[New-Poetry] Re: Aphorisms, the symposium

[JforJames at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/28/2008 5:46:15 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
gearyjames at googlemail.com writes:

Dear  Aphorism Aficionado,

I am sending you this email because we have  corresponded at some point in 
the recent past about aphorisms, and I wanted to  alert you to a one-day 
symposium I've organized on the subject on March 14  in London. Please feel free to 
pass this email on to others whom you think  might be interested.

The symposium—The World in a Phrase:  Philosophy and the Aphorism—is 
sponsored by  the Institute of Philosophy and Goodenough College and takes  place in 
the Great Hall of London House at Goodenough College (Mecklenburgh  Square, 
WC1) in London. The aphorism - a world of thought compacted into a  single 
phrase - is the oldest written form of literature on the planet.  The aphorism is 
also the oldest form of philosophical writing, dating back to  the earliest 
moral and cosmological musings of the ancient Egyptians and  Chinese. Yet there 
remains no manner of thinking better suited to  contemporary times - and this 
one-day symposium will explore why. Poets,  professors, artists, philosophers, 
psychologists and comedians (and  aphorists!) from Europe and the U.S. will 
gather to discuss and celebrate the  aphorism as a privileged vehicle for 
grappling with the deepest  questions facing our world - and will show how the 
aphorism is just  the ticket if you are tired of ideologies but haven't given up on 
truth. We  have a great line-up of participants; an overview and information 
about  tickets can be found on the Institute of Philosophy's website:  

_http://www.philosophy.sas.ac.uk/content.php?id=43&pid=12_ 
(http://www.philosophy.sas.ac.uk/content.php?id=43&pid=12)   
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Myself and several other participants are also  planning to create a World 
Aphorism Forum—an international network of  aphorists and aphorism lovers—and 
use the symposium to hold an inaugural  meeting. For anyone interested in 
taking part, we'll meet at the University of  London around noon on Saturday March 
15, the day after the symposium. If  you're interested in becoming part of of 
the WAF but can't attend the  symposium, I will circulate details by email 
(unless you tell me otherwise)  after the event.

On the evening before the symposium—Thursday March  13—I will be doing my 
"juggling aphorisms" show @ 6:30 p.m. at  Waterstones bookshop on Gower Street.
(_  http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/navigate.do?pPageID=200006_ 
(http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/navigate.do?pPageID=200006) )
How can aphorisms change your  life? Find out at James Geary's juggling 
aphorism show. Geary presents a  mix of memoir, literary history, audience 
participation—and live juggling,  with words and balls. Geary roams through the 
audience, inviting people to  randomly pick an aphorism from a globe and read it 
aloud; Geary then tells  something about that aphorism and the person who wrote 
it, weaving in personal  and historical anecdote. Geary's authors range from 
Aristotle and Muhammad Ali  to Mae West and the Zen masters, and some 350 
aphorists in between, from the  beginnings of the aphorism in ancient Egypt and 
China right up to the present  day. There are also several blank strips of paper 
in the globe. If an audience  member draws one of these, they can name any 
theme and Geary must cite a  related aphorism on the spot. If he fails, they get a 
free copy of the book!  
 
 


A good time, and great aphorisms, are guaranteed for  all...

Thanks and best,
James

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interested in receiving  emails about aphorisms, please reply to that effect, 
too. Thank  you




 
 
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