The Bitter Withy __________________________ The Ecology of Fantasy John Fraim I’ve been working almost exclusively with an AI platform since January 2025. Have used it much in creating the project Specters: AI Assisted Retrospection of 1770 – 1883. After completing it, I come up with this treasure of an essay today about art and creativity […]
A Still in Mt. Airy / Richard Yost & John Fraim (All other photos by RY) Mayberry is the beloved, idyllic fictional town from The Andy Griffith Show. The Andy Griffith Show, representing a simpler time in small-town America, largely inspired by Andy Griffith’s real hometown, Mount Airy, North Carolina. Visitors can experience this nostalgia […]
I’d Be Happy / Swing Out Sister (2008) I’d be happy to live without youIf I knew there could be more to love than thisIf I only knew thatI’d be happy to find a new loveI’d be loving someone else The British group Swing Out Sister has been one of my favorite groups over the […]
Jimi Hendrix in 1967 A powerful performance by Jimi Hendrix of one of his great songs. “The Wind Cries Mary” is written by Jimi Hendrix who wrote the song as a reconciliatory love song for his girlfriend in London, Kathy Etchingham. More recent biographical material indicated that some of the lyrics appeared in poetry written by […]
Ohio Countryside / Richard Yost Photographer & John Fraim Editor Hegel’s Familiar & McLuhan’s Environment John Fraim Miles Davis / In a Silent Way _____________________________________ In 2021, an important article appeared in the Hegel Bulletin titled “Hegel’s Concept of the Familiar: Toward a Philosophical Study.” The author was Hammam Aldouri, at the time, at Temple University. […]
Specters John Fraim & DeepSeek AI Assisted Retrospection 1770 – 1883 – 2025 River Man ______________________________________ Preface This is not a book. It is a retrospect in motion. In 1806, as Napoleon’s cannons shook Jena, Hegel finished The Phenomenology of Spirit—philosophy composed to the sound of history being unmade. He called this act “retrospect”: the owl of […]
Chris Rea, the musician behind the festive classic Driving Home for Christmas, has died at the age of 74. The singer died on Monday in hospital following a short illness, a spokesperson for his family said. A statement on behalf of his wife and two children read: “It is with immense sadness that we announce […]
Essence of the Sun _____________________________ It’s 22 degrees in Columbus, Ohio now. It’s times like this I think of my homestate of California. Particularly, a great time with my son Christopher. It’s been almost exactly two years ago that I enjoyed a bottle of Chalk Hill cab with my son Chris. I lived in Sonoma […]
Once upon a time, Trump was only fighting the deep state and the swamp. Now, he’s fighting Governors and Mayors of America’s leading states and cities. In addition to still fighting the DC bureaucracy and deep state and swamp. That was once upon a time. Now, it seems more and ore than Trump is fighting […]
Josh Allen Carries the Ball in 12/7/25 Win over the Bengals McCoy Tyner / Impressions __________________________________ John Fraim There are a few people I consider “great” in the world. In many ways, I think the distance traveled in life by people has to be factored into the idea of greatness. There is the great drama […]
