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Eusapia Palladino: Remembering a Great Physical Medium with Carlos Alvarado

Published on Apr 9, 2020

Carlos S. Alvarado, PhD, is a Research Fellow at the Parapsychology Foundation, and Adjunct Research Faculty at Sofia University. He is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Near-Death Studies and the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, and is the Book Review Editor of the Journal of Parapsychology, and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Scientific Exploration. Alvarado is also the recipient of the 2010 Parapsychological Association’s Outstanding Contribution Award, the Parapsychological Association 2017 Outstanding Career Award. He is author of the book, Charles Richet: A Nobel Prize Winning Scientist's Explorations of Psychic Phenomena.

Here he describes the various investigations conducted with one of the most colorful and fascinating characters in the history of psychical research. Although it was widely acknowledged that Eusapia Palladino sometimes employed fraudulent methods to produce ostensible paranormal effects, he argues that a careful study of the literature provides convincing evidence that many of the phenomena she produced were genuine. These included materializations and table levitations. Seances with her inspired many different theoretical and experimental approaches.

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(Recorded on February 28, 2020)

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l2bbocsstuff · 2 years ago

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Thanks for the tag: @dedlock14

Last song: “Cool Night” Paul Davis and ballad from the 70s song on Sirius XM. I don't enjoy country music at all and I have spent a lot of money over the years on my collection.

Last TV Show: “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds”. I have seen every episode of every series. I am kind of a nerd that way.

Current TV Show: The last actual TV I watched was part of a playoff hockey game. 👍🏼

Currently Reading: Mostly I have been reading fanfics on AO3. Although today is supposed to be “Bring Your Towel Everywhere”, I may begin to re-read Douglas Adams Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series. The last book I read from cover to cover was “Extraordinary Endings of Practically Everything and Everybody” by Charles Panati. I don’t read much fiction in book form.

Rules: tag 9 people you want to know/catch up with.

Thanks @alice-fell-to-far for tagging me

Last song: Broken Bells by Greta Van Fleet

Last tv show: The Terror. And I cried even more this time around.

Current tv show: The Walking Dead. I needed something to watch with my mom and it turns out I still enjoy the early seasons pretty well.

Currently reading: Nothing but I really need to get back to reading. It's been too long.

Tagging: @rollingwiththedead, @taureanluver, @girlfraud, @fangirlforever2412, @vanwolffen, @ciestess, @alittlewarlord

#everyone I know or have heard of on here has already been tagged.

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hovel-of-horrendous-horrors · 7 years ago

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Random History: Alka-Seltzer- 1931, United States

The Alka-Seltzer story began in the winter of 1928, when Hub Beardsley, president of the Dr. Miles Laboratories, visited the offices of a local newspaper in Elkhart, Indiana. There was a severe flu epidemic that year. Many of Beardsley's own employees were out sick. But Beardsley learned that no one on the newspaper's staff had missed a day of work as the result of influenza. The paper's editor explained that at the first hint of a cold symptom, he dosed staff members with a combination of aspirin and baking soda.

Beardsley was impressed. Both medications were ancient, but their combination was novel. Since his laboratories specialized in home medicine chest remedies, he decided to test the formula. He asked his chief chemist, Maurice Treneer, to devise an attractive new tablet. Of course, what Treneer created- the pill that went "plop, plop, fizz, fizz"- was more novel than the combination of aspirin and baking soda and the gimmick was instrumental in popularizing the product.

Beardsley took a supply of the experimental tablets with him on a Mediterranean cruise. His wife reported that they cured her headaches. Beardsley himself found they soothed the ravages of excessive shipboard dining and drinking. And fellow passengers who tried the tablets claimed they cured seasickness.

The fizzing tablet, which prompted a hung-over W. C. Fields to joke, "Can't anyone do something about that racket!" bowed in 1931, during the Depression. Radio promotion was heavy. But Alka-Seltzer's sales really skyrocketed in 1933, when Americans emerged parched from the dry spell of Prohibition.

Ironically, one of Alka-Seltzer's original two ingredients, aspirin, is a strong stomach irritant for many people. This awareness caused Miles Laboratories to introduce an aspirin-free tablet called Alka-2 Antacid in the mid-1970's.

