Follow Contravex: Essaies de Pete D., filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/contravex-essaies-de-pete-d Wed, 27 Sep 2023 09:38:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkphwukswvqGBGZMehmtHS8- Dryving thru The countrysyde Past lite pollucian Green, purpel, pink Nite owl moruhlzi The extreem And its opasit Ahr both verchuse Too pockitz Left: dusty ashez Rite: holl world Creeyatid fohr meeii Naaseh v’nishmaiii Dryving thru The countrysyde To find the northurn lites It’s seriously annoying how much more “moral” morning people are propped up […]]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 14:22:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkphwukswvqGBGZMehmtHS8- https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkq65sQCF-nDe4fjc6hd5eWF Life, a Rubik’s Cube in hand — each colour plays its part,i Turn each piece with mindful ease; the art is in the start. Yellow, like a tranquil sun, beams from our inner core,ii Smile — observe — the world itself becomes a smiling shore.iii Beauty, not a lofty goal, but presence in each seam,iv […]]]> Sun, 17 Sep 2023 22:57:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkq65sQCF-nDe4fjc6hd5eWF https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkqwCI0btUXp6BKeetMRuZbW The week before school,i To school we went, Back to the farms, Ouroboros underrated.ii Concentration of consciousness, A miracle, a blessing, Reject random Rolls of the dice. The eternal is eternal, There’s no end to Him, No more than day / night,iii No matter how much we matter.iv And of course we matter! It’s all […]]]> Sun, 10 Sep 2023 15:20:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkqwCI0btUXp6BKeetMRuZbW https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkqZoe2pGvAtz96jHbRcHw3s “Out of the crooked timber of humanity, No straight thing was ever made.” ~Immanuel Kant Whilst “carbon” might merely be a convenient scapegoat for the zombified secular religion known as “industrialised capitalism” as we know it today, it’s worthwhile considering some of the more practical (and positive!) factors at play in the full-court press towards […]]]> Sun, 03 Sep 2023 15:07:28 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkqZoe2pGvAtz96jHbRcHw3s https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkrPLHHdeHvjDi1Ly282xAAw As I gaze across at my newly “specced” Taycan GTS Sport Turismo in Carmine Red on Truffle Brown leather with heated/cooled/massage seats, Burmester audio, and electrochromatic glass roof, I feel fairly contented… but not exactly like a kid on Christmas day. But why not? Why am I not “EEEK”ing with glee like your run-of-the-mill kid […]]]> Sun, 27 Aug 2023 14:31:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkrPLHHdeHvjDi1Ly282xAAw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkroDZbeHn1GbeGrEXdXG_66 Torus, silent light Thunder-borne, takes flight Stars to whispers fade In sleep’s white charadei Universe, unsaid, made Return, once more return To sleep, to sun’s discern To lands where memories wave Words, oscillate Like truths they state Constellations in air Matter spun, so rare Magic, silent, everywhere Return, once more return To sleep, where shadows […]]]> Sun, 20 Aug 2023 15:39:01 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkroDZbeHn1GbeGrEXdXG_66 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkqh3dX73MtcrWnhpmeYcemU To begin with a quote from the great JB from his 110th instalment of Avoidable Contact:i You see, “cool” isn’t something you get from a car. It’s something you give to a car. When I was 29 years old, I thought owning a 911 would make me cool. It did not. Owning a 911 never […]]]> Sun, 13 Aug 2023 15:04:50 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkqh3dX73MtcrWnhpmeYcemU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkrzZ0SSKN0npUoy9CZgXDJO This past week we were in Orlando FL for a competition – a Ninja Warrior competition to be precisei – and while in the area, and with two Disney-fanatic in-laws in-tow, we spent a (very) full day at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, the flagship theme park property for the world’s leading youth indoctrination empire.ii And […]]]> Sun, 06 Aug 2023 14:41:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkrzZ0SSKN0npUoy9CZgXDJO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkr5HaM7JTt8BzErtZyObPkc Our pal NorCal had a great question recently, one that got me thinking (and back in the mood for prose after goodness knows how many tangential months of poetry): What do you think makes a successful collectors item or collection of items? I understand historical, scarcity, value/perceived value. But you have much more experience in […]]]> Sun, 30 Jul 2023 14:45:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkr5HaM7JTt8BzErtZyObPkc https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkruSldFAPybZqgHTd9OkkKt We have left the American sector,i But of course we haven’t,ii (Not if we’re still reading this).iii We want war, war, We want war, war, To bring us together, Communiteeeee, WAGMIIIIII.iv To make us suit up, show up, grow up,v Stand up, sit down, mask on, 10 years, a little more, Before Spartans we’ll make […]]]> Sun, 23 Jul 2023 14:30:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkruSldFAPybZqgHTd9OkkKt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkpdzx6gIKQFwG0dX84dnP8Y