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VISIONS, INSIGHTS AND JUST KNOWING
Like all the essays published here, this is written from a perspective called STA, an attempt to look squarely at the world without social or cultural…
 • Gareth Howell-Jones
SO, WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO?
There is one question I am asked more than any other.
 • Gareth Howell-Jones
THE TYRANNY OF USEFULNESS
The last essay extolled the virtues of plodding thought that, like a water-bead finding its way from peat moor to the ocean, follows the dictates of…
 • Gareth Howell-Jones
RADICAL PLOD
Think of a tiny droplet of water, emerging through the peat on top of Mynydd Troed.
 • Gareth Howell-Jones
ADULLAM
STA IN INTERESTING TIMES
 • Gareth Howell-Jones
SKYLARKS & POTENTATES
On the difference between things that talk to you and things that speak to you.
 • Gareth Howell-Jones
Where Did The World Go?
STA, the subject of these essays, is a reality-based world-view, which was summarised in the last Substack essay The World As It Is. Here I explore what…
 • Gareth Howell-Jones
The World As It Is
A friend suggested that, for the first Familiar of the year, I should summarise in simple terms the way of looking at the world which I call STA.
 • Gareth Howell-Jones
THE SEED OF CREATIVITY
Some thoughts about the roots of making: where did art come from and what is it for?
 • Gareth Howell-Jones
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The Familiar offers essays which, we hope, will encourage you to STA ET CONSIDERA MIRACULA - stand still and consider the wondrous things of the world.

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