Today a wide variety of non-sodium, non-aspirin antacids neutralize stomach acid. A glance at the medicine chest shelf will reveal that the modern components are aluminum, calcium, bismuth, magnesium and phosphates and the one ancient ingredient is dried milk solids.

Taken from "Panati's Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things: Discover the fascinating stories of over 500 everyday items, expressions and customs, such as the band-aid, popcorn and the comb; sunglasses, the safety pin and the zipper; matches, potato chips, the bikini and Uncle Sam. Kleenex, Barbie dolls and the Boy Scouts; Mother Goose, Tupperware and nail polish." By Charles Panati.

#alkaseltzer #alka-seltzer #interesting #history #book #books #read #reads #reading #fun #neat

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bulldogedition · 7 years ago

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On the radar: Kevin Smith shooting a horror moving titled KILLROY WAS HERE.. Some of the filming took place at a Florida college..

A little bit of history about KILLROY WAS HERE: The phrase “Kilroy Was Here” originated in American culture as graffiti during World War II as a bald-headed man with a big nose peeking over a wall with the fingers of each hand clutching the wall. Smith said the new film will be the first installment of a horror anthology.. Even more: Author Charles Panati says that in the United States "the mischievous face and the phrase became a national joke...

The outrageousness of the graffiti was not so much what it said, but where it turned up."[2] The major Kilroy graffiti fad ended in the 1950s, but today people all over the world still scribble the character and "Kilroy was here" in schools, trains, and other public areas. It is believed that James J. Kilroy was the origin of the expression, as he used the phrase when checking ships at the Fore River Shipyard in Massachusetts during WWII..

I would love to hear if anyone knows anything further about the phrase..

Fascinating..

#kilroy was here #kevin smith #horror movies

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scareferencedesk · 7 years ago

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I am trying to find historical references to sunglasses or shades. All I can find are references to unreliable sources and dead ends. If you search '12th century chinese sunglasses' lots of articles appear but again, nothing I can use. Do you see anything in the later SCA time period? Thanks!!

*blows dust off Tumblr*

HI THERE.

So the issue I’m running into is a lot of books/websites make reference to smokey quartz being used in 12th century China to shield the eyes/expressions of judges in court - but there’s no citation for this. Which, as a SCAdian Sinologist, makes me raise an eyebrow.

LIke this image being captioned as 12th century smokey quartz glasses. I don’t believe it, because I don’t trust random Tumblr/Pinterest user as a reliable source.

Yeeeaaaah.

I do have images of Tang Dynasty eye-shades, from Secrets of the Silk Road (2010). They were only used as grave goods, though. Apparently the afterlife requires sunglasses. (Really, it was protection against sand and such, not unlike Inuit eyeshades.)

But here’s what I found - but remember your CRAAP test when going through these resources.

https://melnickmedicalmuseum.com/2010/02/17/medieval-sunglasses/

Developments in optometry can be traced back to the 1st century AD

The quest to correct and improve vision is one of man’s oldest medical challenges.By Victoria WardThe Telegraph, November 3, 2010

Medieval optometric traditions. [PDF]L Bieganowski - HINDSIGHT: Journal of Optometry History, 2009 - scholarworks.iu.eduYou can view more past issues of this journal here. [link]

SPECTACLES MENTIONED IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE (just a citation)A BarnettAmerican Journal of Optometry and Archives of American Academy of Optometry. 19(2):92, FEB 1942

Franciscus Maurolycus and his Photismi de Lumine, a chapter in late medieval optics. (just a citation)(PMID:4922899)Tannebaum SJournal of the American Optometric Association[01 Oct 1970, 41(10):868-869]

http://www.medievalists.net/2016/03/medieval-eyeglasses-wearable-technology-of-the-thirteenth-century/

http://www.antiquespectacles.com/history/ages/through_the_ages.htmThis one makes me go mnnneeeh, but it has some images and some footnotes, though the whole thing isn’t cited super well imho.

The Invention of Spectacles between the East and the WestInteresting perspective - because SO MANY of these articles tend to be Euro-centric. This is refreshing, and has citations! Whee!

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/sunglasses.htmThis is one Wikipedia cites, and while it has some book references, those books don’t really have citations. So I’m kind of meh.

