The 2018 book Left Bank by Agnès Poirier: Art, Passion and the Rebirth of Paris 1940–1950 tells the story of existentialism, jazz and the miracle of Paris in the 1940s. It is a gushing love letter to the French capital that featured Simone De Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, Samuel Beckett and wave after and wave of oversexed, overpaid Americans–according to Stuart Jeffries. Consider the argument that Downtown-West Calgary, Alberta, Canada is chalked full of both human, civic and educational potential, as The New Left Bank that is, in fact, a great place to live and create as we embark on the journey of our lives into the Third Millennium. Now consider that The Loophole Coffee Bar, located on 1040 8th Avenue SW in Calgary on Saturdays in and around 11:30am, could be the one fixedpoint that moves the Earth in the spirit of Archimedes. Those of us that meet regularly call ourselves as The League of Extraordinary People and include, as shown in the picture above from left to right, the Philosopher Erico Dionne Viglione (dionwriting@gmail.com), the Philosopher King Chris (christopher.bek@gmail.com), the two-term MLA, MP, Cabinet Minister, Lawyer, and Quadriplegic, Honourable Kent Hehr (kent.hehr@gmail.com), and the brilliant retired Teacher Peter Rilstone. All educated individuals are welcome to come and join in or just sit and listen if one is new to philosophy and self-awareness. For the record, philosopher was defined as the love of wisdom Millennia ago by the Greeks and, according to LeaderChat.org, 95 percent of people believe they are self-awareness, but the real number is 12 to 15 percent. Some might even see this temporal, geographic and existential commencement as ground zero as the starting point of a metaphysical revolution that could change and, ultimately, save the world. See you–out there!”
Dion’s Soul Candy
Please find below the best of the best of dionwriting@gmail.com philosophic clip art. Please know that Dion would welcome any top-notch pictures attached to an email that could eventually find their way to fruition in his excellent collection on the site. Note that Dion has served, in an unofficial capacity, as Special Advisor to the Principal of Philosophy Magazine for the better part of a decade. Enjoy!
