Father Zossima brings the congregation together for a final word with them…More
Tag Archives: existentialism
A Metamorphosis
Why are we all staring at the same spot on the ground? Or at the same spotlessness of the sky?More
Spanning the gulf, or trying to, come what may
The true knight of faith is a witness, never a teacher, and therein lies his deep humanity…
– KierkegaardMore
Inventing ourselves
Sometimes it seems we are either dreaming of wholeness…or willingly fragmentedMore
An Example
So wise souls/ leaving self behind/ move forwardMore
Dawn in Hades
The light can be stubborn, and linger, when the sun setsMore
Good for a laugh
What is our speech but the chirping of baby birds?More
It is a certain faith we have in life…
flecks and flickerings of…faith?More
It was a moment that mattered
unimaginable momentousnessMore
No Sequel
No sequel. No reviews. No eyes to see itMore
The Second Part of Endlessness
Some of us did such and such in response to the endlessnessMore
Poetry Scribblings
Poetry the same but different, as in the beginning so in the endMore
Inquisition
…there is a cost to spirit for everything…More
Enough, or, Let Them Be
The author of the world put down his pen and said Enough! I have had enough of this, since it goes on ever in the same way. Just a little change, the tiniest change, would do some good, it would do a world of good! So he got out his tool kit and contemplated to…More
the forever of unsure
It was impossible to be precise about itNo one felt anything definiteThere wasn’t any announcement about the thingWhen it happenedWe understood nothing of what had happenedTo us. We would have been afraid to sayAnything about it but the fearWas unpronounced, a vague stirringInstead we watched the earth shakeThe sky change into colorsUnimagined until now, now…More
Love the Dust 