An uncommon history of common things. Volume 2Author: National Geographic Society (U.S.)Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2015]

Panati’s extraordinary origins of everyday thingsAuthor: Charles PanatiPublisher: New York, NY : Chartwell Books, 2016.

#china #sunglasses #eyeshades #wearable technology #mediveal #sca #society for creative anachronism #technology #arts and sciences #clothing

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parttimereporter · 7 years ago

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Kevin Smith shooting a horror moving titled KILLROY WAS HERE.. Some of the filming took place at a Florida college..

A little bit of history about KILLROY WAS HERE: The phrase “Kilroy Was Here” originated in American culture as graffiti during World War II as a bald-headed man with a big nose peeking over a wall with the fingers of each hand clutching the wall. Smith said the new film will be the first installment of a horror anthology.. Even more: Author Charles Panati says that in the United States “the mischievous face and the phrase became a national joke…

The outrageousness of the graffiti was not so much what it said, but where it turned up.”[2] The major Kilroy graffiti fad ended in the 1950s, but today people all over the world still scribble the character and “Kilroy was here” in schools, trains, and other public areas. It is believed that James J. Kilroy was the origin of the expression, as he used the phrase when checking ships at the Fore River Shipyard in Massachusetts during WWII..

I would love to hear if anyone knows anything further about the phrase..

#kilroy was here #killroy was here #kevin smith #horror movies

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artderue2000 · 5 years ago

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What is Street Art?

‘I draw and my canvas is the world’. Jérôme Mesnager, one of the first French street painters, sums up modern Street Art concept very well; however, we have to take a few steps back in time if we want fully understand the concept behind Street Art.

Street art in the form of text or simple iconic graphics become well-known yet enigmatic symbols of an area or an era. Early political/social commentary graffitied onto public walls can be considered as the precursor to modern street art, and continue as one aspect of the genre. During World War II era some credits go to the ‘Kilroy was here’ graffiti as one such early example: author Charles Panati indirectly touched upon the general appeal of street art in his description of the "Kilroy" graffiti as "outrageous not for what it said, but where it turned up". However, much of what can now be defined as modern street art has well-documented origins dating from NY graffiti boom with its infancy in the 1960s, maturation in the 1970s, and peaking with the spray-painted full-car subway train murals of the 1980s centered in the Bronx.

As the 1980s progressed, a shift occurred from text-based works of early in the decade to visually conceptual street art such a Canadian artist Richard Hambleton's shadow figures. This period coincides with Keith Haring’s subway advertisement subversions and popular American artist of Haitian/Puertorican descent Jean-Michel Basquiat’s SAMO tags. Punk rock music's subversive ideologies were also instrumental to street art's evolution as an art form during the 1980s. Recognized as an early acts of "art provocation", they were a topic of conversation and debate at the time, and related legal conflicts raised discussion about intellectual property and artist's rights.

However, beside these few noble examples, early Street Art was mainly about "Getting Up", the term that graffiti artists used to describe their success in making their mark on the city transport system. So graffiti became the constant reminder of the loss of control of our environment, and an intrusion on the privacy of our neighborhoods. Nowdays, Street Art has moved from the beginnings of graffiti and vandalism to new modes where street artists work to bring messages, or just simple beauty, to an audience, The goal is no longer to mark the territory with an aggressive signature but to leave a message or even to open the city to color and imagination. Look at the city differently. Some artists use "smart vandalism" as a way to raise awareness of social and political issues. Others simply see urban space as a format for personal artwork, while others may appreciate the challenges and risks that are associated with installing illicit artwork in public places. Street Art is universal because it adapts to all architectural elements, to city issues and imperfections to catch our eye as a thought-provoking. Some observers use the term "independent public art" to describe a type of street art, which can also include work in remote places that may not be visited by an audience, and may also be short-lived. An ephemeral instance of colored smoke in the forest, or a precarious rock balance are examples.

Therefore, the concept behind Street Art has deeply changed over years. Today public art, urban art, wall art, street art...whatever its name is, has got its place in the history of art as a new form of expression deeply related to the themes of passing time, decay and residue of our modern society.

