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Negative Capability and Irritable Reaching
A meditation on an 1817 letter from Keats
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location, time, and individual
some notes on art.
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eternal lines to time thou grow'st
A meditation on The Sonnets
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The death of the content creator and the (further) rise of the artist.
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We Are The Stories We Tell Ourselves
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The 8 billion TAM
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Irrationality, Beauty, Terror, and Soul
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Unblissful Ignorance
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Your voice is assembled, not found.
Prose is architecture, not interior decoration - Ernest Hemingway In the realm of creativity, particularly in the craft of writing, there's a prevailing…
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The death of the content creator and the (further) rise of the artist.
“The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That’s what poetry does.” - Allen Ginsberg Artificial…
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Écouter sa voix intérieure
Over the past week, I've been drawn more to reading than to writing. I perceive these two pursuits as inseparable - one's writing prowess is…
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Day Off
I’m taking a day off from posting today to focus on some reading I want to get done. Wait. Nevermind. “You can observe a lot from watching.” - Yogi…
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The Examined Life, Who Should Teach, and Poetry vs Philosophy
Notes and interpretations of The Apology
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What these Ithakas mean
Our lives are filled with ambitions and goals; and we approach the future as something we merely need to get through. The future is just something in…
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Unblissful Ignorance
“I don’t study to know more, but to ignore less.” - Sor Juana Inés De Le Cruz It's puzzling to see how so many "well-read," "well-educated," and…
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The Maze
We often liken our life's journey to a path. This metaphor, intuitively appealing, offers us a sense of purpose and direction. It suggests our life is…
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A story about how we choose to see things.
A teacher walks into her class full of elementary students and writes five words on the chalkboard. She says each one out loud as she writes. "Apple…
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