San Francisco Perl

"The year 2000 is the point at which it
became cheaper to collect information
than to understand it."

-- Freeman Dyson

April 18,[masked]pm in California, 8pm in the UK

Zoom meeting link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89164485279?pwd=djIvYmZBQkt0SFVwQmFRWmdWelBzQT09

Passcode: 4RakuRoll

William James, "Essays in Radical Empiricism" (1912):

"Mental knives may be sharp, but they won't cut real wood.
Mental triangles are pointed, but their points won't
wound. With 'real' objects, on the contrary, consequences
always accrue... "

The Raku Study Group

April 11th,[masked]pm in California, 8pm in the UK

Zoom meeting link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87947132947?pwd=WjlYR29obHlhdmt5T3d6UW52OFFEUT09

Passcode: 4RakuRoll

Flaming Carrot, "Night Patrol" (1986) by Bob Burden:

I feel it rising now...
... like little bubbles...
THE MOON IS FULL...
... in a full moon, your brain floats to top of your head...
I feel it...
beginning to boil...
a lot will happen tonight.

The Raku Study Group

March 28,[masked]pm in California, 8pm in the UK

Zoom meeting link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81127128506?pwd=N0I5bkxUZTRLaWwxN2RJTGlsT254QT09

Passcode: 4RakuRoll

"Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being-- like a worm."
-- Jean-Paul Sartre, "Being and Nothingness"

The Raku Study Group

March 21,[masked]pm in California, 8pm in the UK

Zoom meeting link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85728574799?pwd=S2lZN3J0WkRTcU9WZFRMMXdsM1FWUT09

Passcode: 4RakuRoll

Donald Knuth, "Computer programming as an art", CACM, December 1974:

"In this connection it is most important for us all
to remember that there is no one 'best' style; everybody
has his own preferences, and it is a mistake to try to force
people into an unnatural mold. ... The important thing is
that you really *like* the style you are using; it should be
the best way you prefer to express yourself."

The Raku Study Group

March 14th,[masked]pm in California, 9pm in the UK

Zoom meeting link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88493580999?pwd=Zmt3bUE0SFZLYU9MRnFDSXY5eDJLQT09

Passcode: 4RakuRoll

From Aristotle's "Categories", the first book of The Organon
(trans. Harold P. Cook):

"When genera are co-ordinate and different, differentiae will
differ in kind. Take the genera, animal and knowledge.
'Footed', 'two-footed', 'winged', 'aquatic' are among the
differentiae of animal. But none will be found to distinguish a
particular species of knowledge. No species of knowledge will
differ from another in being 'two-footed'."

The Raku Study Group

March 7th,[masked]pm in California, 9pm in the UK

Zoom meeting link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89274956341?pwd=MU13Zmhocml4UThYaWNYWmFvdWs5UT09

Passcode: 4RakuRoll

The SF Perl Raku Study Group, 02/28 at 1pm PDT

"With the Power of your Ancestor
Grant the prayer of your followers,
Arise and Show Your Power"

"Mothra's Song" (1961) by Yuji Koseki

The Raku Study Group.

February 28th,[masked]pm in California, 9pm in the UK

Zoom meeting link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89426065814?pwd=ZXVKMmxBVjk3czVKTzl6WER3MTAzQT09

Passcode: 4RakuRoll

The SF Perl Raku Study Group, 02/21 at 1pm PDT

Christopher Marlowe, "Doctor Faustus" (~1588)

"Learned Faustus, To know the secrets of astronomy
Graven in the book of Jove's high-firmanent,
Did mount himself to scale Olympus' top.
Being seated in a chariot burning bright
Drawn by the strength of yoked dragons necks
He views the clouds, the planets, and the stars,
The tropic zones and quarters of the sky"

The Raku Study Group

February 21,[masked]pm in California, 9pm in the UK

Zoom meeting link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82011558402?pwd=M2pjT3kxci9MRGpVRy84MWZGd3ROUT09

Passcode: 4RakuRoll

The SF Perl Raku Study Group, 02/14 at 1pm PDT

Juanita Nelson, "A Matter of Freedom" from
"Seeds of Liberation" (1964) edited by Paul Goodman:

"How could I presume to have so much of the truth that I
would defy constituted authority? What made me so
certain of myself in this regard? I was not certain.
But it seemed to me that if I should see only one thing
clearly, it was not necessary to see all things clearly
in order to act on the one thing."

The Raku Study Group

February 14,[masked]pm in California, 9pm in the UK

Zoom meeting link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88310040715?pwd=QWUwcnlqY0ZJUkd2UklVWDg0KzMrZz09

Passcode: 4RakuRoll

The SF Perl Raku Study Group, 02/07 1pm PDT

Leo Tolstoy, "Anna Karenina":

"After wavering for some time between various kinds of
art-- religious, historical, genre or realistic-- he
began to paint. He understood all the different kinds
and was able to draw inspiration from all, but he could
not imagine that it is possible to be quite ignorant of
the different kinds of art and to be inspired directly
by what is in one's own soul, regardless of whether what
one paints belongs to any particular school."

The Raku Study Group

February 7th,[masked]pm in California, 9pm in the UK

Zoom meeting link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84111464035?pwd=UVJKS0J2UWFUUkN5SkJTNWhkTE1Cdz09

Passcode: 4RakuRoll