to create a rhyme or poem in response to one posted to a favorite site of mine, TheRememberings.com on 5/11/23 entitled "Empathy." This is that rhyme.

Compassion blooms, from empathy’s seed, A force that can heal us and those in need,

04/27/2023

SWEET BREAD (6/25/1985)

(written while living in Oak Park, IL | original typewritten document laying atop the original manila envelope in which it was stored)

04/08/2023

What is Truth? | runs 1:22:22
https://soundcloud.com/1hiraethproject/what-is-truth

(photo credit: Matt Pecorella, FB photo of Jones Beach-Field 6. 3-23-23)

Recorded 4-8-23 (photo credit: 3-23-23 Matt Pecorella FB photo of Jones Beach-Field 6.)

03/14/2023

01/26/2023

"THE REALITY EXPERIENCE"
I invite you to read my latest creation.
(Published 1/26/23 at 4:44pm ET US)

When we are young, existence new, we calibrate to what’s said’s true. As seasons change, foundation set, it’s purpose we seek fore to vett.

12/20/2022

"ECHOES BEYOND"
I invite you to read my latest creation.
(Published 12/20/22 at 1:11pm ET US)

Beyond this Universe of time, beyond its spin that corner’s mine, doth lie an elemental moot, divine embrace; The Absolute.

10/22/2022

"INSTEAD"
I invite you to read my latest creation.
(Published 10/20/22 at 4:44pm ET US)

It’s easy to craft a position devoid of a plan… a solution, awaiting a workout to cue from the no thing actioning outcome.

10/18/2022

"TRUST"

I invite you to read my latest creation
Published on 10/18/22 at 1:11pm ET US

As the earth spins, mine the wave of unconditional love.

09/23/2022

"LEGACY"

I invite you to read my latest creation
Published on 9/23/22 at 3:11pm ET US

Stand up for your position; be it family, mobility, alternative voice, or free choice. Stand firm against life’s tyranny, reality’s delivery.

09/06/2022

"THE NEXT GREAT SWELLING WAVE"

I invite you to read my latest creation
Published on 9/5/22 at 11:11pm ET US

I cherish having known this hour of quantum connection – a liquid curl of privacy in an ocean teeming with life.

07/21/2022

IMAGINE...
I invite you to read my latest creation
Published on 7/21/22 at 11:11am ET US
http://www.ofrawmaterial.com/2022/07/21/imagine

Imagine you have not a body… Envision the all you could do. Creation be yours, sown as godly. Behind the veiled curtain you’d coup