Category Archives: Books & Literature

Taking Leave of Some Teachers

Gurdjieff, Ouspensky and Others The last name of George Ivanovich Gurdjieff was a household word in my father’s family, along with that of Gurdjieff’s major disciple, Peter Demianovich Ouspensky. I remember hearing these two strange sounding names from the mid-1940s … Continue reading →

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Sending Messages into the Future

[This article is by my friend Eric Gandy, a long-time resident of Stockholm, born in England]. The American photographer Edward Weston said “a photograph is a message you send into the future.” We are dependent on messages sent by previous … Continue reading →

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