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James Moore has published eight collections of poems and original art. He has spent his adult life as a resident of Washington State, much of it off-grid in the remote North Central region, during which time he has worked as a climbing and vocational instructor.

Retired now and self employed with Opti-Mystic Arts, his spiritual and literary influences range from Lao Tzu, Buddha Shakyamuni, Longchenpa, C.G. Jung, Mises, Rothbard and Sowell to Robert Hunter, Richard Thompson and Dr. Seuss.

"Dreams"

There is no ownership
in the night
where dreams come and go
alone
we burn the dead like cordwood
and wait for dawn
to summon the authorities
(2016)

"Sun Made Flesh and Fiber"

In the woods of your own making every tree
has a dark side
and each, a whole, casts a
...more

A Love Supreme

The modern world is a given. Basically it's the world of the present, no matter where or when. Somehow "Post-Modernism" was invented to imply a new world which has deconstructed the old (not ancient, just modern) into its abstract parts, as if these parts could somehow be unique to any age of man. What's unique of course is the perspective of a subjective world without any objective reality. In th Read more of this blog post »
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“We're all just walking, talking blobs of Earth.”
― James A. Moore

“Fascism is the stage reached after communism has proved an illusion.”
― Friedrich von Hayek

“Here the ways of men divide. If you wish to strive for peace of soul and happiness, then believe; if you wish to be a disciple of truth, then inquire.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“Normally I didn’t see a great deal. I didn’t hear a great deal either. I didn’t pay attention. Strictly speaking I wasn’t there. Strictly speaking I believe I’ve never been anywhere.”
― Samuel Beckett

“Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.”
― Lao Tsu, Tao Teh Ching

“A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open.”
― Frank Zappa

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