courage – Page 4 – Love the Dust

Now we live in a world where hope is gone

…a hope that is…is no hope at all….More

Poetry and the Idea

Does poetry relate to the idea? Yes, as far as the idea is force all poetry, and always, relates to it, as speaking out is a force and, like ideas, is effective in the world around it, the world of forces. What the idea is besides this force, or as this force, is of course…More

When the madman finally made it home

Sometimes we mistake a shadow for what is alive. Sometimes we mistake the living for a shadow.More

On Socrates’ intentions

On Socrates’ intentions. What did Socrates intend not to do above all? He intended not to disregard a gift with which nothing can be made, not even a clear idea of wisdom or holiness. A useless, utterly useless, if divine, gift. Perhaps a divine gift as much as the stings of a horsefly are divine…More

docta ignorantia

How far does my ignorance extend? To the ends? To every end? I might be certain of having a hand, but the certainty is merely a brick in the wall of a building I use as my shelter. I might be certain of having a desire for someone or something, but a desire can be…More

Nevertheless

Nevertheless I have the confidence that life can continue through muck, shit, and what is neither muck nor shit but is instead a recalcitrant stopping-point, a point at which, even if you would not wish to stop, even if you would not dare stop here, you must stop.Nevertheless the company is something fulfilling, the company…More