NIGHTTIME LIGHTS, NIGHTTIME CLOUDS
Nighttime city clouds
Puffy altocumulus
Reflect city lights.
I stand in wonder
At man-made surreal color
But without portent.
While staring upward
I wonder within myself
Am I the only one?
Am I the only one
To stare with childlike wonder
And well past midnight?
Camera is tempting
But I resist the siren
For it is useless.
No film or sensor
Has such sensitivity
As my poignant eye.
— Dec. 13, 2005
This is a slice of my philosophical, lay scientific, musical, religious skepticism, and poetic musings. (All poems are my own.) The science and philosophy side meet in my study of cognitive philosophy; Dan Dennett was the first serious influence on me, but I've moved beyond him. The poems are somewhat related, as many are on philosophical or psychological themes. That includes existentialism and questions of selfhood, death, and more. Nature and other poems will also show up here on occasion.
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