Recommendations

No single source is definitive on any given topic, ever.  To memorize the information presented within a single source such that you can repeat said information on command, as facts, and consider yourself an expert on the given topic is an insult to yourself and those to whom you are presenting said information.  In other words, no one knows everything about anything; it is simply not possible.  How then do you become knowledgeable on a given topic?  By studying multiple, even conflicting, sources.  You gather as much information as is reasonable, then distill it down to that which doesn’t conflict with your own *cough* sense of reason *cough*.  In light of that, I’m presenting my personal recommendations for books and movies that one would do well to read and view should they be interested in the topics I’m presenting in this blog.

Some of these books and movies may contradict each other on certain points.  I may not personally agree with each point presented in each work.  Some of these present very controversial information, some may contradict facts that you have taken as granted for being fundamental truths.  The bottom line is that we must each decide for ourselves that which we will take as truth.  No matter the topic or circumstance in life, that holds true, relatively.  Unless for you it doesn’t.  See how that works?

Without further ado, here is a picture that I just took:

Alphabetically, we have:

Alex Grey’s Chapel of Sacred Mirrors

Gunther von Hagens’s Bodyworlds

Democracy is Self Government

God Wants you Dead

Man and Woman and Child

Thinking and Destiny

Waking Life

What the Bleep Do We Know!?

Way of the Peaceful Warrior

Zeitgeist: The Movie

Some of these have already been identified, others may be new to you.  All hold a value well beyond their respective price tags.  Throughout the next few posts, I’ll elaborate on each work.

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On another note: Please know that I am publishing each new post on the day it is written… there is no backlog, outline or plan for future posts.  This blog is off-the-cuff, and hopefully that adds to the enjoyment of reading it, as it definitely adds to the enjoyment of writing it.  As such, please be understanding of potential large gaps between posts.

Until next time…