Montana Trails Magazine by David Patten Montana indeed has much to offer. It is time that Montana calls attention to its vision. If we are listening we may be able to overcome systems of renunciation which aim at mere exploitation. Within Montana the trails which reveal the human task are already in existence. Instead of […]
What is the meaning of…
by Michael Howell How are we to understand the Wheatfield with Crows1 by Vincent Van Gogh? Or, for that matter, how are we to understand any painting? As Heidegger has pointed out, “On the usual view the work arises out of and by means of the activity of the artist.”2 Rather than shun the ‘usual’ view in favor […]
Institutions in a Reflexive World
by David Patten There is major difference between action that results from a mechanical reaction, or reflex action, and spontaneity. an that difference displays the division many people feel in the way we interact with the world. In our complex society most of our institutions seem to rely on a culture of conformity and mechanicalness, […]
Relationships
Since the French revolution the measure of the world has been man himself. Before that time, stretching into the ancient past, the measure of the world was the relationship between man and the earth itself. These were qualitative relationships rather than quantitative. The energy lines, or lay lines, are a relationship of the investigator and […]
Phenomenology of TECHNOLOGY
by Donnie Laughlin The hidden purpose of Technology, its ulterior motive, is to be the god that is Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent, that is no thing and nowhere. On the surface TECHNOLOGY is our servant, our obedient and faithful servant that solves our problems, cures our ills, alleviates our pain and suffering, does our wand most […]