Henry David Thoreau

July 8, 2010

The Maine Woods

Such is the advance of civilization. Continue reading

Life, Nature, Writers

Cruise ships, Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, Maine, Portland, The North woods
June 29, 2010

First sentences…

…his own death, shaped vaguely like an airplane. Continue reading

Books, Literature, Reading, Thinkers, Writers

Annie Dillard, Bernard Malamud, David Foster Wallace, E.B. White, First Sentences, Gabriel García Márquez, Guy Davenport, Henry David Thoreau, James Joyce, Joan Didion, John Updike, José Saramago, Paul Bowles
May 16, 2010

…the meaning of doing a thing seriously…

The influences of history, when we recognize and manifest them, cease to be past influences. They become present. Continue reading

Creativity, Literature, Photography, Thinkers, Writers, Writing

Beethoven, E.B. White, Eugene Smith, Guy Davenport, Hegel, Henry David Thoreau, history, Lee Friedlander, Montaigne, Nietzsche, Photography, Reading, Robert Frank, Tolstoy
May 11, 2010

My life has sprinted parallel to the advancement of silicon technology.

I only worry, not having gone to Walden and not knowing if I am practicing resignation or not, I will misstep and fumble awkwardly tripping into the/my future. Continue reading

Philosophy, Technology, The Examined Life, The infinity of ideas, Thinkers

Heidegger, Henry David Thoreau, Jack Kilby, Sartre, silicon chip
April 21, 2010

“…a means of ignorning the spaces in between…”

Do you remember the Simon and Garfunkel tune, 59th St. Bridge Song–specifically the lyrics, Slow down you move too fast? Surely you do. A catchy tune. And the sentiment nice. We nod in agreement: Yes, we move too fast. Let’s slow down, smell the roses, or the coffee, whatever, savior the moment–nice little tag line Continue reading

Philosophy, The Examined Life, The infinity of ideas, Thinkers, Travel, Writers

Examined Life, flying, Henry David Thoreau, Mark Twain, Seth Stevenson, Simon and Garfunkel, Simon Critchley, Waldon Pond
April 8, 2010

The death of HDT

Thoreau’s last words were, “Now comes good sailing.” And then two lose words “moose” and “Indian” Continue reading

Death, Thinkers

Henry David Thoreau

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Henry David Thoreau

The Maine Woods

First sentences…

…the meaning of doing a thing seriously…

My life has sprinted parallel to the advancement of silicon technology.

“…a means of ignorning the spaces in between…”

The death of HDT

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