Philosophy
-
Thursday Grace Notes
“Life lived as art” — I love that. Continue reading
-
“A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.” ~Albert Schweitzer
There is an extended scene towards the end of 25th Hour, the 2002 Spike Lee movie that captures my imagination. The Ed Norton character is reporting to prison in upstate New York, being driven there by his father, played by Brian Cox. In the scene, his father says, “Just say the word, say the word… Continue reading
-
Up and at ’em.
There is nothing, I feel, more beautiful nor perfect than a dog running in the morning, astride a body of water, the sun rising Continue reading
-
Phase of Authenticity
Is it just me, or do other people feel less authentic than they used to? It’s probably just me. I’m not even sure what I mean when I say authentic, but I know it when I feel it. (Kind of like Supreme Court Justice Stewart in 1964, writing about hard-core porn: “I shall not today… Continue reading
-
“What’ya doin?”
“What’ya doin?” “I’m on Facebook.” “Sure you want to be doin’ that? You’ve been staring at your laptop for a couple hours.” “My life is being eaten up with this crap.” “Thoreau said, ‘Our inventions are…but improved means to an unimproved end.’ “I would like that, ‘improved means to an unimproved end’ if it didn’t… Continue reading
...the house I live in... 