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kemocengrapi · 6 years ago

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Setahun Dawai: Mempertegas ‘Gnothi Seauton’ Dawainusa

OMONG DENG, dawainusa.com – Bila bulan November dalam text-text lagu ataupun text puisi dan naskah cerita fiksi selalu dikaitkan dengan bulan yang kelabu, yakni ditandai dengan linangan air mata dan rintik hujan yang menghukum sukma, tidak demikian bagi segenap crew Dawainusa, sebab yang terjadi justru sebaliknya.

Bulan November adalah bulan untuk menepuk dada (bukan untuk menyombongkan diri) seraya mengakui bahwa Dawainusa cukup berani, dengan tekad baja, mengambil waktu setahun berjalan di atas ketidakpastian sementara mimpi dan harapan tebal membaja terkantong dalam dada.

Pasalnya, tanggal 2 November adalah hari jadi atau hari ulang tahun Dawainusa. Untuk tahun ini, Dawainusa merayakan ulang tahunnya yang pertama. Usia yang sangat belia, seumur pernikahan Raisa dan Hamish Daud. Demikian perbandingan saudara seperguruan Andy Tandang yang ditugaskan untuk mengawangi bagian redaksi.

Namun mengapa ulang tahun harus dirayakan. Terlebih dalam konteks Dawainusa. Haruskah? Kata mbah google, pada awalnya, perayaan ulang tahun hanya dilakukan untuk raja, sebagai upaya menangkal kemalangan yang akan terjadi padanya. Seiring dengan berkembangnya zaman, perayaan ulang tahun anak kemudian dilakukan.

Baca juga: Awal Mulanya, Sebuah Catatan Pinggir untuk Setahun Dawainusa

Dalam buku karya Charles Panati yang memuat tulisan-tulisan kuno philochorus berjudul “Book: Extraordinary Origins Everyday Things”, dikatakan bahwa kue ulang tahun pertama datang dari Yunani. Orang-orang yunani kuno pada saat itu merayakan hari kelahiran dewi Artemis.

Ulang tahun sendiri adalah hari kelahiran seseorang, menandai hari dimulainya kehidupan di luar rahim. Menurut Rabbi Yissocher Frand, seorang rabbi Yahudi, ulang tahun kelahiran seseorang merupakan hari khusus karena doa seseorang tersebut pada hari itu, dapat terkabulkan.

Kembali ke Dawainusa. Dawainusa memiliki banyak mimpi yang ingin dicapai. Dalam perjalanan mengapai setiap mimpi itu, banyak tantangan bahkan ancaman datang menghadang.

Banyak pula kegetiran, ketakutan yang menjelma dalam simbahan air mata (hanya tim internal yang tahu, publik tak boleh tau. Iya to). Untuk menangkalnya, perlu doa. Doa di hari jadi, atau menyampaikan ujud kepada yang Esa di hari jadi, kata Rabbi Yahudi tadi, diyakini paling sangat dikabulkan.

Setahun Dawainusa, Getarnya Sudah Terasa

Dalam setahun yang berlalu, Dawainusa telah berkontribusi untuk Flobamora. Kendati belum banyak memang. Namun lihat saja, dalam dua bulan Dawainusa keluar dari rahim, dia telah mengantongi rangking teratas secara alexa dalam katogori website dari seluruh website yang ada di tanah Flobamorata.

Dawainusa akui, memang gema dari senandungnya belum sampai pada titik menjatuhkan daun kuping para pembuat kebijakan. Namun Dawainusa pernah dan barangkali sering membuat telinga yang mendengarnya merah maron.

Masih ingat Kemendikbud, Muhajir Effendi? Sang menteri membuat pernyataan yang seolah-olah mengambinghitamkan anak-anak NTT terkait kualitas pendidikan Indonesia yang sungguh sangat buruk di mata dunia.

Baca juga: Antara Media Online yang Tidak Laku, Bujang Lapuk dan Perawan Tua

Sontak saja, pernyataan itu menuai protes yang yang sangat massif dari warga NTT di berbagai belahan nusantara selepas Dawainusa memuat ulasan dan interpretasi terkait pernyataannya.

Protes masyarakat NTT ini cukup beralasan. Sebab banyak yang mengakui, seperti apa sepak terjang para putra-putri NTT baik di kancah nasional maupun internasional.

