Even to Resist

CS Lewis writes, in Letters to Malcolm, of humans and the lower lifeforms, that humans have been given the freedom "... to will his will ('and wield their little tridents'): the lower one simply execute it automatically (74-75)." The freedom to choose includes the freedom even to resist.

Egg: Counted

i was sitting in Highland Coffees wondering what to draw when a friend entered and sat at the table next to me. He told me of his application to be a summer programmer at Google (by the way, he prefers Macs). But then he said, "Well, now that i told you, isral, it won't happen."



i told him that i understood the sentiment. Only the things to which i look forward are those things which do not occur. We agreed that our earnest outlooks often jinx our futures.



So, after the image came to mind's eye and i began drawing he informed me that today, 05-21-2006, was his 21st birthday. So i dedicated the image inspired by our little talk as his birthday present.

android fallacy

The Android's Fallacy: the Heart Pretending to be a Brain. No, it wasn't thinking, it was emotion running amok.