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A DIFFERENT PERCEPTION
(Inspired by the Wilds of the Pacific Northwest)
A DIFFERENT PERCEPTION
(Inspired by the Wilds of the Pacific Northwest)
The mission of Calkins Publishing Company is to offer new and different perceptions of the things we take for granted. Our purpose is to introduce new insights on such subjects as art, science, philosophy, government, and the human condition. It is not incidental that our publishing trade name is A Different Perception.
It is part of the human condition that everything we know is hostage to our assumptions about the nature of things. Some of our assumptions are explicit. We have the opportunity to assess their validity and to correct them as needed. Others are implicit; they are buried deeply in our subconscious where they tend to remain both unknown and unexamined. To open our minds and broaden our horizons, we occasionally need to excavate all of our assumptions and give them a good dose of sunlight and fresh air. It also wouldn’t hurt to shake them up a bit with a good swift kick. Our goal is to provide points of view which will stimulate that excavation and reexamination.
It is part of the human condition that everything we know is hostage to our assumptions about the nature of things. Some of our assumptions are explicit. We have the opportunity to assess their validity and to correct them as needed. Others are implicit; they are buried deeply in our subconscious where they tend to remain both unknown and unexamined. To open our minds and broaden our horizons, we occasionally need to excavate all of our assumptions and give them a good dose of sunlight and fresh air. It also wouldn’t hurt to shake them up a bit with a good swift kick. Our goal is to provide points of view which will stimulate that excavation and reexamination.
PUBLICATIONS
Relativity
The Hidden Flaw in Relativity unveils the internal inconsistencies in the special theory of relativity, using the theory’s own postulates and premises to do so.
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Humor/Philosophy
Musings about the foibles of the modern world and the human condition made by a curmudgeonly ancient Greek philosopher.
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Art
This book reveals how the line communicates with your mind. It uses a unique technique to make its points beyond dispute. Every one of the illustrations in the book, from simple examples to full page drawings, is drawn with a single uninterrupted line that never crosses nor touches itself from beginning to end, hence the term Oneliners. Everything you see, think, and feel is caused by that single line. That line is the only thing that’s there.
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