Word: originated
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...must begin at dawn before the eyes can know it, there is color-there is such slight quiet color that it comes all from one-the differences all our own, before morning before the sun can face everything directly, washing its color to origin-they are strong weighted colors-each passes through the center so that always the trees, the adobe, mountains beyond the dunes-all are penetrated by color from within, the mountains break the land up into different and early-colored mornings, themselves, they serve infinite silhouettes, their trees lighted against the snow by light that has passed...
...adobe comes from the land where the home is to be, it raised from the earth and still a part of it, the color is the land beneath the juniper and pinon which surround it, low to the ground and quiet, when abandoned, returns to the earth and origin. Ceilings are long log rafters covered with planks of wood, and earth above, they are low, are warm and welcome to the hand; the walls are earth and carry her warmth and rhythm fireplaces, for efficiency, curve the corners of the room, their openings are the most wonderful of parabolas, three...
They understood (conceived) vision as a process involving a ray originating in the eye, travelling out and striking an object-sight complete. Without psychology and philosophical hashings, from the very beginning, man's understanding of all things was subjective-the man himself is the source of his perceptions. There is a humility in that concept hard to understand. All you perceive has your nobility in perception, its importance determined by your awareness. What you don't see, cannot know, is shadow, darkness around and in corners, beyond horizons. We deal with unknowns in and with the terms of what...
...BRIEF history of world-wide use of cannabis and the methods used for harvesting is included, and Grinspoon makes a point of refuting the "Assassins" myth which attributes the origin of the name "hashish" to a band of eleventh century Persian warriors who (so the story goes) got high before battle. Grinspoon also sharply criticizes the AMA and in particular the anti-grass bias of the AMA journal...
...been "just inside" the gates Monday when the veterans arrived, but did not admit them because "they were a continuation of a demonstration in town." Pressed by newsmen, he said, "I stand corrected." Many observers here have indicated that yesterday's action was political, perhaps of White House origin...