Some of them are genuine, but most of them are bad actors. –Thus Spoke Zarathustra, “On the Virtue That Makes Small”More
Tag Archives: spirit
There is a breakdown in things
After the leaves have fallen, we return / To a plain sense of things… –Wallace StevensMore
Nothing to see here
In all cases, cries for freedom are cries of horrorMore
In terms of logic
That was our world, the world in pieces now, the world you only hear about in snippetsMore
Ghosts of ourselves everywhere
Ghosts rarely have time to linger anywhereMore
There is a great noise in the world
Sound and silence. And sound!More
Different Still Indifferent
The spirit is a stomach. –ZarathustraMore
Getting Used to Being Self
Master Rinzai let go and said, “What a worthless shit-stick this true person of no rank is!” –Lin-chiMore
Once the rage settled down
We were as little sure of who we were as where we were after the rageMore
A Metamorphosis
Why are we all staring at the same spot on the ground? Or at the same spotlessness of the sky?More
Nothing Left of You
“Only those who are, themselves, on the dusty road of becoming-dust can love others who (or that) have embarked on a similar journey at birth or at the time of their fabrication.” – Michael MarderMore
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
Calling Azur
For my grandmother’s fearless curiosity, which at one time brought the family an unforgettable friendMore
On what is social in poetry
Perhaps even our responsibility bears the mark of irresponsibilityMore
Inventing ourselves
Sometimes it seems we are either dreaming of wholeness…or willingly fragmentedMore
Love the Dust 