Sebuah kenyataan yang tak bisa diganggut gugat bahwa putra-putri NTT luar biasa, cerdas-cerdas. Dalam berbagai kompetisi, putra-putri NTT banyak kali mengharumkan nama bangsa. Kurang apalagi.

Di media sosial misalnya, video-video yang diposting Dawainusa ditonton hingga ratusan ribu kali. Komentar-komentar yang diterima Dawainusa pun lebih banyak yang positif dan menyentuh seperti, “Sa jadi kangen kampung”. Ada juga yang komentar, “Pinginnya cepat-cepat pulang, tanahku NTT ternyata luar biasa ya”, dan banyak lagi.

Mempertegas Gnothi Seauton Dawainusa

Gnothi Seauton adalah sebuah frasa yang berasal dari bahasa Yunani yang berarti “Know Thyself” dalam bahasa Inggris. Sementara dalam bahasa Indonesianya kira-kira terjemahannya adalah ‘ketahuilah dirimu sendiri.’

Frasa ini sangat lekat dengan seorang tokoh filsafat Yunani Kuno, yakni sang guru kebijaksanaan bernama Socrates. Sebab frasa ini tercetus dari alam pikirannya.

Bagi orang-orang Yunani Kuno, frasa ini memiliki makna yang sangat mendalam. Karenanya mereka mematrinya di mana-mana. Bagi mereka, mengenal diri sendiri adalah hal yang mahapenting.

Karena hal itu menyadarkan bahwa manusia berada ‘untuk’ dan ‘demi’ orang lain. Manusia hidup tak sendirian. Dan, hidup berarti menggenggam tanggung jawab bersama.

Ulang tahun Dawainusa, bukan semata-mata tentang doa-doa yang didengungkan di kuping Tuhan untuk dikabulkan atau tentang harapan-harapan yang digantungkan di langit sana, berharap para malaikat Tuhan menjaganya agar tak jatuh.

Ulang tahun Dawainusa, bukan juga semata-mata tentang litani yang terus dihunuskan ke jantung Sang Penguasa Jagat. Namun tentang bagaimana memantapkan semangat awal agar Dawainusa terus dan akan terus bersenandung.

Tentunya, senandung tak asal bersenandung. Senandung yang membuat setiap kuping yang mendengar, tak salah dalam menerka bahwa alunan itu adalah senandung Dawainusa.

Baca juga: Setahun Dawai: Tentang ‘Danong’ yang Pernah jadi Mimpi Bersama

Apa hubungannya Gnothi Seauton dengan ulang tahun Dawainusa? Menyadari bahwa setiap langkah awal yang selalu semangat, tak menutup kemungkinan langkah itu lama kelamaan akan gontai.

Setahun perjalanan, Dawainusa sudah menyaksikan sendiri bagaimana senar-senar itu datang dan pergi. Senar-senar itu datang dengan alasan yang digenggamnya sendiri. Pun ketika ia memilih pergi. Dia pergi dengan sebab dan alasan yang digenggamnya sendiri.

Untuk itu, di kesempatan ini, sebuah ucapaa terima kasih dari lubuk hati yang terdalam untuk yang pernah berjuang bersama Dawainusa perlu didaraskan. Terimaksih yang sebesar-besarnya.

Doa saya, “wish you all the best in life, in whatever endevors you do”. Bagi yang masih menetap, saya yakin, Penguasa Langit dan Bumi tak mungkin menutup mata dan membiarkan Dawainusa berjalan di atas bara api duniawi tanpa bimbingan-Nya.

Ibarat sebuah Dawai, pertama kali dimainkan, senar-senarnya pastilah kencang dan kuat, namun bila sering dimainkan, sekuat dan sekencang apapun senar-senar itu, maka dia pasti akan kendor juga. Iya to?

Gnothi Seauton secara harafiah artinya “kenalilah dirimu sendiri”. Mengenal diri sendiri di sini merupakan sebuah tugas mahapenting. Kau tak bisa memberikan sesuatu kepada orang lain, bila kau tak tahu apa sebetulnya yang kamu miliki.

