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...during it one senses the interconnectedness of things, the flow and pulse of the collective subconscious--what in another age was called the "quick" of life. A transcendent moment like this reveals the order or chaos behind life; it generally makes one feel inconsequential, a minute speck in the cosmic scheme. This essentially romantic notion was perhaps best delineated by Emerson in his famous description of the transparent eye half, which because it sees all and through all in the natural world, is connected to everything in nature...

Author: By Kathleen I. Kouril, | Title: Telling the Infinite Story | 4/16/1983 | See Source »

...what the guys have on. The girls don't want to look all that nasty." Maybe not, but with their penchant for leather pants or layers of Kamali-esque sweatshirtings, they have a sure knowledge of the impact of style. Says Lisa Lee, 19, who raps with Cosmic Force: "If you don't have the right clothes it can give you a bad name. Nobody wants to be with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Chilling Out on Rap Flash | 3/21/1983 | See Source »

...late 1970s, Koestler postulated that death does not signify total extinction. "It means merging into the cosmic consciousness," he wrote in an essay on life after death, comparing the process of dying to "the flow of a river into the ocean." Summoning the rhetorical powers of his youth, the elderly writer foresaw the end. The river, he wrote, "has been freed of the mud-that clung to it, and regained its transparency. It has become identified with the sea, spread over it, omnipresent, every drop catching a spark of the sun. The curtain has not fallen; it has been raised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rootless Cosmopolitan of the Age | 3/14/1983 | See Source »

JOAN MICHELIN SILVER'S Chilly Scenes of Winter is not an exuberant movie. The location is Salt Lake City, and the climate is pure drizzle. The film, however, is more than just a standard outpouring of cosmic angst. The controlled tone, consistently strong acting, and the convincing--at times hilarious--dialogue make for an intelligent, enjoyable movie...

Author: By Hanne-maria Maijala, | Title: Utah Freeze-Out | 1/13/1983 | See Source »

...crashing down with a thud. Warner Communications, owner of Atari, the king of video games, unexpectedly forecast a slump in fourth-quarter earnings. The news reverberated through Wall Street. Analysts began recalculating profit estimates of the best-known games manufacturers, trying to divine whether the Atari setback had more cosmic implications. By week's end no one was quite ready to declare that the stock market was flashing a bleak "Game Over" for the popular amusements. But it seemed clear that video-game makers would no longer be able to rack up record profits with the ease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pac-Man Finally Meets His Match | 12/20/1982 | See Source »

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