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  • The Fig — a miniature constant

    A ficus carica is a plant that carries the fruit known as the common fig. In the History of our civilizations, it was one of the earlier fruit trees to be cultivated. To humankind, its leaves may have served as the very first bikini. Long ago, before being considered the poor man’s food, about seventy…

    September 20, 2020

    Sila Blume

    Foods, Nutrition
    Adam and Eve, fig, figs, Silk Road, Studentenfutter, trail mix
    The Fig — a miniature constant
  • Colors after Brown

    Eating is a state of mind. Directly and indirectly, that is where all begins. How we eat, and why we eat, goes beyond scientific nutritional values. One day I spent hours cooking the shoulder of a goat. After the long process, I enjoyed it in a risotto. The next day, though, called for a different,…

    September 19, 2020

    Sila Blume

    Foods, Nutrition
    cherry tomatoes, red amaranth, shiso, Swiss chard
    Colors after Brown
  • to be: Breathing

    In transporting the breath, the inhalation must be full. When it is full, it has big capacity. When it has big capacity, it can be extended. When it is extended, it can penetrate downward. When it penetrates downward, it will become calmly settled. When it is calmy settled, it will be strong and firm. When…

    September 19, 2020

    Sila Blume

    Breathing, Existentialism, ing form, to be, Wisdom
    Eastern Philosophy, how to breathe, stone inscriptions, yoga, Zhou Dynasty
    to be: Breathing
  • Art & Science — from beginning to end

    September 19, 2020

    Sila Blume

    Fine Tobacco, Photography
    cigar art, cigar culture, cigar porn, cigar roller, cigar science, cigars, fine smoking, puros, torcedero
    Art & Science — from beginning to end
  • Personal Lexicon

    Love During moments of intensity, when I witness utter sensitivity and perception levels, and life seems to be the pure, wild, lively, all encompassing depth of the ocean: that is when love, as essence and as gift, becomes the most self evident reality. Sila Blume, 9/2020 Photo: Aristolochia gigantea (Riesen Pfeifenblume)

    September 18, 2020

    Sila Blume

    Biographical, Personal Lexicon
    Aristolochia gigantea, definitions, Love, meaning, personal, Riesen Pfeifenblume
    Personal Lexicon
  • Poetry and Truth (Dichtung und Wahrheit)

    September 18, 2020

    Sila Blume

    Still Life
    aesthetic, Photography, wabi sabi
    Poetry and Truth (Dichtung und Wahrheit)
  • Cacao Pod

    September 18, 2020

    Sila Blume

    Cacao, Nature
    botanical, cacao flower, cacao plant, cacao pod
    Cacao Pod
  • Mount Malabar

    September 18, 2020

    Sila Blume

    Coffee, Nature, Tea, Travel
    Bandung, coffee plantation, Indonesia, Malabar Mountain, Photography, tea plantation, West Java
    Mount Malabar
  • Still Life — garlic bulbs

    September 17, 2020

    Sila Blume

    Foods, Photography
    acacia wood, garlic, Still Life
    Still Life — garlic bulbs
  • in a box, in a shell

    in a box in a shell with a head and a wonderful substance, making thread I am trying . in a box in a shell close to hell there’s a feeling here given when a life train is ridden in the dark level light there’s more joy — SilaBlume / 1981

    September 16, 2020

    Sila Blume

    Human Condition, ing form, to be, Songs & Poems
    Life, public opinion, Society
  • New York Public Library

    September 15, 2020

    Sila Blume

    Architecture, Manhattan, New York City
    monumental, New York Public Library, Photography, staircase
    New York Public Library
  • Impotence and Imprisonment

    Give me rather impotence sitting by a coffee on an island of beauties — whichever species — than intimacies and orgasms in a state of imprisonment. 2012

    September 15, 2020

    Sila Blume

    Existentialism, Human Condition, Quotes
    freedom, impotence, Imprisonment, Life
  • grind

    To rotate the hips erotically  To break down a hard substance to a finer size or degree To work excessively  To never attend parties Monotonous, difficult labor To become pulverized or sharp through friction To reduce to powder, or small fragments To wear down To create constant friction on hard materials  To rub roughly To…

    September 15, 2020

    Sila Blume

    Coffee, Language
    Coffee, grinder, ground coffee, Mortar and Pestle, to grind
  • New Yorker

    September 14, 2020

    Sila Blume

    Animals, New York City, Photography
    Hell’s Kitchen, horses, Manhattan, NYC, Oddities
    New Yorker
  • Time

    “Time will tell.” So, you sit around waiting for time to tell. And while you sit around waiting for time to tell, “Time flies by”, And time tells. And time says: “Time’s up!”

    September 14, 2020

    Sila Blume

    Sayings, Time
    relativity, time flies by, time is up, time will tell
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