Ocean Size
I have always only been able to read a little at a time. I want hit hard, upfront, to get free. I work all day building or repairing or maintaining or purchasing that I go dry on the flow of words and days pass where day and night turn on
Done Not Knowing
POTH STORY: a mother is dying. She is becoming delirious. As she nears death, she stares at her son, who she does not really recognize. She asks him who he is. He finds himself telling her that he is an angel sent to help her. He makes up a bunch
Sucker MCs
Yuh know.
Capitalization Wrap
STORY: A man trying to finance his rental house is told my his wife that he mishandled the process because the loan officer has not responded to any of his messages. She proceeds to insult him. But he knows that the loan officer knows that there is nothing to talk
Eden Sade
The conversation proceeded over the soundbooth desk. "I do not think it is a surprise, not at all, to find that, now that they can, companies are firing black women. It would appear that bigotry will never find a day it can rest. We have seen a decline in
Call it The New Sincerity
All we have left is distilling humanity. Analytical prose and phrases cut ideals; they are meant to be Kantian pure (we now have AI). Poetry cannot be computed; it will not be assimilated. Speak from the heart and avoid cliches. Call it The New Sincerity. Becoming human is all we
A Kingdom of Ends
Something down past the turnoff, crouching, eyeballing us, letting us know it is watching. Or so it woud seem. Kant warns us against believing in the watcher. Do good from duty, not because you suspect being watched—make goodness out of duty to each other. We are not being watched;
Can You Have Tragedy with a Center?
It seems to be perfectly reasonable that Gods who act worse than humans are not Gods. And when there are no Gods, there is atheism. It can only be that Greek tragedy hit as tragic due to there being no Gods capable of salvation. It would make you think that
Rough Beast: an Autobiography
This is a story about a divorce. As much as I hate to admit it, nothing save the death of a child could rise above it as a monument to my life, a sociopath, who told me later her name was Diomayra. It has been fifteen years since she left.
I Am a Continental Philosopher.
I have spent the first fifty years of my life on safari for meaning. I went everywhere I could. I hunted anything that appeared important to me. By going from one point to another in my thinking, I was constantly taking massive hits to my psychological integrity–consantly decentering, trying
The Future of Education
The purposeful model of education is changing. It was once a punitive one where the student prepared (studied) and then performed (took a test). Out of 100 students in a class, x amount could both prepare and perform, y could prepare but not perform, z could not prepare but could
There can be no more victims
because pity must die. Victimhood removes agency. And it may be neoliberal ideal, but we must take responsibility for every aspect of our lives. All humans are liars. Their worst offenses are their best defenses: the lies they tell themselves that maintain their position as a good person. Caught in