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Traversing Landscapes of Knowledge:Reflections on Writing My Essay Summing Up the World View and Language of Nimi Wariboko

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                                                              Cover Image Majestic space evokes majestic mind exemplified by the questing figure in the painting by Nicholas Roerich, painter extraordinaire of the conjunction between sublime landscapes and uncompromising spiritual aspiration dramatised by Asian contemplative, hermit and monastic cultures, an orientation incidentally evoked by English poet Gerald Manley Hopkins' awed recognition in " No worst, there is none " that the "mind has mountains; cliffs of fall/ Frightful, sheer, no-man fathomed. Hold them cheap/ May who ne'er hung there." The resonance of the eloquent power of outward geographies with the elevating sonorities of inward landscapes of aspiration is Roerich's mo...

Who am I? : Invocation of Teme-órú and So: Kalabari Philosophy at an Intercontinental Nexus: Adapting the Work of Nimi Wariboko

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Cover Image A example of the Japanese art form Ensō , by Peter Cutler, dramatizing the balance of creative spontaneity and controlled creativity in shaping a circle through the movement of a brush. I am using the image in suggesting the open ended yet disciplined creativity vital for maximizing life’s opportunities as demonstrated by the philosophy of Nimi Wariboko . Image source: Fine Art America . My source for enso is the Wikipedia article “ Enso .” Both sources accessed 7th Sept. 2019. Abstract A dramatization of the existential significance of the philosophy of Nimi Wariboko through the dialogue of a person with himself. Contents Visual Framework Cover Image Interpretation of Cover Image Contents Introduction Goal and Inspiration from Wariboko’s Work Invocation Method Central Concepts Inspiration from Various Sources Sources References Introduction Goal and Inspiration from Wariboko’s Work This invocation is based ...