Tag: Philosophy
-
The Symbolic Meaning of April Is the Cruelest Month
“April is the cruelest month” — My first impulse when I hear this, is that nature becomes so beautiful so much what a fairy-tale or magical mythology looks, feels, and tastes like, that it fools you more or less into thinking you are on the right track to embark on an adventure of an everlasting…
-
The Secret of Success: Having Fun
I’m having a blast. It’s really fun. I don’t know why… But it’s just been a joy. Conan O’Brien Jan. 12, 2020, “Nikki Glaser” 1:12 Why were you trying to find my extension?I have a friend who’s opening up a new restaurant in Soho and I was hoping you’d go with me.What?Do you want to…
-
Attempting an Explication of the Second Coming by W.B. Yeats
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned;The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.Surely some revelation is at hand;Surely the Second Coming is…
-
Changing My Mind About Publishing in Today’s Media Landscape
I pulled into Kroger’s tonight, and what I felt was a good poetic line seemed to flash into me —like so many do that don’t necessarily have a direct meaning consciously, but feel like they came from another place and I am just the receiver and feel like they are pointing towards something that is…