Dalam proses mengenali diri sendiri, seseorang akan melalui sebuah perjalanan penjang ke dalam diri. Bila sudah sampai pada dirinya, ia akan diperhadapkan dengan beberapa pertanyaan seperti “siapa saya? Apakah yang saya berikan untuk diri saya? Apakah yang saya berikan untuk keluarga saya? Untuk lingkungan sekitar saya? Untuk tanah air saya? Untuk kaum saya? Untuk seluruh umat manusia?”

Bangsa Yunani memang amat dekat dengan ‘cinta kebijaksanaan’ atau philosophy (filsafat). Bagi mereka ungkapan indah — Gnothi Seauton— tak boleh menjadi klise dalam text book semata.

Karenanya, ia harus diantar ke tempat yang kudus. Tujuannnya agar budi yang arif tak menjadi milik dunia belaka tapi bagian dari tata kehidupan mahaluas bersama sang Pencipta.

Di sana kearifan diberdayakan dalam apa yang mereka sebut ‘iman’ akan Yang Maha Kuasa. Mereka tak mengajar agama semata. Namun mereka percaya, moralitas, sebagai mahkota budi, berasal dari Yang Kuasa. Untuk itu harus selalu dikejar.

Perlu disadari, adanya kebijakan mengenai kebebasan pers belakangan ini, informasi dan berita yang disajikan cenderung dapat menjadi ancaman yang sangat serius dan meresahkan masyarakat terlebih mengenai kerukunan dan persatuan antar individu.

Dengan alih-alih kebebasan pers, banyak media-media online yang mulai seenaknya mempublikasikan berita-berita yang dapat merusak moral bangsa. menyebarkan berita hoax dll.

Dawainusa hadir dengan idealisme untuk melaksanakan peran media massa sebagaimana mestinya. Selama ini, saya pikir, Dawainusa sudah melaksanakan salah satu fungsinya yakni pengawasan dengan menyediakan informasi dan peringatan kepada masyarakat tentang apa saja yang terjadi di lingkungan mereka.

Selain itu, dalam fungsinya meng-up date pengetahuan dan pemahaman manusia tentang lingkungan sekitarnya, pun sudah dilakukan. Juga dalam menjalankan fungsinya sebagai sarana memproses, menginterpretasikan dan mengkorelasikan seluruh pengetahuan atau hal yang diketahui oleh manusia. Dawainusa sudah lakukan.

Pun ketika berbicara mengenai fungsi transmisi nilai, yakni menyebarkan nilai, ide dari generasi satu ke generasi yang lain serta fungsi hiburan yakni menghibur manusia yang cenderung untuk melihat dan memahami peristiwa atau pengalaman manusia sebagai sebuah hiburan, dsb.

Fungsi-fungsi tersebut di atas, Dawainusa sudah lakukan dalam perjalanannya setahun ini. Mempertahankan poin-poin yang tersebut di atas sungguh berat, seberat rindunya Dilan.

Namun, yang terpenting adalah menjadikan poin-poin di atas sebagai idealisme yang memang sudah ditanam sejak awal berdirinya Dawainusa dan tetap berpegang teguh padanya. Niscaya, langkah-langkah Dawainusa pasti akan tetap berjalan meski jalan yang dilaluinya tak selalu lapang.

Di atas segalanya, menjaga moralitas dan terus bersenandung (menulis, red) dengan kearifan adalah hal mahapenting yang terus dipertahankan kedepannya.

Akhirnya, Gnothi Seauton hanyalah aksara. Mungkin hampir tanpa makna bagi yang tak paham. Ia bahkan bukan nilai, layaknya keutamaan ‘kasih’ dan ‘bela rasa’. Ia hanya sebuah pesan untuk ‘mengenali diri sendiri’.

Karena dengan mengenal diri sendiri, moralitas yang kita anut mendapat pencerahan. Harapannya, Dawainusa menjadi media penjaga moral bangsa dengan tulisan-tulisan yang arif dan bijaksana.

Salam

Rikard Djegadut Salah satu penggagas Dawainusa

Selengkapnya: Setahun Dawai: Mempertegas ‘Gnothi Seauton’ Dawainusa

#dawai

#Dawai #Nusa #Nusantara

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wartakanlah · 6 years ago