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Bien Pensant Sensibility.

Bien Pensant Sensibility.

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Whalehead King
Jul 24, 2023
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I love this term, bien-pensant sensibility. I did not look look up the French. I think this means ‘Good Thought Sensibility.’ What’s not to like? As Alan Ginsburg used to say, “First thought, best thought.” The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics.

Practice makes perfect, as any zen Buddhist will tell you.

I am about to embark on a new projec…

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