Sense and sensibility an aperture into form Immaterial predication of vibrationi Martians mean more than the moonii Unsure as we are that everything mattersiii Love binding ego with understandingiv A playful dose dances dreamilyv Then collapses history into eternity Intertwining class and marriagevi Only peace steels new Carolingiansvii Narrating illusions to musical theatreviii ___ ___ […]]]> Sun, 16 Jul 2023 14:45:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkpdzx6gIKQFwG0dX84dnP8Y https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkpHeibmHEJ66oMOI2eu70Rg She’s so sweet, so cold, so fair,i She checked the chain, painted the lines, Artistic impulse subsumed to craft, She’ll never go bankrupt in pursuit,ii Her creations executed, without evolution, Like Kenny G.iii Let her go, let her go, oh bless her, She’s not Corbu, Mies, or LL, Closer to Bulpitt by hand, if not […]]]> Sun, 09 Jul 2023 14:48:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkpHeibmHEJ66oMOI2eu70Rg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkqmACeyop3LyFhGNgNo2_0q All roads lead here, some even leave, if you follow,i Canberra caresses Victoria, verily towards Venice, Iron fist in a Glooskap glove, rhythm, sensing, patience.ii As it turns out, métier is not matter, but mystery, Data most sacred, Democracy too,iii As if Lizards run the show, not hybrids of Sloths.iv Ungrateful forecasts beget tear-tickling fears,v […]]]> Sun, 02 Jul 2023 14:14:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkqmACeyop3LyFhGNgNo2_0q https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkqKNjO2H8X33-Gkz6RCC25z O greddled jurtles, all is turling dromes to thee, Even thy beetle-browed Reason, mordious in meanin‘ she, Like lurgid gabbleblotchits on a drangle bee, Earth and grub, one with another, self-entwining eartedly. Thy blurted dreams of Wholesome, pestulent spaces, In the heart of city filth, where violent memes breed,i Gargling with the rancid groop, in […]]]> Sun, 25 Jun 2023 14:18:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkqKNjO2H8X33-Gkz6RCC25z https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkoJUdkll1GxUWsGk81fO-bN Tragedy of dependency Hunger of wonder Hierarchy of value Virtue of power Mercy of meritocracy Redeemer of fear Master of survival Sorrow of tears Eschatology of knowledge Hacking of darkness Cain of contemplation Cantor of arcus Intervention of convention Soothing of soubrette Teshuka of together Heathen of roulette It’s all so meaningful.i Inspired by Ari […]]]> Sun, 18 Jun 2023 14:39:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkoJUdkll1GxUWsGk81fO-bN https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkrEhPT10igzka7VFky8BpXO Spreadsheet-drunk dazzler, Self-deal preserves, Daring dice feeling, Damocles’ nerves. Risks intermixed with Holoviz rafts, Promises age so Faith stays enmask’d. Time sews new factum, Tygers‘ nurse roots, Hail Mary culture, Bowed heads commute. Egged for the fences, HR FU, Way-station NA,i Singles still do. Sirens sing promise, Pitch extra sauce, There is no try, Do… […]]]> Sun, 11 Jun 2023 14:34:29 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkrEhPT10igzka7VFky8BpXO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGko4xNrPsY1U7YMOI2eu70Rg Riffing off of Jim Paul’s 2013 classic “What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars,” let’s dig into one of my more recent – and really rather painful – failures in the world of “investing.” For your enlightenment and entertainment, of course! Because while it’s all well and good to celebrate our successes in life,i lest […]]]> Sun, 04 Jun 2023 14:32:54 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGko4xNrPsY1U7YMOI2eu70Rg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkplc5E968-SQrG7Iy_4u0x9 Strength true as Silence, Shoulders broad as Rainbows, Frame fertile as Chaos, Maid milky as The Way. Skin serene as Routine, Bosom burning as Midnight, Light glowing as Praise, Folds fastidious as Gardens. Bread real as War, Bounty rich as Tradition, Moment earnest as Ethic, Honour lasting as Impression. Werk maakt je waardig.]]> Sun, 28 May 2023 14:29:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkplc5E968-SQrG7Iy_4u0x9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkp94KnPW0gKslw3HFUzDTIP The city most ancient, all prophets respect, Where history and heavens connect, Jerusalem: White City on high, Graced eternal ‘neath endless skies. Bedrock of stone stronger than Samson, One building material binds heroes to grandsons, Each block a spell disguising growth, More cars and cranes so little loath’d. Its creamy white coat, an ancient poem, […]]]> Sun, 21 May 2023 14:25:45 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkp94KnPW0gKslw3HFUzDTIP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkqrcqc2XwPnJhhSCv31NykC מַסָּדָה נָשָׂאת גַּאוֹן, מְגַדֵּל עַל הַמִּדְבָּר, סֵפֶר צָרוֹתֵיהֶן מְרוֹרֵר, רֶשֶׁף מִכַּתֵּף הַזִּכְרוֹן, דַּמְעוֹת הַנַּעַר וְהַזְּקֵן, נֹפְלוֹת כַּמַּיִם מֵעֵינוֹן, הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִי חוֹזֵק, אֵינוֹ פֹּחֵד מִפְּנֵי הָאוֹיֵב. נִקְשֵׁי הַגּוֹרָל קָשֶׁים, כֵּן, אֲבָל הָאֱמוּנָה גְּדוֹלָה, הַמָּוֶת לֹא תָּמִיד מְפַחֵד, פַּחַד מִן הַשִּׁפְלוּת יוֹתֵר. מֵאָז וּמֵעוֹלָם הִז Since then and forever, the memory…]]> Sun, 14 May 2023 14:45:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xxQ6XwlJGkqrcqc2XwPnJhhSCv31NykC