If others saw us at our business its absurdity would shineMore
Tag Archives: life-affirmation
Near the edge
Things not only die at the extremities but also liveMore
Ghosts of ourselves everywhere
Ghosts rarely have time to linger anywhereMore
Slow wilting is what it is called
So many flowers, stepped upon and decayed before I had a chance to see themMore
No aspect of the thing before us
Only a catastrophe can save us. –Zizek, paraphrasing Heidegger, who said in his Der Spiegel inteview, “only a god can save us.”More
Some dumb idea
This world . . . ever was, and is, and shall be, ever-living Fire, in measures being kindled and in measure going out. –HeraclitusMore
The monotonous constancy of things
The best turned weary of their works. –Thus Spoke ZarathustraMore
Ben She Said (a Monologue)
Boredom rests upon the nothingness that winds its way through existence… –KierkegaardMore
Two Notes on (Overcoming) Nihilism II of II
There was another, even more unexpected guest behind him when I opened the doorMore
Two Notes on (Overcoming) Nihilism I of II
There was another, even more unexpected guest behind him when I opened the doorMore
Charged for every apple
There will be no ‘other world’More
Forced to stay silent
It will not be televised, it will not be seenMore
Around the same time every day
Joy covers you as well as infests youMore
All teachings sublime
O ME, man of slack faith so long! / Standing aloof—denying portions so long…. –WhitmanMore
I wonder what life would have been…
Experience the warmth/ before you grow old. –Brandon BoydMore
