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Philosophy and the Making of a Spiritual and Artistic Life

Vintage Classic Tropical Fish Designed by Weston Newil Andersen In Philip K Dick's fictionalized biography,  Valis , the fish is an ancient symbol of Christianity. Christianity is the philosophy that my Dad, Weston Neil Andersen ceramic designer and co-founder of Andersen Design , found in the latter years of his life. In earlier days, when the fish in the image above was created, both my parents identified as agnostics. They didn't know if God exists, or perhaps they just didn't know what knowing means. When one applies knowing to God, it must be in the gnostic sense, not in objectivity for God is not an object. God is presence, everywhere. God is in the meaningfulness of life. In the fifties and sixties, Dad was very involved in the readings of Edgar Casey. Later Dad spent time reading Carlos Castaneda. In latter days, after he lost the use of his eyesight. Dad listened to the entire recordings of the New Testament. We call it the rocket ship, but

Honor Thy Father - Remembering Weston Neil Andersen

Tweet This !  http://goo.gl/AczSwl Weston Neil Andersen was an American ceramic designer, craftsman and entrepreneur who in 1952, established  Andersen Design Stoneware  with his wife Brenda in the coast of Maine, USA, . He was also my father whom I loved and cared for and was cared for by during the latter years of his life. This is the story about the last five years in which he suffered from a brain injury. Weston was known throughout his life for his analytical mind, which was not affected by the brain injury but it compromised his ability to express his thoughts in complete sentences. During the last five years of his life, Weston spent many hours in deep reflection, seldom seeming to be bored. At times he would sleep for a very long time and when he awoke , he would say that he gotten a lot of work done. In mild weather, he spent many hours of the day sitting on the front porch taking in the natural surroundings and the community walking up and down the street which us